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What the Werewolf Really Means: Duality, Folklore, and the Beast Within
What the Werewolf Really Means: Duality, Folklore, and the Beast Within Werewolves are one of those monsters that refuse to stay buried. Vampires change. Ghost stories change. Zombies change. Every generation puts its own spin on old monsters. But the werewolf has an especially stubborn way of surviving. Maybe that is because the fear was never only about a wolf. The wolf is the easy part. The human underneath it is where things get complicated. A Very Old Fear Stories about

A.T. Pike
Sep 144 min read


The Architecture of Fear: How Tension Actually Works on the Page
Constant, fast-paced action can be exciting in small doses.
But eventually, it can become exhausting.
If every scene is loud, urgent, dangerous, or dramatic, the reader never gets much time to process what is happening.
Everything becomes important.
And when everything is treated like the most important moment in the story, strangely enough, nothing feels quite as important anymore.

A.T. Pike
Sep 76 min read


Introducing The Werewolf of the Castle: What I Can Tell You So Far
Without spoilers?
Here is the current version:
A cursed werewolf king,
a human pacifist marked for sacrifice,
and a holy monster hunter
collide in a castle
where death may be
the easiest way out.*
*Subject to change.
Welcome to The Werewolf of the Castle ©, TM. 🐺🏰

A.T. Pike
Aug 246 min read
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