Tag: werewolves

Fool Moon

Fool Moon

by Jim Butcher (Penguin, 2001)

audiobook read by James Marsters (Buzzy Multimedia, 2009)

Book cover: “Fool Moon” by Jim Butcher (Penguin, 2001); audiobook read by James Marsters (Buzzy Multimedia, 2009)

Another werewolf scenario where the beasties in question become slower than cows in the hero’s presence. Dresden himself is dishwater-dull but Marsters weaves some magic to make the no-frills prose sound half-decent and add a sense of profundity to his quasi-hardboiled musings.

Doctor Who: The Red House

Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 2: The Red House

by Alan Barnes (Big Finish, 2015)

Audio drama cover: “Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 2: The Red House” by Alan Barnes (Big Finish, 2015)

Not much of a standalone. The Doctor is uncharacteristically dismissive of the pseudo-werewolves, based purely on pro-human prejudice and the writer’s need to muddy the waters. Charley and the Valeyard act in ways that are explicable only within a bigger picture (presumably).

Fangs

Fangs

by Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel, 2020)

Book cover: “Fangs” by Sarah Andersen (Andrews McMeel, 2020)

Not a love story per se but rather a collection of single-page (A5, often multi-panel) comics exploring aspects of a vampire-werewolf relationship. Some clever, funny ideas; a bit too much filler. Simple but endearing artwork, making good use of the black-and-white format.

The Last Werewolf

The Last Werewolf

by Glen Duncan (Knopf, 2011); audiobook read by Robin Sachs (Random House, 2011)

Duncan_Last Werewolf

Jacob Marlowe is the last of his kind, world-weary and prone to introspection, accepting of death. With Duncan’s intelligent literary approach, the werewolf genre at last grows up and in this one fell swoop shows it can be truly, viscerally, exquisitely horrifying.

 

 

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