Anyone ever heard of the Scottish author William Meikle? I hadn't either. But he appears to have written a zillion books (estimated). Now, they all look schlocky. But they also look fun.
He also seems to enjoy writing new stories about William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki, Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger and supernatural Sherlock Holmes.
Ereaderiq shows he regularly puts his books on sale for $0.99.
Two that I picked up on the cheap are:
Green Grow the Rashes and Other Stories - Free!
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These seven short stories, all previously published in magazines or anthologies, contain magic, monsters, ghosts, history, beer, Scotland, scifi, fantasy, horror, singing, more beer and fun.
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Crustaceans - $0.99
An obvious homage to Guy N. Smith's infamous Crabs novels.
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From Scottish writer William Meikle comes a novel that is a welcome return to those tomes of pure enjoyment that we read with guilt in our early teens, in the tradition of James Herbert’s THE RATS and Guy N. Smith’s NIGHT OF THE CRABS.
It begins with a dead whale on a Boston shoreline--not in itself an unusual occurrence. But the things that claw their way out of the blubber are very unusual indeed. A cast of giant crabs, evolved over centuries, descends on a small coastal town and, having feasted, make their way to the city using the sewer system. Soon they are swarming around Manhattan, hunted and harried by a SWAT team tasked with ridding the city of the menace...before the menace gets big enough to rid itself of the city.
"I don’t think you can have much more fun reading a book than “Crustaceans”. It is one hell of a ride that will keep you turning the pages as fast as you can read them. There is bloodshed galore, epic man vs. crab battles and there is even room for some heartfelt moments." - Famous Monsters of Filmland
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