We finish out Spook Retorts: UK not OK (last minute title, sorry not sorry) with a spin through Scotland. This time, with crabs! That’s right, Danielle’s bringing it back to a Book Retorts favorite with another killer crustacean masterpiece, The Origin of the Crabs by Guy N. Smith frin 1974. Have you ever wondered what created those crazy man-eating cow-sized crabs? Too bad. This book is not for you. But if you’re in it for the click click clickety click of outsized pinchers tearing people limb from limb, leaving them to bob adrift in Scottish lochs, boy are you in luck! When large cat-sized (or hare, your choice) crabs are spotted climbing along the banks of a private loch, Bruce McKechnie, town murderer and all around rich jerk, knows his sporting empire may be at an end. Instead of selling tickets to hunt the now sheepdog-sized crabs (the obvious answer), he tries to keep them hidden as the killer crustaceans slowly take out the townspeople one by one (or en masse, depends on their mood). Will anyone survive to fight the crabs? Will McKechnie’s girlfriend make good life choices? Will these baby crabs make it to full cow size? Special guest Filip, from Mind Duck Books, has never been so excited to know, except that last time we did Slugs. He was pretty excited about that.

Special thanks to friend of the pod and honorary co-host Filip from Mind Duck Books for joining us! You can find Mind Duck Books on Twitter and Instagram, and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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