Crabs' Moon

The Moon shone brightly down on them. The breeze stroked them. Laughter floated over the water from the excited bingo players at the Blue Ocean Holiday Camp. And THE CRABS heard... Tense, shuddering with hunger, they lurched out of the sea maddened with a need to eat. Closer they crawled, the only sound a clickety-click of their piercing, strong, razor-sharp claws... They had come before. And humankind had beaten them. But now they were back, possessed by an uncanny intelligence, guided by forces no one on earth could understand. Not even scientist Cliff Davenport. He could only watch them coming closer... closer... as the screaming began...