The Shluffmuffin Boy Is History — Dan Greenburg

Run, Shluffmuffins, run!

What do sarcastic troll doctors, disfigured giant ants, and a jackal assassin disguised as a public health official have in common? Well, they're all just part of the daily grind in Dripping Fang Forest. True -- it's never exactly been your wholesome family community, but this time around, something even more sordid than usual is afoot.

Not to mention the fact that after the gang got a little pyromaniacal at the Mandibles' place, nothing is as it should be with our Shluffmuffin-family heroes. Wally has suddenly turned into an eternal optimist, Vampire Dad wants to give the twins up for adoption, and Cheyenne has been acting awfully, urn, hypnotized lately. Meanwhile, everyone in downtown Cincinnati is snotting and snuffling from a mysterious and deadly flu virus -- and huge ont larvae are quietly and secretly gaining strength underground.

Then, when all seems lost, a suspicious stranger with a syringe shows up to give Wally a free "vaccination." (Now, there couldn't possibly be anything wrong with that picture, could there?)