Bluebone, you saw me standing alone,

without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, one man's musings on the works of Stephen King.

Each week I'll review one of Stephen King's, one man's musings on the works of Stephen King.

Each week I'll review one of Stephen King's entries in the chronological order of publication,

and this week I review 1983 illustrated short story, Cycle of the Werewolf.

Cycle of the Werewolf is an incredibly short read. I just finished reviewing last night the Pet Cemetery, the book, and Christine the movie

podcasts.

And I sat down today just to start Cycle of the Werewolf forgetting how short it was,

and I finished it in like a half an hour.

And so basically, if you haven't read Cycle of the Werewolf, what it is, it's just

a collection of vignettes, really, with powerful illustrations by Bernie Wrightson.

It's going to be a very short review, but in order for me to get to the review, I'm going

to read the Wikipedia summary.

The story is set in the fictional small town of Tarkers Mills, Maine, a werewolf is viciously

killing people and animals, and a strange incident takes place at each full moon.

The otherwise normal town is living in fear.

The protagonist of the story is Marty Kosslaw, or Kohl'slaw, Kosslaw, let's say Kosslaw,

an 11-year-old boy in a wheelchair.

Story goes back and forth from the terrifying incidents to Marty's youthful day-to-day life and how the horror affects him.

In July, the town's Independence Day fireworks have been canceled.

This is very upsetting to Marty, who has been looking forward to them all year.

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