Shaun Hutson writes British horror and thrillers known for graphic violence, bodily threat and fast-moving plots. Slugs turns an everyday pest into a gruesome urban menace, while Spawn centres on disturbing biological experiments and creatures that escape control. Erebus and Relics similarly use monstrous or supernatural threats, and later books move between horror, crime and conspiracy thriller. Hutson's novels are direct, explicit and plot-led rather than subtle psychological horror, with physical danger kept constantly visible. His work fits splatter horror, creature horror, British pulp horror and violent supernatural thrillers, particularly for readers looking for the harsher end of 1980s and 1990s genre fiction. Read more Less