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Crabs #7
Killer Crabs: The Return
In 1978 the Crabs attacked Australia’s Great Barrier Reef with horrendous loss of human life. Amongst the fatalities was Harvey Logan, big-game hunter. The world believed that these terrible crustaceans had been annihilated but Harvey’s son, Brock, was sure that one day they would emerge from the oceans once more on a rampage of bloody carnage. Brock was also a hunter and he waited patiently for three decades. He wanted revenge as well as a Crab trophy for his collection. Then the crabs returned, this time on the Solway Firth and Brock’s hunt began.
- GenresHorror
158 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 20, 2012
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About the author
Guy N. Smith
176 books304 followersI 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 but my father would not hear of it.
Shooting (hunting) was my first love, and all my spare time was spent in this way. In 1961 I designed and made a 12-bore shotgun, intending to follow it up with six more, but I did not have the money to do this. I still use the Guy N. Smith short-barrelled magnum. During 1960-67 I operated a small shotgun cartridge loading business but this finished when my components suppliers closed down and I could no longer obtain components at competitive prices.
My writing in those days only concerned shooting. I wrote regularly for most of the sporting magazines, interspersed with fiction for such magazines as the legendary London Mystery Selection, a quarterly anthology for which I contributed 18 stories between 1972-82.
In 1972 I launched my second hand bookselling business which eventually became Black Hill Books. Originally my intention was to concentrate on this and maybe build it up to a full-time business which would enable me to leave banking. Although we still have this business, writing came along and this proved to be the vehicle which gave me my freedom.
I wrote a horror novel for the New English Library in 1974 entitled Werewolf by Moonlight. This was followed by a couple more, but it was Night of the Crabs in 1976 which really launched me as a writer. It was a bestseller, spawning five sequels, and was followed by another 60 or so horror novels through to the mid-1990's. Amicus bought the film rights to Crabs in 1976 and this gave me the chance to leave banking and by my own place, including my shoot, on the Black Hill.
The Guy N. Smith Fan Club was formed in 1990 and still has an active membership. We hold a convention every year at my home which is always well attended.
Around this time I became Poland's best-selling author. Phantom Press published two GNS books each month, mostly with print runs of around 100,000.
I have written much, much more than just horror; crime and mystery (as Gavin Newman), and children's animal novels (as Jonathan Guy). I have written a dozen or so shooting and countryside books, a book on Writing Horror Fiction (A. & C. Black). In 1997 my first full length western novel, The Pony Riders was published by Pinnacle in the States.
With 100-plus books to my credit, I was looking for new challenges. In 1999 I formed my own publishing company and began to publish my own books. They did rather well and gave me a lot of satisfaction. We plan to publish one or two every year.
Still regretting that I had not served an apprenticeship in the gun trade, the best job of my life dropped into my lap in 1999 when I was offered the post of Gun Editor of The Countryman's Weekly, a weekly magazine which covers all field sports. This entails my writing five illustrated feature articles a week on guns, cartridges, deer stalking, big game hunting etc.
Alongside this we have expanded our mail order second hand crime fiction business, still publish a few books, and I find as much time as possible for shooting.
Jean, my wife, helps with the business. Our four children, Rowan, Tara, Gavin and Angus have all moved away from home but they visit on a regular basis.
I would not want to live anywhere other than m
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 but my father would not hear of it.
Shooting (hunting) was my first love, and all my spare time was spent in this way. In 1961 I designed and made a 12-bore shotgun, intending to follow it up with six more, but I did not have the money to do this. I still use the Guy N. Smith short-barrelled magnum. During 1960-67 I operated a small shotgun cartridge loading business but this finished when my components suppliers closed down and I could no longer obtain components at competitive prices.
My writing in those days only concerned shooting. I wrote regularly for most of the sporting magazines, interspersed with fiction for such magazines as the legendary London Mystery Selection, a quarterly anthology for which I contributed 18 stories between 1972-82.
In 1972 I launched my second hand bookselling business which eventually became Black Hill Books. Originally my intention was to concentrate on this and maybe build it up to a full-time business which would enable me to leave banking. Although we still have this business, writing came along and this proved to be the vehicle which gave me my freedom.
I wrote a horror novel for the New English Library in 1974 entitled Werewolf by Moonlight. This was followed by a couple more, but it was Night of the Crabs in 1976 which really launched me as a writer. It was a bestseller, spawning five sequels, and was followed by another 60 or so horror novels through to the mid-1990's. Amicus bought the film rights to Crabs in 1976 and this gave me the chance to leave banking and by my own place, including my shoot, on the Black Hill.
