Call to the Hunt

Werewolf Saga #0

by Steven E. Wedel, Kelley Armstrong (Introduction)

Moonlight glints through the trees, pulling at your heart. Your skin feels alive, flowing. The pain is incredible, unimaginable - bones shattering and reshaping. You pass out for a moment, awake to a rush of new sensations, new scents. The trees call to run, the air calls for blood, the moon calls to the hunt.... Werewolf Saga author Steven E. Wedel brings you a collection of 12 lycanthropic legends * Journey to a New World * Of Witches and Werewolves * The Feast of Saratoga * Elysia * Call to the Hunt * Latent Lycanthropy * Biological Clock * Show Me * Sunday Dentistry * Kiss of the Wolf * To Be A Mother The Scrybe Press edition features an introduction by noted genre author Kelley Armstrong and contains four stories not in the original MoonHowler Press edition, three of which are previously unpublished.

Genres: Werewolves, Fantasy, Anthologies, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2005

About the author

I’ve been writing stories since I was a teenager dreaming of fame and fortune in the literary world. While I’m still waiting on the fortune part, I’ve published over 50 books, mostly in horror, but also in literary fiction, thrillers, Westerns, young adult, and children’s genres—sometimes under other names.

My writing tends to explore the darker sides of life, often blending the supernatural with raw human emotion. If you like slow-burn psychological horror with depth, you’ll probably find something on my shelf worth reading.

In my other lives, I’ve worked as a machinist, journalist, corporate writer, public relations guy, and English teacher. I have a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Oklahoma, and a background in journalism, too. I'm a lifelong Oklahoman, currently living in the central part of the state with a couple of dogs, a cat, and too many books.

When I'm not writing, I'm probably kayaking, camping, or spending time with my kids and grandkids.

Feel free to reach out—I enjoy connecting with readers.

Reviews

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

A chronological collection of short stories about characters from my series The Werewolf Saga.

[Czarina Cruz · Rating 4 out of 5]

after reading this... for the fiirst time in m life I didn't want to be a vampire but a werewolf...

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had stories werewolves. The first few stories were interconnected, telling the tale of a werewolf who traveled to the American colonies in colonial times, lost his wife to suspicious, angry Puritans, and kidnapped a baby to raise as his own and pass on the "Gift" to. The next few chapters were about that boy as an adult, and he makes recurring appearances in the later stories. Then the book started to skip around, bringing in new characters and telling snippets of their lives. I was left wanting to read more, and the author was very clever to put stories in the book that only told part of a larger overall story. What he wrote piqued my curiosity and made me want to buy his other books. The book was overall well-written and interesting and the stories entertaining. Weddel's interpretation of the werewolf myth is not shatteringly original, but he is consistent throughout

[colleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intersting take on werewolves. A set of 12 linked werewolf short stories with settings spanning the time from colonization of America to the Revolutionary War then the Civil War right up to contemporary times. The werewolves are not totally good or bad but a mixture.

[melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection of short stories that follow the man/wolf known as Ulrik. Begins with a journey to the new world and continues through to present times. While Kelley Armstrong writes the introduction, this collection leans more toward horror than urban fantasy.

[Elaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leaves you wanting more.