• The Skittering

  • By: David Haynes
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (107 ratings)

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The Skittering

By: David Haynes
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Crease is known in Weaver as ‘the bug guy’, the man who takes care of insects and other critters. But what emerges from the shadows of the town’s waste plant is beyond anything found in nature.

Fist-sized cockroaches. Bird-sized wasps. Spiders, millipedes, ticks, all swollen to enormous bulk with vicious appetites to match. And other things, creatures that should never exist.

Through the night, they come, slithering, buzzing, scuttling, crawling over skin, burrowing into flesh, making the town their nest.

Time is soon running out for Crease and the other survivors, as that hideous skittering noise closes in from all around....

©2020 David Haynes (P)2022 W F Howes

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narrator is excellent!!!!

I'm a new fan of Haynes, will be looking forward to new books!! visualize everyone in the books.

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Should be a movie

This story should be made into a movie. The narrator was great! Absolutely loved it!

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Annoying narrator

Not a bad story, if you get it for free. Really didn't like the narrator though. He emphasizes the last word of every sentence, like every sentence is proclamation. Not the worst narration, but pretty annoying, and detracts from the story.

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Great action throughout

This was my first bug horror and it didn't disappoint. Big time action throughout and solid character development for a shorter book. Highly reccomend.

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Enjoyable enough to finish

I liked it and especially the book I tried before it I couldn’t get even to chapter 5 so it was nice to get into a fun creature gore fest. Felt robotic in the reading at first which is why the score wasn’t higher.

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Bonkers and creepy right from the start.

Its eerie and often paranoia inducing descriptions are amazingly written. It does get a tad gross but without ever overstepping the line.

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Awesome book

I never read anything like this.lol.Funny but disturbing.I look forward to reading more from this author.

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Great story

A great mix of thrill, grossout, and humor. The humor is dry and almost subtle, not to distract from the horror in any way. The horror is creepy and gross. And the story is just fun.

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it's a good story

honestly, I went into it with low expectations and finished it within 2 days. it's a really fun story that definitely surprised me. I really enjoyed it if you like horror especially gorey details, give it a shot.

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the narrator sounds like an AI

I love the solution to the problem being something non conventional . the characters are very relatable. I do hope there is a follow up story

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