[x]

Way of the Wolf, Pride of the LionWay of the Wolf, Pride of the Lion

It's never easy being a werewolf.
I've always been a loner, ever since I was bitten as a ten-year-old kid. No one in my family knew I was a werewolf, and I kept it hidden well. And once I was out of high school, I basically went on my own, living my own life, away from control-freak parents. I traveled a lot, visited a lot of places, but I tried to stay away from people, given my nature. I was in full control of my power, but still, I didn't want to risk an innocent person suffering the same thing I did.
Being a werewolf was nothing like what mythology said. A lot of what the books and modern fiction sai

Never Too Old

"That was the lamest one yet!" Glenn snickered.

"It was pretty bad," Kevin admitted, "but not as bad as Strawberry Shortcake."

"Thanks for reminding me. Yeah, that was even worse."

"Good candy, though."

"Mmm," Glenn assented through a mouthful of Skittles.

The zombie and the pirate approached the little blue house and followed an arrow to the back door.

"Betcha this one sucks," Glenn said as he pressed the doorbell. Suddenly, the door flew open to reveal a short flight of stairs.

"Trick or treat?" Kevin asked hopefully.

A meaty paw reached around the door, and Glenn did a spit-take. A diminutive werewolf emerged from the house and how

Gilead's CurseEach moon ferried sadness; he wrestled with madness
he only saw brethren as prey
the human within could not escape sin
a shame-stricken outcast by day.

With foul canine features, devouring creatures
at first his own livestock, then man
fore-day found him bloody—both hands and feet muddy
the eventide lost him again.

To sadden his story—he'd scavenged more quarry
within the old graveyard's front gates
with body parts eaten he'd strike hunger beaten
he'd savor each meal that awaits.

One corpse he dismembered—its face he remembered
a taste of his once-holy life
his heart suffered loss at the carved marble cross
Susan

CASE OF THE WEREWOLF KILLER,6Chapter 6: Were History

"Weres have been in existence as long as mankind walked the earth. The only difference was they didn't take human form and chose to roam the more remote areas of the planet. Then one day a wandering band of humans encountered our ancestors but thought they were nothing more than animals and sought to hunt them as food but soon learned their targets were far too cunning and smart to be caught. Weres retaliated by turning the tables and hunting humans.

This rather unspoken war went on for more than a few centuries. It wasn't until a Were chose to learn the human language and connected with a more peaceful tribe of huma

Who Cried Wolf? 2Who Cried Wolf? Page 2

I'm sorry if I confused you, it's just the thing is I'm confused myself.
I run through the confines of my mind, trying to find a balance of rhyme and reason. Some kind of answer to this nightmare!
Yet, I can't find anything.
I'm back to square one, stepping on the finest tips of my toes to not wake the beast.
I can't believe it's real...the scary stories told around a campfire to keep us children in our beds were actually real, the boogeyman beneath your bed is only inches away to gnaw on your feet, to tear out your heart when you least expect it and gobble it whole.
And what's even stranger--something that will p

Claws of the Stranger-Chapter 2Claws of the Stranger-Chapter 2

Changes in Store

As Lex crossed the street to his house the moon stopped shining brightly it went back to it normal brightness. He opened the door and went inside.
Luckly his parents were out of town and left him with the whole house and fortunet enough he was an only child and they gave him the
A huge responsibility. Lex limbed into the bathroom and turned on the lights and shower. When in the shower the water turned red as it hit the wounds.
The bloody water ran down his body and down the drain. He turned off the shower and dried himself and bandaged the wounds. He felt very drowsy
So he went straight to b

Thrill of the hunt I listened to my parents as they fell into a deep sleep, "Finally!" I said as l quietly removed my covers from my self. I then made my way down stairs listening to the slightest sound from a creek to a breath. I had reached the door and l could feel the excitement building in my chest, "Just a little further!", I hissed between my slowly growing fangs. I opened the door slowly, oh so slowly. I then herd a rustle from upstairs and I stood still, not even breathing, only the sound of my heart pounding in my chest, then silence. "Oh good, false alarm." I opened what was left of the door just to squeeze by.
I could feel my fur growing from my

A Wolf at War: Chapter 1A Wolf at War

Chapter 1: The World as We Knew It

"They are getting close, wait until the tank is next to the car." I whispered to Jacek who was lying next to me as he twisted the last few wires together, priming the final fuse. From our second floor position we had a commanding position over the street below, gripping my rifle I readied myself for the fight to come. A block away, a small squad of two dozen German troops headed by a Panther tank cautiously made their way towards our position which was at the far end of a T shaped intersection. Those fascist bastards were oblivious of the trap which has been s

Paw Prints- Chapter TenFor a second fear took over my brain and I wanted run and hide, but I knew I had no way out. If I tried to run he would just knock me out like he did to Ace. So no matter what I was most likely getting captured.

Why did this creepy scientist wanted me anyway? I had no idea but I realized I could use that to my advantage. If there were something important about me then he'd be less likely to kill me off when I got too difficult. Which was unavoidable, I was going to get difficult.

Although, as I stood there staring at this guy he didn't seem like an evil scientist that was trying to do anything wrong. He looked almost normal. He had laugh li

Paw Prints- Chapter EightI burst into the house and dropped my bag by the door. As I slammed the door behind me, Connor and Damien came out of the living room with curious expressions on their faces.

"What the heck is your problem?" Damien asked.

I couldn't speak. Actually, I couldn't even breathe very well at that moment. I pushed the two of the out of the way and collapsed on the couch. After taking a few deep breaths I calmed down a bit.

