The
Best of Werewolf.com was a contest for the short story writers of the web
forums of Werewolf.com. This booklet
contains the winners of the contest.
Contest
Winners:
Steven E. Wedel - The Feast of Saratoga
Colonel
Josef Ulrik uses his gift in the fight for
independence during the American Revolution.
Travis Hathcock - Where Am I?
A first date goes awry
when Earl wakes up in the woods, covered in blood.
Joel Bergmann - Stillwater's Hide
Stealing
an old wolf hide gets Eric more than he bargained for.
SC Covenant - Killing Lycanthropy
Rich
must learn to live with his lycanthropy, with the help of a support group for
fellow werewolves.
The Saki story, The She-Wolf, was voted the favorite
classic werewolf story of the Werewolf.com readers. You can find the full-text for that story at:
The
She-Wolf - Saki
Congratulations
go out to all contest winners. A big thank you to all who participated.
The book may be purchased at Shocklines.com.
You
will see these great authors, and many more, back at Werewolf.com.
Reviews:
Janrae Frank -author of the Dark
Brothers of the Light trilogy, and In
the Darkness Hunting.
The following review was taken from
the Whistling in the
Darkzone forums (with permission of the reviewer). It's a great forum for
professional writers, and those striving to become professional writers. Feel
free to go take a look.
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Jean-Loup Benet edited a very nice chapbook from
Werewolf.com and I enjoyed it very much. My favorite story in it is Steven E. Wedel's "The Feast of Saratoga." I like to think
of it as horror alt. history. Werewolves helping to defeat
the reinforcements going to join Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne's forces at
Saratoga.
My single disappointment was "Where am I?" by Travis Hathcock. That one seemed pointless and stiff. The words
did not flow properly.
However, moving on to "Stillwater's Hide" by Joel Bergmann, I must
say that this is another winner. A teenager steals a magical hide from an
Indian.
"Killing Lycanthropy" by S. C. Covenant is a mix of werewolf in
training and lycantropy's version of Alcoholic's
Anonymous. Well written and lots of fun.
Three out of four are excellent stories and more than worth the price of
admission.
On my usual scale of one to ten, I give it 9 stars.
Janrae Frank, In The
Darkness, Hunting now out from Wildside Press.
www.janraefrank.com/
A.B. Wallace - author of The Mark
of the Werewolf and Vintage Blood and
the Sacred Scepters.
I wanted to take a moment and let
you all know how enjoyable reading the Chapbook, The Best of Werewolf.com was.
Ah, Ulrik. I know him well. I've Shara
and hope to read it soon. Steve's quite a talented guy and I've been introduced
to several more as well I see. Where am I? Great tale.
Poor Earl. Mary was a pleasant surprise in the story.
Loved the ending as well. Still Water's Hide. How
wonderful! Grabbed me immediately. Great
description of transforming into a werewolf, using the wolf skin. Nice
ending too. Like the story is actually just beginning, but it was still most
satisfying. And Killing Lycanthropy--definitely dark yet amusing. Just enough I
think. Certainly had me glued to my seat. And what a
great idea...group therapy for werewolves. The introduction "Why
Werewolves?" was very interesting. Wolf-Man, til
this day is still my favorite werewolf movie. I haven't had a chance to read
She-Wolf but I hope to soon.
