<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">My guest this week on <em>The Sewers of Paris</em> is <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://jbattis.com/">Jes Battis</a>, who’s just written an appreciation and analysis of the movie <em>Labyrinth</em> entitled <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ecwpress.com/products/its-only-forever"><em>It’s Only Forever</em></a>. Labyrinth turns 40 this year, which marks 40 years of Jes’ particular fascination with the goblin characters — and wondering why he’s always felt so eager to descend into their weird scrungly world. Fortunately, writing a book about it provided some clues.</p>