THE BIG BAD

Since her mother’s death, Buffy Summers has had a hard time keeping her chin up. Suddenly finding herself alone and in charge of Dawn is certainly daunting, and being responsible, at the same time, for saving the world … well, it’s pressure. And lately the Slayer is feeling bogged down by the little things.

Buffy has a toothache, but no dental insurance … as if her financial problems weren’t overwhelming enough already. And Anya and Xander are being held hostage in their own home by a plague of ants. Everyone is determined not to sweat the small stuff—until Spike discovers economy-sized evil wreaking havoc in Weatherly Park. Mini-monsters are perfectly capable of mega-trouble, and in order to stop them, the Slayer’s going to have to think … small!