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A short story written by [[Stephen King]] and published in 1983, ''Cycle of the Werewolf'' is about a small town in Maine that is terrorized by a series of killings. According to [[That Other Wiki]], King originally started the project when he was asked to write twelve short chapters that would accompany a werewolf-themed calendar. Apparently, no one told them that this is the guy who wrote ''[[The Stand]]''-- the "uncut" version of which is over 1,100 pages long. Inevitably, the decision was made to scrap the calendar idea, and release the story in [[Graphic Novel]] form with accompanying illustrations (by Bernie Wrightson, of ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' fame). The influence of the initial idea can still be seen in the format of the story though, as each chapter focuses on one month in the year of the killings.▼
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▲A short story written by [[Stephen King]] and published in 1983, ''Cycle of the Werewolf'' is about a small town in Maine that is terrorized by a series of killings. According to [[That Other Wiki]], King originally started the project when he was asked to write twelve short chapters that would accompany a werewolf-themed calendar. Apparently, no one told them that this is the guy who wrote ''[[The Stand]]'' -- the "uncut" version of which is over 1,100 pages long. Inevitably, the decision was made to scrap the calendar idea, and release the story in [[Graphic Novel]] form with accompanying illustrations (by [[Bernie Wrightson]], of ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' fame). The influence of the initial idea can still be seen in the format of the story though, as each chapter focuses on one month in the year of the killings.
The story uses a whodunnit format for the most part, with the reader knowing that a werewolf is responsible for the killings, but not knowing who the werewolf is. It also has plenty of horror scenes, with most chapters describing a werewolf attack rather than developing the non-victim characters. The first survivor, a crippled boy named Marty Coslaw, is not introduced until the seventh of the twelve chapters, and is only featured prominently in chapters ten and twelve after that. As a result, there is no strong protagonist to oppose the werewolf, and some may consider the narrative to be a little weak for this reason.
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