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The Skittering

By: David Haynes
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Crease is known in Weaver as ‘the bug guy’, the man who takes care of insects and other critters. But what emerges from the shadows of the town’s waste plant is beyond anything found in nature.

Fist-sized cockroaches. Bird-sized wasps. Spiders, millipedes, ticks, all swollen to enormous bulk with vicious appetites to match. And other things, creatures that should never exist.

Through the night they come, slithering, buzzing, scuttling, crawling over skin, burrowing into flesh, making the town their nest.
Time is soon running out for Crease and the other survivors, as that hideous skittering noise closes in from all around…©2020 David Haynes (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Horror Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal
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A chemical spill leads to a small town hospital becomming the epicenter of a battle between man and millions of flesh-eating mutant insects. Lurid descriptions of people being devoured alive or infested in increasingly gruesome fashion. This book is a love letter to the days of dog-eared paperbacks by writers like James Herbert and Guy N. Smith. It's fun and schlocky, although the narration quality takes some getting used to.

A fun throwback to the pulpy horror paperbacks of the '70s and '80s

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This took me back to the Atomic Era films of the 50’s
It was incredibly creepy with a smattering of humor thrown in for great, not just good, measure!
Fantastic narration!
Highly recommended reading

Excellent Read!

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Another great story from David Haynes and well performed by Jeff Harding. Definitely felt the itching anxiousness at the thought of this bug fueled nightmare

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Well paced, creepy, and fun. Like a good old-fashioned B-Movie.
Competently narrated. It's definitely a good listen.

Enjoyable creature feature

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Fantastic body horror, with absolutely visceral language that made your skin crawl. Well written and made me cautious of every bug I came across whilst listening.

Disgustingly gorey and viscerally written

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