The Guy N. Smith Fan Club was formed in 1990 and still has an active membership. We hold a convention every year at my home which is always well attended.
Around this time I became Poland's best-selling author. Phantom Press published two GNS books each month, mostly with print runs of around 100,000.
I have written much, much more than just horror; crime and mystery (as Gavin Newman), and children's animal novels (as Jonathan Guy). I have written a dozen or so shooting and countryside books, a book on Writing Horror Fiction (A. & C. Black). In 1997 my first full length western novel, The Pony Riders was published by Pinnacle in the States.
With 100-plus books to my credit, I was looking for new challenges. In 1999 I formed my own publishing company and began to publish my own books. They did rather well and gave me a lot of satisfaction. We plan to publish one or two every year.
Still regretting that I had not served an apprenticeship in the gun trade, the best job of my life dropped into my lap in 1999 when I was offered the post of Gun Editor of The Countryman's Weekly, a weekly magazine which covers all field sports. This entails my writing five illustrated feature articles a week on guns, cartridges, deer stalking, big game hunting etc.
Alongside this we have expanded our mail order second hand crime fiction business, still publish a few books, and I find as much time as possible for shooting.
Jean, my wife, helps with the business. Our four children, Rowan, Tara, Gavin and Angus have all moved away from home but they visit on a regular basis.
I would not want to live anywhere other than m
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July 10, 2023
"Something she noticed at the peak of her terror, Sam still had an erection and was dripping sperm, even as he writhed in agony."
December 29, 2018
Fun, gory, pulp fiction
Another purely enjoyable episode in Guy N. Smith’s giant crab series. This was one of the better ones in the series and is true to Guy’s style of writing visceral, quick to read, exciting stories.
Another purely enjoyable episode in Guy N. Smith’s giant crab series. This was one of the better ones in the series and is true to Guy’s style of writing visceral, quick to read, exciting stories.
April 2, 2022
This is the 7th book in the series, and is set years after the other attacks, and has the son of one of the characters from the 2nd book, not as much carnage as some of the others but still good
October 6, 2012
A short easy read and very enjoyable. The ending was a bit sudden perhaps (although it does leave things open for more Crab books in the future) but for fans of Guy N Smith (including me) it delivers exactly what you would expect. Great fun.
January 9, 2015
By far the worst of the crab books. Click click clickety crap.
July 18, 2015
More crustacean mayhem! Terrific!
August 10, 2019
Our dear friend Guy N Smith has continued the series that has defined his career. A modern update but set in a timeline from the first book. The story has the son of a hunter from the 2nd book Killer Crabs, as our hero. Fortunately he is much nicer then his father who reminded me of Gaston.
If you have continued to read up to this point, you must be enjoying the series for all its faults. As each story is pretty much structured the same, the writing style has improved and the variety of storys up and down the UK has kept things from becoming stale. In this particular book we go back to Scotland and its set in a close a knit community that does not like anyone but Locals.... this shop is for locals, there is nothing for you here !!!! Except these dam crabs are coming and eating us...
If you have continued to read up to this point, you must be enjoying the series for all its faults. As each story is pretty much structured the same, the writing style has improved and the variety of storys up and down the UK has kept things from becoming stale. In this particular book we go back to Scotland and its set in a close a knit community that does not like anyone but Locals.... this shop is for locals, there is nothing for you here !!!! Except these dam crabs are coming and eating us...
February 28, 2017
Another great addition to the Killer Crabs series by Guy N. Smith. If I'm being hyper critical perhaps a couple of earlier books in the series were more suspenseful, but I read these books for the giant killer crabs. Cluck click clickety click!
April 21, 2021
This one was a short one. But the story flowed better. We still have the same moronic characters that venture near the crabs and then get surprised when they get attacked.
The ending was a little abrupt.
The ending was a little abrupt.
July 10, 2018
Could of easily fit into the Omnibus of short stories instead of being released on its own. Was a lot of rehashing. But a decent story in the giant crab storyline.
December 3, 2019
Meh
Barely a novella, this series of incidents feels lazy lacking the drive and character of Smith’s work. A disappointing conclusion
Barely a novella, this series of incidents feels lazy lacking the drive and character of Smith’s work. A disappointing conclusion
December 31, 2024
Another enjoyable horror story!
February 18, 2025
Ejaculating
as giant crab cuts off leg-
petite mort fois deux!
as giant crab cuts off leg-
petite mort fois deux!
June 15, 2025
loved it as a early teen
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