“The Suitcase””The Island of Sweet Music””The Doll””The Act of God””The Last Supper””Bullseye””The Crabs””Triple Death””The Writing on the Wall””The League of the Twisted Serpent” Mystery & Horror Shorts: 1st Collection.“Crustacean Vengeance” (a Crabs story) “The Brain Crawlers” “The Last Boot” “Hellfire” (a Sabat story) “Come Back, My Darling” “Hounds From Hades” “The Ghouls” “The Baby” “The Shooting on the Moss” “Wheels of Evil” “Curse of the White Rhinoceros” “The Hoax” Horror Shorts: 1st Collection (June, 1999 by Bulldog Books) ISBN 0-953.The Ghoul (1976) (based on the 1975 film The Ghoul) Sexy Confessions of a Window Cleaner (as Adrian Wood)ĭer Ruf des Werwolfs (1976) (Originally printed in German only, Published by Erich Pabel as a part of their “Vampir Horror Roman”) Sexy Confessions of a Pop Performer (as Alan Myatt) Sexy Confessions of a Secretary (as Patricia Mathews) Sexy Confessions of a Bank Clerk (as Peter Lynch) Sexy Confessions of a Games Mistress (as Joan Hudson) Sexy Confessions of a Relief Nurse (as Wendy Davis) Sexy Secrets of Swinging Wives, Part 1: The Partner Swappers (as Anonymous) Despite his reputation in many quarters as being a hack writer, Smith’s novels enjoyed considerable popularity in Poland in the early 1990s, having been cheaply translated and published as pocket editions by the Amber publishing house.ĭead Meat (1996) (omnibus of all 4 books plus two new Sabat stories, Vampire Village and Hellbeat) Smith’s work mixes sex, violence, gore and self-conscious humour. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural considers that Smith’s horror novels were “endearing, imbued with lively storytelling and the tacky brilliance of the horror and science fiction cinema of the 1950’s”. However, he is best known for his seventy plus horror books.
He has written a series of children’s books under the pseudonym Jonathon Guy, two thrillers under the name Gavin Newman and a dozen non-fiction books on countryside matters. Smith has had over a thousand short stories and magazine articles published. For other critics though, this adds a certain camp quality to his work. Smith’s work has also been criticised by some as right-wing and reactionary, with the heroes often being thinly-disguised versions of Smith himself while hippies, lefties, protesters and animal rights campaigners are generally shown in a poor light. The pulpish nature of Smith’s concepts and writing are legendary in the horror fiction world, and have been spoofed by the award-winning comedian and writer Matthew Holness in his Garth Marenghi persona.
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