Emily Blunt, for some reason. (I also like that the series' are based in mostly MO; I'm all like, hey, the setting is partly KC! I know that place! Gillian Flynn is from KC, though; she went to Bishop Miege, a very good school, but I think she's a few years younger than I.)

I know ScarJo droppped out of Dark Places, and I think Charlize will do fine, but I would have cast ScarJo in Sharp Objects, personally, before Dark Places.

I actually pictured ScarJo the entire time I was reading Dark Places. She seemed more the physical type, and I'm having a hard time picturing Charlize in the role

I didn't know about casting when I read the books, so I was actress-image free. And I'm thinking Emiy Blunt, but I was also thinking a slightly older Ellen Page. She's got the bitter down.

While out thrifting today, I found vintage Mary Stewart paperbacks! Nine Coaches Waiting and Touch Not the Cat ! My collection of gothic paperbacks slowly grows ...

Oh, I adore Mary Stewart.

I wish my local library had Tanith Lee's Tales from the Flat Earth books. I can check out her vampire stories if I want (the ones I've read didn't impress me), but our librarian seems not to like her fantasy works.

I think - hope - that since I saw a new edition of The Birthgrave, that they'll be reprinting the rest of her books. Just about all of which I had at some point.

Do you remember the episode of Blake's 7 that she wrote? I remember it as being good, but not one of their typical episodes.

According to Wikipedia, her episodes were from the 3rd season:

C9 "Sarcophagus" Fiona Cumming Tanith Lee 3 March 1980 9.9 (22) The Liberator comes across a derelict alien ship and Avon, Vila and Cally teleport over to investigate. They find the ship has only one deck and contains a corpse and a strange artefact. After Cally accidentally triggers a self-destruct, all three hurry back to the Liberator and bring the artefact with them. The device then unleashes a ghostly presence that stalks the ship. It takes over Cally's mind sending her into unconsciousness, then shutsdown both Zen and Orac and drains the ship's power systems. All the while the rest of the crew experience strange poltergeist-like happenings and finally confront the spirit, who assumes Cally's likeness. They then look for a means to destroy the entity before it enslaves them all. Guest Star: Jan Chappell (as The Alien)

and from the 4th season:

D9 "Sand" Vivienne Cozens Tanith Lee 23 November 1981 8.3 (87) Servalan arrives at the planet Virn – a world covered in strange green sand – to find out what happened to a group of Federation researchers who had gone missing five years ago soon after uncovering a substance with unique energy potential. The Scorpio crew follow her to the planet, curious to find out what she is up to. When Servalan arrives, her ship is disabled and her associate, Investigator Reeve, turns against her. She finds herself alone until encountering Tarrant who teleported down with Dayna to track her. The two must work together to survive and find shelter in a bunker against the green sand, which seems to be a living, intelligent lifeform. Meanwhile, a strange energy storm cripples Scorpio preventing it from performing a rescue. Guest Stars: Stephen Yardley (as Reeve), Daniel Hill (as Chasgo), Jonathan David (as Keller), Peter Craze (as Servalan's assistant), Michael Gaunt (as Computer)

I vaguely recall "Sand" and the title of "Sarcophagus" is familiar, but I don't recall them otherwise.

I think "Sarcophagus" is the one I was thinking of.