Howling Horror - Celebrating Werewolves and Shape Shifters in Fiction

Throughout June we will be hearing from the writers of werewolf and shape shifter fiction. Werewolf tales have been around for centuries. Stories of men and women changing into animals and beasts during the night of the full moon. 
Some of the ways a person would become a werewolf are:

• Hereditary - having a werewolf parent
• Being bitten by a werewolf
• Being cursed
• Drinking water from a puddle formed by a wolf
• Wearing the pelt of a wolf and performing a ritual under a full moon

Most werewolf fiction will usually have the victim being bitten by a werewolf. They are usually bitten against their will and try to fight against their werewolf nature.
Of course, it is not only wolves that a person can shift into. Panthers, jaguars, bears, coyotes and more have been used.
Over the month you can read tales of were-people and about some great authors in the genre. Thanks for joining us.

"Even he is pure of heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the moon is full and bright."