Guy N. Smith
Britain's king of pulp horror, the man who unleashed giant man-eating crabs upon an unsuspecting coastline.
Guy N. Smith was a hugely prolific British horror writer, gleefully remembered for the Crabs series — beginning with Night of the Crabs — in which monstrous, man-eating crustaceans rampage across the British coast. The books became legendary cult favorites, the very definition of fast, lurid, unembarrassed creature-feature fun.
Smith wrote dozens of horror paperbacks at speed, trading in werewolves, slime beasts, and assorted nasties with a showman's relish. His work sits at the speculative-horror end of the shelf rather than hard SF, but his monster invasions scratch the same B-movie itch as classic creature science fiction. Expect schlocky thrills, brisk carnage, and zero pretension — vintage pulp at full throttle. For readers who want their scares cheap, cheerful, and crawling with giant crabs, Smith is an irresistible guilty pleasure with a devoted following.
- For fans of pulp creature-feature horror
- The legendary giant-crab invasions
- Fast, lurid, unpretentious thrills
