Curran, Tim - Worm
The first few chapters, we are briefly introduced to the meals … oops … characters.
The small residential burg is shaken by quakes, the ground boils open, and slippery, rank black ooze spreads.
Worse, this occurs within homes, as sinks, drains and toilets belch forth the subterranean vomit.
Mr. Curran has tapped into a childhood fear. Going to the toilet in the middle of the night, when creatures, horrible creatures, wriggle in the shadowy bowl.
Somewhere, James Herbert is going, “Way to go, mate.”