pickI think werewolf stories are my favorite type of monster stories. This was a really great anthology and I liked everything in here. These are not romance werewolves, these are the dark and gritty kind. Many of my favorite authors are featured here, including Ray Garton and Jonathan Janz and Jeff Strand. There are also stories by new to me authors that I will seek out in the future.
pickI read this in 2013 and I liked it, I may have read more of the series? I can‘t remember, but I have plenty of catching up to do regardless. So since 2006 we as a society are more aware of cultural appropriation & Briggs is not native & the fae are sent to reservations which is… not ideal. Urban fantasy around that time would throw in any & every culture with little to no research, I don‘t know how the indigenous community feels about it here
Before I leave my last read behind, I‘d like to use it as an excuse to post another dog photo.
You may not be able to see his teeth in this picture…but check out that tongue! 🥱
pickThis werewolf novel was my first Rachel Harrison. It feels very trendy, like she‘s got her finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist. And I think she & I have the same taste in men. The love interest is tall, wears glasses & band t-shirts, was a nerd in high school, has a vinyl collection, & teaches guitar. BUT…the book isn‘t subtle AT ALL. The metaphors are in your face & I knew who the werewolf that bit Rory was from get-go. Also, “Rory.” A low pick.
“It‘s so itchy underneath. [So,] I scratch…It feels so good. I keep going past the point when I know I should stop…I keep going…until I feel the fur. I look down…There‘s no red, no blood. Only silver. I‘m all oozy silver inside. Silver and fur.”
This is unexpectedly relatable given that it‘s the time of year when my eczema flares up. I wonder if my dermatologist ever considered that I might just be a werewolf? Occam‘s Razor. Simplest explanation.
so-soThis is a somewhat interesting collection of superstitions about lycanthropy that kinda lost track of itself partway through and started being a sort of proto-true crime about people who committed terrible crimes, tenuously linking that to lycanthropy via mental illness.
The first part was best.
New werewolf book just in time for the beginning of October! Vampires are typically my favorite monster, but I've definitely been drawn to werewolves a lot lately 🐾🐺
Now I like this song, it is about the end of the world and society. The government is called the werewolf here. How appropriate for today. #HauntsandHexes @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Werewolf
The Werewolf by Paul Simon
