He first achieved real commercial success with Night of the Crabs ( 19), introducing what was to become his trademark Horror in SF trope of giant man-eating crabs in this and subsequent volumes of the Crabs sequence these Monsters attack various UK coastal areas, causing mayhem and general alarm, though not without lapses into bathos as in the first book's invasion of a seaside holiday camp: "The crabs were spoiling everybody's holiday." His novel debut was the Werewolf tale Werewolf by Moonlight ( 1974) as Guy Smith, with two sequels following. (1939-2020) UK author and book dealer best known for his prolific output of horror novels, generally rough-hewn but with a Pulp-ish or B-movie vigour that gained him a considerable cult following.
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