Blood Worm
	Author(s):	Halkin, John
	Publisher:	Arrow
	Date:	1987
	ISBN:	0-09-944880-7 1-55547-247-8
	Cause:	Catastrophic “Natural” Events
	Creatures:	Living Invertebrates
	Submitted by:	Mike Riley (04/16/08)
Exerpt: "The place looked as though a bomb had hit it. Worse than that, the body of young Tim Jones lay spreadeagled on its back over a heap of fallen timber. Feeding on it - actually feeding on it - was a long snake. No, not a snake, he realized, but something more like a worm with a pale segmented skin the colour of liver sausage and pinkish patches. .."
Reviews: No published professional reviews found. (Mike Riley)

3 Scars

My Opinion: This was a fun, gross-out read with carnivorous beetles and worms bent on eating every last human in England. If you want a "relaxed" horror tale with lots of "raw meat walking", I recommend this book. Be advised that this book does contain some sexual content. This is another enjoyable read by John Halkin, the author of other "literary treasures" such as Slime, Slither, and Squelch. Mr. Halkin must have been traumatized by bugs as a youth as all of his books that I have read deal with invertebrates (e.g., insects, worms, bugs) reeking havoc on English humanity.

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