"Well someone's out of shape" Connor muttered.

I just stared at him blankly for a second "You really shouldn't be joking like that right now".

Damien sat down next to me "Why not?".

A second passed before the floodgates open

Paw Prints- Chapter FiveHaving five years worth of memories was quite the experience. Most of the memories were unimportant and it would be a waste of time to tell you but there were a few that I think will be of use to know. If not, then you should enjoy them at least. The memories I'm about to tell to you are three very important memories to me. All three changed my life forever, and my relationships with the people in it. So, here they are.

It was the middle of October and my dad was taking Ace and I for a walk in the woods. I was in my wolf form chasing falling leave and small animals, while Ace was just walking with our dad.

"Where are we going?" Ace asked, y

Browse More Like This

Download File
PDF, 153 KB more ▶

More from *mlatimerridley

View Gallery · View Prints

Featured in Groups:

#howlingwolf
Wolves

#loups-garoux
Loups-Garoux Pack

#TheWolfPack
The Biggest & The BEST!

#WolfSpirits
In Spirit We Are Free

#The-Novelist-Club
Weaver of Tales

#TheWritersMeow
Cool Cats Who Write

#Fantasy-Fellowship
Welcome Fantasy Fans

#Writers-Guild-DA
writers everywhere

Show all (143)

Details

Submitted: September 30, 2012
File Size: 153 KB
Submitted with: Sta.sh

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 45
Favourites: 71 [who?]
Views: 1,560 (0 today)
Downloads: 29 (0 today)

[x]

It appears you don't have PDF support in this web browser. Download PDF

Legend Unleashed (Keeping Secrets, Book 1)Prologueby *mlatimerridley

Literature / Prose / Fiction / Children and Teen / Introductions & Chapters

Find more excerpts here:
Chapters 1, 2 and 3 here: [link] and [link]
Chapter 4 here: [link]

The complete book has now been published

Amazon US: [link]
Amazon UK: [link]
Amazon paperback: [link]
Barnes and Noble: [link]

If you read it, or review it, we'd love to hear from you!

You can keep up-to-date on more stories at

--------------------

"Legend Unleashed" (Keeping Secrets, Book 1) by M. Latimer-Ridley
(Young Adult, Urban Fantasy genre)
Book trailer: [link]

When an infamous criminal is unleashed from his prison, it has consequences for everyone in Carwick. Temperance Levinthal in particular…

Temperance is satisfied with her ordinary life. Dealing with her eccentric, childlike parents is all the excitement she needs. That changes when Alastair Byron returns home.

After a failed matchmaking attempt by her father, sparks fly between her and Alastair-just not the good kind.

They are forced together though, when they are implicated in a grisly murder. Their search for the truth leads them to a secret world beneath Carwick, filled with werewolves, wizards and other magical faey.

However, uncovering the truth is far more dangerous than they’d ever imagined.

There are secrets within secrets.

Even Alastair may be more than he seems.

----------

This story comes from years of fangirl squee-ing and reading the likes of Harry Potter, Twilight, Lord of the Rings, Kelley Armstrong (particularly her Darkest Powers series) and Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series.

Like everyone else, we've dreamed of telling our own stories of fantasy and romance, adventure and magic. So, a few years ago, we decided to start writing our own. We really hope you guys like it! And you're willing to join us on this little adventure, wherever it may lead.

And if you squee, we'll be squee-ing too, cos that's all we ever wanted to do!

Please comment if you can

The Artist has requested Critique on this Artwork

Please sign up or login to post a critique.

love 4 4

joy 1 1

wow 1 1

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

*magpie-poet Dec 8, 2012

Though, as a nook owner I'm a bit biased and think you should link there too

*mlatimerridley Dec 9, 2012 Professional Writer

Gosh! Very silly of us to forget the Barnes and Noble link

Thank you for saying that!! It's up now!!

*magpie-poet Dec 9, 2012

*magpie-poet Dec 8, 2012

Oh, intersting. I like the mix of fairly outright creepiness and grounding everyday sort of detail.

*mlatimerridley Dec 9, 2012 Professional Writer

thank you!! We like to mix the mundane in with the creepy!! Glad you liked it

~Fan-Gogh Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

wow, just amazing, i would love to be able to write like that. English is my second language, although I had endless ideas for a story, I could never put it like that in words.

*mlatimerridley Nov 27, 2012 Professional Writer

Gosh! Thank you so much

! The idea is really the hardest part, after that it's all practice so definitely get writing your ideas

! Your English is fantastic

never would have thought it was your second language! I would love to be able to speak another language, so amazing

~Fan-Gogh Nov 28, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

oh thank you.

~XeG0 Oct 21, 2012 Student Writer

Firstly, a squee- Yay for werewolves!

I - I am not sure how I can go about critiquing this, a fully published work! But for me, the only thing I could say would be that I would like to see detail in the areas of the underground city, as everything else, the mundane in the chapter, is very well described!

*mlatimerridley Oct 21, 2012 Professional Writer

Thank you so much! All critiques are always welcome

We may get to explore more as

but you'll have to stay tuned!

More from *mlatimerridley

Featured in Groups:

Details

Statistics

Legend Unleashed (Keeping Secrets, Book 1)Prologueby *mlatimerridley

The Artist has requested Critique on this Artwork

The Journal Portal

Polls

What is your preferred drawing software?

deviantART [dee·vee·un'nt·ART]

Keep in Touch!

Deviousness

Add Media

Style