Generations

by William Meikle, M. Wayne Miller (Illustrator)

Tom wants to see a dragon. And his Granddad wants to make one. But neither of them are prepared for the consequences when they accidentally spill Granddad's special growth formula on the ground. Insects, grown to giant-size, start to emerge, a few only at first, then more and more...a huge, swarming, mass of them. Now Tom, along with farmer's daughter, Kate, must battle against the giant bugs to save Kate's parents. They need help...big help. The kind of help a dragon can provide...

Genres: Horror

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 21, 2013

About the author

I'm a Scottish writer, now living in Canada, with more than thirty novels published in the genre press and over 300 short story credits in thirteen countries.

My work has appeared in a number of professional anthologies and I have recent short story sales to NATURE Futures and Galaxy's Edge. When I'm not writing I play guitar, drink beer and dream of fortune and glory.

For an intro to me, my writing and my accent see my Youtube channel

Reviews

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun read!

Tom's granddad is peculiar and slightly eccentric but manages to splice body parts from different animals together and uses a formula to make them grow in size. After splicing parts of a salamander and a bat together to form a "dragon", some of the growth formula gets spilled on the floor where amoeba and ants come in contact with it. Tim's granddad is pressed to come up with a solution to shrink or exterminate the pests as they threaten to destroy the city.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun romp of an extended family and some of the experiments that grand pa happens to have getting out of control starting with an explosion in the kitchen. Dragons and giant ants are found in this book. Love it!

[Nyarlathotep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rollicking good tale

This gets 5 stars from me as this was a thoroughly enjoyable tale. This is the first book I've read from Mr. Meikle, and it was good story.

The dialogue can be witty and snarky (I love Grandad), the rest being well done. The action is paced at a decent level but there is no gore. I don't mind gore, but I want to know about it going in. No obvious typo or editorial mistakes leaped out at me.

For a short story/novella, the characters are developed enough that you care about what happens to them. Mr. Meikle, please give us more stories involving these protagonists.

I wish Grandad could make aTannis for me.