However it’s not long before the presence of the moths starts to come to the attention of offers. So much so that she begins to draw inspiration from the giant moths for a possible new show.

However, their presence is looked at as a welcome one by the ex-television producer. Later on Ginny notices that the very same giant moths have congregated in the large trees within her new garden. Jack drives on unaware of how lucky he is to survive the ordeal. However, on the return journey home, his van is attacked by a pack of giant moths. Still very much in love with Ginny, Jack agrees to help her with the move. Meanwhile, twenty-six-year-old Ginny Andrewes has decided to move out of London and to a small cottage in the countryside following the breakup with her ex-partner Jack. Certainly a problem if they had gotten loose, but she thinks to herself it could have been so much worse. After counting out the missing specimens, the resident Dr Greenberg counts six carnivorous caterpillars are unaccounted for. Kit doesn’t last long.īack at the research institute and the dead cat is blamed for the devastation and the missing caterpillars. And unfortunately for young Kit, he’s not only stolen one of these nasty beasties, but he has a further two attached to his clothing, and they’re now burying into his flesh. These squirming larval have teeth and a carnivorous hunger for flesh. But as Kit is soon to realise, the caterpillar he has in his hand is no ordinary member of the Lepidoptera family. However, with a giant caterpillar in hand, Kit gets out of the lab and off to the relative safety of the woods outside. And all seems to be going pretty darn well, up until the lab cat Baggy gets spooked by the young lad’s presence and smashes up the lab.

A smash and grab of one of their experimental specimens is a sure-fire way to get into Lenny’s gang. He’s got the University of Lingford Research Institute in his sights. Kit is a twelve-year-old troublemaker on a mission. The trilogy kicked-off with the first novel ‘ Slither’ (1980) and was later followed by the second book ‘ Slime’ (1984).

First published back in October of 1985, British author John Halkin’s pulp horror novel ‘Squelch’ was the third book in the ‘Slither-Slime-Squelch’ creepy-crawly trilogy.

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