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Night of the Squirrels #2
Day of the Robots
It all started with one bite.
The experiments of McWikken Academy are restless. First, it was Lars the former student turned mostly robot attacking Regan. Now, one little hunchbacked squirrel takes down half the basketball team and several cheerleaders – not to mention the opposing team and some of the audience – before some very familiar men in masks show up to burn down the gym and usher the students to the infirmary.
Regan looks for solutions from her intern on the inside, Colby, and finds that the original mission of the McWikken underground lab is very family-oriented, their contingency plans are much more brutal than she thought possible...and she has been tangling with Nurse Dash for far longer than she realized. She goes into hiding, takes on the responsibilities of a field jacket, retains the services of a school librarian with a serious grudge, and rallies her best human and werewolf friends to resist the oncoming explosion of furry mutilation. If she can just montage and stay hidden long enough to figure out how to get past the shiny metal staff, she might have a chance to stop the squirrelpocalypse and still get to the dance celebrating the new gym – but who will she go with?
(Volume 2 of the Night of the Squirrels/Squirrelpocalypse trilogy, following Dawn of the Interns)
The experiments of McWikken Academy are restless. First, it was Lars the former student turned mostly robot attacking Regan. Now, one little hunchbacked squirrel takes down half the basketball team and several cheerleaders – not to mention the opposing team and some of the audience – before some very familiar men in masks show up to burn down the gym and usher the students to the infirmary.
Regan looks for solutions from her intern on the inside, Colby, and finds that the original mission of the McWikken underground lab is very family-oriented, their contingency plans are much more brutal than she thought possible...and she has been tangling with Nurse Dash for far longer than she realized. She goes into hiding, takes on the responsibilities of a field jacket, retains the services of a school librarian with a serious grudge, and rallies her best human and werewolf friends to resist the oncoming explosion of furry mutilation. If she can just montage and stay hidden long enough to figure out how to get past the shiny metal staff, she might have a chance to stop the squirrelpocalypse and still get to the dance celebrating the new gym – but who will she go with?
(Volume 2 of the Night of the Squirrels/Squirrelpocalypse trilogy, following Dawn of the Interns)
264 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 30, 2013
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About the author
Rachel Smith
3 books7 followersSo, in lieu of a sensible biography I have made some lists. And I guess I'll give a bit of useful information about myself: I’m from Iowa but I’ve lived other places, I am a librarian, and I’m also a bit of a guinea pig whisperer. I prefer to write about plagues and ensembles of characters up against some odds and making light of their situations using the inevitable levity that comes when facing certain doom. At some point I may write about other stuff, and possibly things. I also maintain a blog of photos and irreverent reviews called Guinea Pigs and Books (guineapigsandbooks.wordpress.com).
Night of the Squirrels: Dawn of the Interns is the first in my Squirrelpocalypse trilogy. The Guinea Pig edition of the second in the trilogy - Day of the Robots - came out on Amazon, May 30, 2013. The final book in the trilogy, unexpectedly titled Night of the Squirrels, came out in April of 2016.
Top seven movies that have similarities to the Night of the Squirrels trilogy:
1. Cabin in the Woods
2. Little Darlings
3. Dog Soldiers
4. Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed
5. Re-Animator
6. Gremlins II
7. House of the Devil
Top six Nicolas Cage movies:
1. Wild At Heart
2. Drive Angry
3. Raising Arizona (without irony)
4. Zandalee (with a shovel of irony)
5. Adaptation
6. Bringing Out the Dead
Top five favorite authors:
1. Edward Gorey
2. Libba Bray
3. Kelly Link
4. Steve Almond
5. Shirley Jackson
Top four musical influences on Night of the Squirrels: Dawn of the Interns:
1. Electric Six
2. The Raveonettes
3. The Gun Club
4. TV on the Radio
Top three musical influences on Day of the Robots that are different from the influences on Dawn of the Interns (to be intensely specific):
1. Joy Division
2. David Bowie - Low
3. Ween
Top two musical influences on Night of the Squirrels that are not also influencing the previous books in the trilogy all that much:
1. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
2. Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Night of the Squirrels: Dawn of the Interns is the first in my Squirrelpocalypse trilogy. The Guinea Pig edition of the second in the trilogy - Day of the Robots - came out on Amazon, May 30, 2013. The final book in the trilogy, unexpectedly titled Night of the Squirrels, came out in April of 2016.
Top seven movies that have similarities to the Night of the Squirrels trilogy:
1. Cabin in the Woods
2. Little Darlings
3. Dog Soldiers
4. Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed
5. Re-Animator
6. Gremlins II
7. House of the Devil
Top six Nicolas Cage movies:
1. Wild At Heart
2. Drive Angry
3. Raising Arizona (without irony)
4. Zandalee (with a shovel of irony)
5. Adaptation
6. Bringing Out the Dead
Top five favorite authors:
1. Edward Gorey
2. Libba Bray
3. Kelly Link
4. Steve Almond
5. Shirley Jackson
Top four musical influences on Night of the Squirrels: Dawn of the Interns:
1. Electric Six
2. The Raveonettes
3. The Gun Club
4. TV on the Radio
Top three musical influences on Day of the Robots that are different from the influences on Dawn of the Interns (to be intensely specific):
1. Joy Division
2. David Bowie - Low
3. Ween
Top two musical influences on Night of the Squirrels that are not also influencing the previous books in the trilogy all that much:
1. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
2. Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
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May 11, 2014
A cross between "Cabin Fever" and "Dawn of the Dead" with a comedic twist. Satisfies my craving for campy, funny horror in print form. Could really picture this series in a Wes Craven movie.
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