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Guy N. Smith


Born
in Hopwas, Staffordshire, The United Kingdom
November 21, 1939

Died
December 24, 2020

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Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction


I was born on November 21, 1939, in the small village of Hopwas, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. My mother was a pre-war historical novelist (E. M. Weale) and she always encouraged me to write.
I was first published at the age of 12 in The Tettenhall Observer, a local weekly newspaper. Between 1952-57 I wrote 56 stories for them, many serialized. In 1990 I collated these into a book entitled Fifty Tales from the Fifties.

My father was a dedicated bank manager and I was destined for banking from birth. I accepted it but never found it very interesting. During the early years when I was working in Birmingham, I spent most of my lunch hours in the Birmingham gun quarter. I would have loved to have served an apprenticeship in the gun trade ...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 28,372 ratings · 1,375 reviews · 175 distinct works • Similar authors
Night of the Crabs
3.32 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 1976 — 18 editions
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Killer Crabs
3.49 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 1978 — 10 editions
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The Origin of the Crabs
3.40 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions
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The Slime Beast
3.25 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1975 — 9 editions
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Crabs' Moon
3.24 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1984 — 10 editions
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Crabs on the Rampage
3.37 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions
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The Sucking Pit
3.07 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions
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Cannibals
3.67 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions
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Bats Out of Hell
3.37 avg rating — 179 ratings — 3 editions
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Satan's Snowdrop
3.54 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions
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Series by Guy N. Smith

Night of the Crabs Killer Crabs The Origin of the Crabs Crabs on the Rampage Crabs' Moon Crabs: The Human Sacrifice Killer Crabs: The Return
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The Graveyard Vultures Sabat: The Blood Merchants Sabat: Cannibal Cult Sabat: The Druid Connection Sabat: Wistman's Wood Sabat: The Return
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The Sucking Pit The Walking Dead
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The Slime Beast Spawn Of The Slime Beast
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Werewolf by Moonlight Return of the Werewolf The Son of the Werewolf
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“Crabs, crabs, crabs. Crabs the size of beach donkeys.”
― Guy N Smith
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“They did not like the sensation of having things vibrating on their shells, though. It made them angry. Very angry.”
― Guy N. Smith, Night of the Crabs
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“As soon as the creatures were destroyed he could learn to live again.”
― Guy N. Smith, Night of the Crabs
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