I'm very sorry to say that pulp legend Guy N Smith has sadly passed away...
To say Guy N Smith was prolific is an understatement: he has over a thousand short stories and magazine articles published, as well as dozens of novels. He wrote for countryside magazines and promoted pipe smoking.
Guy N Smith's mother was historical novelist E.M. Weale. He published his first story aged 12 and write 55 more before he turned 17. At his father's insistence he went into banking as a career, before moving into the shotgun trade.
Smith's pulp career really started in 1974 when New English Library were looking for werewolf novels to publish. Werewolf By Moonlight sold well, and NEL were to publish the majority of his later horror work.
Smith's big breakthrough came in 1976 with Night OfThe Crabs. Giant mutant crabs land ashore and wreak havoc on the locals etc. It was to spawn six sequels in print and even more in ebook form.
Smith also brought us special forces ex-priest demon-hunter (and chronic masturbator) Mark Sabat, a man possessed by his own evil brother.
He also penned The Slime Beast, who is, er, a beast. From the slime. This was almost turned into a movie in 2015.
Most Guy N Smith horror novels are quite short - under 300 pages. That's ideal for a long train journey or a week's commute, which was often the key demographic for pulp authors.
Smith's pacey, breathless, and frequently outlandish horror novels earnt him a worldwide audience. He just had a knack for pulp.
Whilst his style may not be to everybody's taste there's certainly no harm in chasing down a Guy N Smith book or two from his back catalogue and enjoying the senseless thrill of a pulp horror trip! He really knew his stuff.
Guy N Smith was an old school horror master and a real life pulp legend. His passing is a hell of a way to end a hell of a year. So if you have a glass of something handy please join me in a toast. Farewell Guy...

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