Slugs Author:Shaun Hutson They slime, they ooze, they kill ... — One female slug can lay one and a half million eggs a year -- a fact which holds terrifying consequences for the people of Merton. As the town basks in the summer heat, a new breed of slug is growing and multiplying. In the waist-high grass, in the dank, dark cellars they are acquiring, new tastes, new cravi... more »ngs. For blood. For flesh. Human flesh ...« less