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Jaws with wasps.
By the time Scarlett Sutton arrives at her dad’s cabin in the Smoky Mountains, two locals have already been eaten alive by wasps. Of course, she doesn’t know this yet. All Scarlett knows is her mom finally checked herself into a hospital to take care of her mental health, leaving Scarlett alone with her dad all summer.
After he insists that she get a job, Scarlett accepts a position at nearby Stovetop Outfitters, hoping to spend as much time away from him as possible. She doesn’t expect to trip over a skeletonized corpse beneath the zip-line during one of her shifts—and definitely doesn’t expect to be thrown into a Netflix-style true crime investigation.
The local sheriff’s department is so overwhelmed by these unsolved deaths that when one of the Stovetop Outfitters employees disappears next, Scarlett and her co-workers set out to find him on their own. They discover something much more horrifying: a swarm of yellow jackets stripping the meat off his body. Scarlett never signed up to solve a disgusting mystery, but in order to protect her friends and family, she must defeat the mountain’s darkness and all these godforsaken wasps.
"Grotesque and brilliant. A bloody small-town romp, Meat Bees, is as self-aware and complex as it is utterly and unashamedly ridiculous." —FanFiAddict
"Erbach mixes true crime, mystery, horror and the supernatural to craft a terrifying tale that was hard to put down. Exactly the campy horror story I was hoping for." —Capes & Tights
"Meat Bees brings all the nasty thrills of a classic 80's creature feature, but strengthens the killer bite (and sting!) of horror with wry humor and real heart. A wonderful sense of place and a great story about growing up that also just happens to feature a horde of flesh-eating wasps. Come for the bloody carnage and skeletonized corpses, but stay for the characters you'll love too much to want to see devoured!" —Trevor Henderson, author of Scarewaves
"Meat Bees gets its stinger in right off the bat and refuses to let go. A wild ride that’s as much about growing up and messy relationships as it is about mayhem, with characters that feel fully alive (even when things get deadly). Erbach sticks the landing on every front, from voice to vibe to sheer imagination. This is one of those books you don’t want to miss!" —V.S. Lawrence, author of 80s Ghosts and With Friends Like These
"Everyone who loathes those notorious yellow-and-black insects that delight in ruining picnics will find Dane Erbach's Meat Bees to be a nasty, delightful, frightening, and psychologically insightful piece of work." —Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and The Queen
"Meat Bees offers readers the fun of your favorite B movie creature features with a side order of heart. A buzzy, meaty summer horror read!" —Wendy Dalrymple, author of Bed Rot Baby and Killer Summer