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Smith (1939-2020) was a prolific English writer best known for his pulp fiction-style horror fiction. Mith wrote his first horror book, Werewolf by Moonlight, in 1974. It spawned two direct sequels. E is probably best known for a series of six Crabs books, the first of which, Night of the Crabs, was published in 1976. The pulpish nature of Smith's concepts and writing are legendary in the horror fiction world.

Smith (1939-2020) was a prolific English writer best known for his pulp fiction-style horror fiction. Smith wrote his first horror book, Werewolf by Moonlight, in 1974. The pulpish nature of Smith's concepts and writing are legendary in the horror fiction world. He is probably best known for a series of six Crabs books, the first of which, Night of the Crabs, was published in 1976. It spawned two direct sequels.

Viral experimentation is the key to ingenuity at the Midlands Biological Research Centre, located in the English countryside of Cannock Chase This is where Professor Brian Newman is at the cutting edge of bacteriology, breaking new ground and staking a claim in humanity's continued innovation on this planet hough even he has reservations when it comes to tampering with Mother Nature.

When he discovers a potentially lethal virus in living bat specimens, he decides to withhold the results from administration and destroy those that somehow evaded death ut before he's able to carry out his plan, he inadvertently releases them from their cages and into the laboratory where they manage to escape through a window and out into the world The not-so proverbial bat is now out of the lab.

Eported attacks begin to surface, causing panic and consternation among the mostly rural population That is, until the bats spread beyond the town's borders and into the big city of Birmingham where they create mass carnage and chaos ewman and his colleagues desperately seek a solution, testing out theories without producing any viable results.

But with the wave of bats growing by the hundreds and a mob of locals ready to impale him with their pitchforks, time is a luxury he can't afford to waste t least not when he's busy playing God Bats out of Hell is a cautionary tale that hits much closer to home than its pulpy title and cover would suggest t's a prophetic forecast that includes the very disease which has recently caused us so much anguish, pain, and devastation Winged creatures carry a mutated virus and wreak havoc on a community, and those in charge try to stop it before more deaths occur erhaps this is the kind of story that's been told ad nauseum, but you've never heard it told quite like Guy N is eerie prescience is the kind no author would willingly champion, especially when they eventually find themselves living it But it's one that requires our attention e preaches of the dangers of man reaching beyond his grasp in areas that bear the highest of risk Though, the true horror here is in realizing that humanity is its own worst enemy nd authors like Smith make sure we never forget it Plus, who doesn't love to go a little batty sometimes his new edition to the Vintage Horror series features a new introduction by Stephen Jones, an introduction by Guy N Smith, and new cover and frontispiece artwork by Ben Baldwin.

Edition Details

• Limited to 400 copies, each signed by Stephen Jones and artist Ben Baldwin.
• Facsimile signature by Guy N. Smith.
• New introduction by Stephen Jones.
• Introduction by Guy N. Smith.
• Reprint of original paperbac cover, in color.
• Die cut dustjacket with printed front panel.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands.

External Links

• Bats Out of Hell. Centipede Press page for Bats Out of Hell
• Guy N. Smith (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Guy N. Smith