by John Halkin is the pseudonym of an unknown British author who wrote several horror novels in the 1980s for Hamlyn, most notably the “slimy” trilogy Slime, Slither, and Squelch. He also wrote Blood Worm, Fangs of the Werewolf, The Unholy, Fatal Odds, Hantu, a literary novel called Kenya, and a handful of short stories before apparently calling it quits.
To view a list of his novels and stories available in print and ebook formats, please click here.
These cover scans are from the library of author Christopher Fulbright.
geez, those covers look familiar. i bet charlie read them! i wonder who the writer really was …
Hi Kathy, I was pleasantly surprised by Slime — it was a good read and a lot of fun. I saw a post by Ramsey Campbell on the Too Much Horror Fiction blog about “John Halkin.” He said he once heard that the author was a high level executive at the BBC, but I do not believe that was ever confirmed.