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Before the Blood
Last night during a full moon I heard my neighbor screaming from his house.
I moved to this mountain town two months ago with my daughter, and he's our only neighbor for miles.
I told my daughter to stay put and ran over to his house.
I went inside to help him and found something had torn through his back door.
His furniture was knocked over, and the back door was hanging off its hinges with claw marks down the frame.
Then I heard my daughter laughing on the other side of the house.
I ran outside and she was laughing and playing with a wolf who was the size of three men.
I froze.
She was clapping her hands and telling him,
"Roll over wolfy, roll over."
I moved to this mountain town two months ago with my daughter, and he's our only neighbor for miles.
I told my daughter to stay put and ran over to his house.
I went inside to help him and found something had torn through his back door.
His furniture was knocked over, and the back door was hanging off its hinges with claw marks down the frame.
Then I heard my daughter laughing on the other side of the house.
I ran outside and she was laughing and playing with a wolf who was the size of three men.
I froze.
She was clapping her hands and telling him,
"Roll over wolfy, roll over."
- GenresShapeshifters
197 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2026
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
June 29, 2026
it was fine
The story was fine. The choppy sentences as a writing style got old kind of fast. I kept waiting for more emotional depth from any of the characters, but all there was were just basic writing that felt more like stating facts instead of delving into emotions. There was absolutely 0 way to connect with the MMC as his longest “speech” or monologue at most has 4 sentences. Everything else he answered in one or two words.
The story could have been so much more if the writer had written in a way that was had emotions and feelings.
The story was fine. The choppy sentences as a writing style got old kind of fast. I kept waiting for more emotional depth from any of the characters, but all there was were just basic writing that felt more like stating facts instead of delving into emotions. There was absolutely 0 way to connect with the MMC as his longest “speech” or monologue at most has 4 sentences. Everything else he answered in one or two words.
The story could have been so much more if the writer had written in a way that was had emotions and feelings.
July 9, 2026
Fractured faith. Fear. Fate. Family found. Hope. Choice.
There is more than enough here to turn this novella into a much longer story--and it is my hope that the next stories will flesh out several of the characters with more backstory.
There is more than enough here to turn this novella into a much longer story--and it is my hope that the next stories will flesh out several of the characters with more backstory.
July 11, 2026
Let me say this, I am all for domestic violence awareness and I have read many of them. Meanwhile, I read fiction for a reason and I do not want to read about custody battles. The writing was subpar and had errors, but I held out hope for it until that.
July 15, 2026
good story
Good story!! Interesting characters!! I really like the store owner and I’m glad the town came to its senses! I was actually surprised that they would listen to a stranger in the first place.
Good story!! Interesting characters!! I really like the store owner and I’m glad the town came to its senses! I was actually surprised that they would listen to a stranger in the first place.
July 3, 2026
2.5/5
Did Not Finish
July 12, 2026By chapter 6 I was bored and the choppy writing was making me aggravated.
July 14, 2026
Painful… great ideas… slow burn… terrible spice… it felt like get there already in 20 chapters
Couldn’t finish it
Couldn’t finish it
August 25, 2026
Extremely good
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