Here is a snippet from chapter Three of Full Wolf Moon!
Emily was still in the clothing from the police station, minus the jacket. She walked barefoot across the yard, not stopping until she reached the edge of the woods. It was thick, and lots of trees had fallen, but it wasn’t hard to find the path used by deer to eat in the grass. She walked on, paying little attention to where she stepped. Dried leaves and kindling snapped under each step. She could smell the lake water and feel the cold breeze whispering through the forest.
Emily never stopped as she slipped through the woods, one muddy step after another. Not stopping until she reached the lake. She could imagine it frozen as kids, teenagers, and those youthful skating across the lake during the coldest of winters. She stepped into the water. She knew it was cold, but she could barely feel it. She never stopped. As the chilly water overtook her form, every curve until there was nothing solid under her step, and she floated, looking up at the sky, drifting off into unconsciousness.
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Emily was soaked when she came through the back door, her clothes clinging to her.
I’ve obviously failed at putting them up on every Monday, no surprise really. And because Full Wolf Moon comes out next week I will be taking the next week off of posting chapters there of this book but you can expect some full chapters of Full Wolf Moon on my patreon and some snippets starting tomorrow here on Full Wolf Moon!!!
Emily Meyer’s life was changed forever the night she was attacked by a werewolf. She struggles with the loss of one of her best friends and what she has turned into. Months after the attack, she has withdrawn from her family and forced to flee across the country to locate somewhere she could let the wolf out.
On her journey to deal with her loss and not to risk the possibility of harming those she loves. She discovers more werewolves! She’s now left with few options; continue to move with the pack as she negotiates the Alpha’s aggressiveness and the pack’s hierarchy, Go home, or flee again on the verge of losing control.
Full Wolf Moon picks up where Howling Moon ends, with more mystery and twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
For probably the next to 12 to 13 weeks, every Monday I will be adding a chapter to my Patreon from Fairy Falls. The novel I wrote earlier this year and it will be my next release sometime next spring. This will be rough chapters as it’s not scheduled to go to a editor until early 2023. But this will be my next release after Full Wolf Moon…
Here is a snippet from chapter two of Full Wolf Moon!!!
“Meara, quit feeding those damn strays!” she heard the harsh male voice yell out just as the back door of Rosie’s opened. Emily saw the young woman with her blonde hair step out just before she dropped out of sight behind the rusted structure.
“Bite me. I heard them out here, and I’m going to feed them!” the young woman shouted back. Emily could hear the laughter in the young woman’s voice. She could hear the grumbling coming from the inside as a response to her childish retort.
It was only a moment before the cats appeared, one, then two, up to six of them scrambling past Emily to the door. The seventh and final, a young calico, stopped and meowed when their eyes met. Emily could see the hairs on the cat’s mane stand at attention. And then the loud hiss, so vigorous it was hard to imagine it escaping such a small body as it bounced several steps backward from Emily.
Full Wolf Moon comes out on December 9th!!!! Go to Amazon and pre-order now!! You can read the full 1st and 2nd chapter right now on Patreon!
So I had not been advertising this until I knew exactly what I was going to do with it. And really that I knew I was going to push myself to pursue my writing more seriously. But here it is…. For those who may be interested.
What you’ll find on Patreon:
-You’ll be the first to get upcoming release information. Chances to order signed copies first. First to see book covers and know release dates. As well as get advance chances to read chapters from upcoming work (Full Wolf Moon Chapter one is up there right now).
-Behind the scenes writing posts….you’ll know long before anyone about stuff I’m working on. Stuff that may not see the light of day for years.
– Right now i’m working on a Fantasy series that will debut on Patreon and who knows if it will ever be anywhere else. Also several other series that will appear on there before anywhere else (A Howling Moon spin off that will show up in the new year after the release of Full Wolf Moon).
-And much more as it comes about! There is only the one tier right now but as I figure it out better, there will be more!
So over the next two months I’ll be posting snippets here from the upcoming second novel in the Howling Moon series!!! And here is the first one from chapter one of the upcoming book!
She saw the disgusted look on the cashier’s face as she took her money, careful not to let their skin make contact. It wasn’t directed at the two men either. Emily focused, seeing her distorted reflection in the glass. It looked so different from her tangled shoulder-length hair. The cashier returned the money, careful not to touch her still. The young woman sneered, not even trying in her swift motion dropping the money into Emily’s palm. Emily’s anger grew. She felt the wolf deep down in her stomach. It was dark now, it was sudden, and the wolf had more control when the sun was down. It didn’t matter what cycle the moon was in; the wolf always wanted out when it was dark.
His hands were cold on her waist. “I bet you clean up real nice.” She felt the first man’s hot breath on the back of her neck. She pushed forcefully off the counter, turning, landing on top of him with enlarged canines, just missing the softness of his exposed neck as her jaws snapped fiercely. Emily felt the wolf’s anger. It matched her own at the unwelcome touch of a stranger. The look he gave her was like he was doing her a favor by touching her. She could smell the blood pulsating through his veins, and she wanted to rip his throat open.
“What the fuck?” the other man questioned, quickly moving away, falling over a display of chips, scattering debris all around the store in a loud exchange of events.
Emily could smell the man under her. He had soiled himself. She smiled, wanting to laugh, but all that came was a huff of breath as she snarled. She felt her lip quiver under the presence of her extended canines. Her heart raced. She was enjoying the fear she put into the men who thought they were so much better than her.
“John… her teeth….” The couple from the bathroom was on the other side of her, having rushed to check out the commotion. She could smell their fear and hear their hearts race. The guy even stopped breathing at the sight of her. The brute of a man who was so threatening to her a moment earlier was a heartbeat from running, and she wanted him to. The wolf wanted him to as well so she could chase him down. But she couldn’t let that happen no matter how badly she wanted to hurt the man. She knew if she let the wolf out here and now, she would be the only person to leave the gas station alive.
If this sounds familiar, part of this scene was recently on tiktok and I shared it here as part of the femme narrator takeover!! If you want to read the full first chapter from Full Wolf Moon, well, that is now on my patreon for everyone to read. Or you can preorder the book on kindle! Paperback preorders are also coming very soon!
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