Tag: #WerewolfWednesday

Beer drinking werewolves? Why not?

The  Varulv, according to Swedish and Norwegian folklore, are werewolves of the North. These beer drinking, baby eating nomads were much feared, and even inspired one of the earliest known trials of a man for being a werewolf. The aptly named website, werewolves.com, does a great job explaining this mythology. Learn more there!   This…

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Is this the oldest trial of a werewolf?

Peter Stubbe, known as The Werewolf Farmer of Bedburg, is an early werewolf villain who claimed to transform into a werewolf through the use of a bedeviled belt. Stubbe was tried and executed for his murderous crimes. While I enjoy a good werewolf scare as much as anyone, Stubbe would likely today be labeled a…

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Behind the hedgerow

For #WerewolfWednesday, we’re treated a full moon, a lunar eclipse, and a meteor shower. Oh, and this werewolf poem!  What lurks behind the hedgerow? Crackling branches under feet As I sit upon the stone bench in the silver glow of the full moon, where my lover I did come to meet.   Whose labored breaths…

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Werewolf Wednesday: Dream Interpretation with Werewolves

Have you ever dreamed about werewolves? Alas, I never have, but, as a child, I did once dream a movie (I kid you not) about wolves with opening and closing credits and everything. For #WerewolfWednesday, let’s take a look at dream interpretation when a werewolf appears: According to The Interpretation of Dreams, the appearance of…

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Werewolf Wednesday: Do you know this werewolf?

So, each Wednesday, I like to celebrate the werewolf (or wolf, depending on my mood). Heading into Halloween, I’m posting images of some of my favorite werewolves as their human characters. Know this one?

Werewolf Wednesday: Werewolf in the elevator

An excerpt from the third book in The Runes Trilogy, The Wolf at War: Colleen hit the button, and the elevator groaned as it climbed from the first floor. The ghostly light cut through the doors as the elevator drifted into place. The brief pause as the elevator settled and dinged seemed to linger on…

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WerewolfWednesday: Costume tips

It’s getting to be that time of year, so for #WerewolfWednesday, I’m sharing a couple of werewolf costume tips I found on Youtube. Have fun with the costumes! Makeup: Clothing:  

Werewolf Wednesday: The Transformation

The transformation is a major theme in werewolf tales. Obviously, it can be a metaphor for our animal side or the bad within us. How the transformation is handled depends upon the author. For some the change is quick as a blink, and for others the transformation is a grueling process. In  my werewolf series, The Runes…

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