Tag: werewolf

Werewolf Cop

Werewolf Cop by Andrew Klavan, 2015

From Edgar Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Andrew Klavan, a supernatural thriller about a good cop in the grips of an evil curse. In the tradition of Dexter and The Shield, the first in a riveting trilogy about a crime-fighter on a quest to control the beast within.

Zach Adams is one of the best detectives in the country. Nicknamed Cowboy, he’s a soft-spoken homicide detective from Houston known for his integrity and courage under fire. He serves on a federal task force that has a single mission: to hunt down Dominic Abend, a European gangster who has taken over the American underworld.

Newcastle Werewolf Blood Red Ale

Newcastle Werewolf Blood Red Ale Returns to Market

Newcastle is resurrecting its popular Werewolf Blood-Red Ale, which was the top-selling imported limited edition in 2013.

Like the nocturnal man-beast that serves as its namesake, Newcastle Werewolf has something of a split personality. Tear into a bottle or a pint and it mysteriously transforms – starting out smooth and mellow, then transforming to a bitter bite that will leave beer lovers howling for more.

Newcastle Werewolf features a seasonally advantageous palate – sweet berry fruit with roasted caramel notes up front followed by a bite from Fuggle and Golding hops at the finish. It is brewed with rye malts, making it naturally blood-red in color, and is 4.5 percent alcohol by volume with 23.4 International Bittering Units.

Bernie Wrightson

Bernie Wrightson, Illustrations for “Cycle of the Werewolf: 1983

“Cycle of the Werewolf” is a short horror novel by Stephen King, each cahpter being a short story unto itself, featuring illustrations by comic book artist Bernie Wrightson. It tells the story of a werewolf haunting a small town as the moon turns full once every month. It was published as a limited edition hardcover in 1983 by Land of Enchantment, and in 1985 as a mass-market trade paperback by Signet.

The book is dedicated to the author Davis Grubb: “In memory of Davis Grubb, and all the voices of Glory.”

“Werewolves and Shapeshifters”

, Encounters with the Beast Within”- An anthology of werewolf stories published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (September 22, 2010)

John Skipp is a New York Times bestselling author and editor. He is recognized as splatterpunk’s founding father and the elder statesman of the genre. He is the author of “Jake’s Wake” and “The Long Last Call”.

This definitive collection contains thirty-two classic and new stories, written by favorites of the genre including George R.R. Martin, Charlaine Harris, Chuck Palahniuk, Neil Gaiman, H.P. Lovecraft, Joe R. Lansdale, Angela Carter, David J. Schow, Kathe Koja, Bentley Little, and more. Skipp provides fascinating insight and details, through two nonfiction essays, into the history and presence of shape shifting in popular culture.  Resources at the end of the book include lists of the genre’s best long-form fiction, as well as movies, websites, and writers. A definitive book for the werewolf fan.

David Wellington, “Frostbite”

David Wellington, “Frostbite” published in serial online in July, 2006 and in print in 2009.

Werewolves in “Frostbite” have only two forms; human and lupine. They cannot control the change, and take on lupine form at any time that the moon is above the horizon, regardless of the moon’s phase. The lupine form is similar to a normal wolf, but significantly stronger and more aggressive, bearing an intense hatred of humans. They have elements of the dire wolf, including unusually wicked teeth. Even in human form, the werewolf is notably stronger, faster and more resilient than a normal human of its physique

Silver is the nemesis of werewolves, as even a relatively light binding of silver chain cannot be broken by one. The effects of long-term contact with silver, or of silver weaponry, are not yet clear. It is known that contact with silver bindings in lupine form can leave a lasting mark when the werewolf regains human form.

Anne Rice, “The Wolf Gift Chronicles”

Anne Rice, The Wolf Gift Chronicles : Book One- “The Wolf Gift”; Book Two- “The Wolves of Midwinter”

“The morph from human to werewolf is typically depicted with growling, snarling and more of an air of pain and violence. Only Anne Rice would attempt to describe lycanthrophy as a viral infection that transforms the body’s muscle into a sort of erectile tissue, and then draw parallels between the transformation and the physiological process of arousal and climactic release. Rice’s wolf experience is a full-blown orgy of all the senses described with her characteristically florid prose.” -Andrea Sefler. Pop Mythology

For werewolf fans- great books to start a new series. Devour them.

The Wolf Man, 1941 Trailer

 

The Wolf Man, 1941 Trailer

After teasing his friends for believing in werewolves, Larry (Lon Chaney Jr.) is promptly bitten by a rabid wolf and faints. Horror superstars share the screen when Larry wakes to find a gypsy (Bela Lugosi) who moonlights as a werewolf. Cursed by the werewolf’s bite, Larry suffers torturous full-moon transformations and tries to escape the townsfolk who hunt him. Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers and Ralph Bellamy also star in this film.

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The Werewolf

Artist Unknown, (The Werewolf), Digital Art

Something inhuman has come to Tarker’s Mills, as unseen as the full moon riding the night sky high above. It is the Werewolf, and there is no more reason for its coming now than there would be for the arrival of cancer, or a psychotic with murder on his mind, or a killer tornado.

—Stephen King, “Cycle of the Werewolf”, Chapter 1, January, p. 14.

Stephen King’s “Cycle of the Werewolf” was adapted for the 1985 movie “Silver Bullet”, directed by Daniel Attia.

Dorothy Hardy

Mabel Dorothy Hardy, “Odin and Ferris”, 1909, Lithograph

This image is one of her three illustrations from “Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sages” written by H. A. Guerber and published by George G, Harrap and Company, London, a now defunct publisher of high quality illustrated books.

Born in 1868, Mabel Dorothy Hardy was an illustrator who was known for her popular equestrian prints. She also did a series of black and white animal illustrations for Strand Magazine which appearred in  their first issue of January 1891. Dorothy Hardy died in 1937.