![]() ![]() ![]() The book’s runaway success allowed Smith to give up banking and focus solely on his writing career. Then the ‘drownings’ begin.īut not until the monstrous crustaceans crawl ashore, their pincers poised for destruction, does the world understand the threat it faces.Ī seafood cocktail for the strongest stomachs. The Welsh coast basks in summer tranquillity. This slim volume was a moderate success when compared to his second Night of the Crabs which was the must-read novel during that hot summer of 1976. His success encouraged him to write his first horror novel Werewolf by Moonlight in 1974. In the late sixties-early seventies, Smith started submitting stories to porn mags. He quickly worked his way up to manager which afforded him an office, a desk, and the time to write. Weale) and discouraged by his banker father who insisted his son followed the family tradition of a career in banking. ![]() He was encouraged by his novelist mother (E. His work was published in newspapers and magazines. Smith started writing at the age of twelve. For Smith writes horror stories featuring crabs (“as big as donkeys”), mutated bats laying waste to Birmingham, blood-thirsty werewolves, and an ancient Slime Beast awoken from muddy depths to chew-off the face of anyone unfortunate enough to fall into its scaly grasp. Smith, especially if the old adage “Write what you know” is true. Crabs the size of beach donkeys.” ― Guy N Smith ![]()
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