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by Stephen King (Author) "Somewhere, high above, the moon shines down, fat and full-but here, in Tarker's Mills, a January blizzard has choked the sky with snow ..." (more)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Hairy doings, Mar 3 2004
This review is from: Cycle Of The Werewolf (Paperback)
In the small Maine town of Tarker's Mills, on a snowy January night when the blizzard hides what would have been a full moon, a railwayman holed up in his cabin has his throat savagely ripped out. The same thing happens again on the night of the full moon in February, only this time the victim is a lonely spinster sighing over some valentines she sent to herself. And again in March, April, May... there's a monster afoot, but it's only Marty Coslaw, a small boy in a wheelchair, who first realizes it's a werewolf, and then guesses who it is. We guess, too, and Stephen King lets us know by the middle of the book just who it is. From that point, the book deals with how to stop the horror, as the months roll by and the bodies pile up on the night of each full moon.

Most of the months are marked with special days in the calendar, and King tells us in a coda he realizes there is no way the lunar cycle could be skewed the way he tells it, but it in no way detracts from the fun. Copiously illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings and color plates by Bernie Wrightson, it's an enjoyable novella that can be read in an evening. Each little chapter is a story in itself, and together they make up a satisfying horror yarn.

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4.0 out of 5 stars King's novella is okay but Wrightston's art is a lot better, Feb 18 2004
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cycle Of The Werewolf (Paperback)
Actually the chief attraction of "Cycle of the Werewolf" for me is the artwork by Berni Wrightston more than the story by Stephen King. In fact, I like the black & white drawings by Wrightston more than the color plates (remember the stunning black & white line drawings he did for his illustrated version of Shelley's "Frankenstein"?). The story is set in the isolated Maine town of Tarker Mills where each month, starting with the first full moon in January, another victim is ripped to shreds. The key players are young Marty Coslaw, who is bound to his wheelchair, his Uncle Al, who has a fondness for fireworks, and the Reverend Lester Lowe, a guy who just screams "I have a deep dark secret! Ask me what it is!" Each month another person gets savagely killed and Marty is having a hard time convincing anybody else in town that a werewolf is doing the killing. That means that young Marty is going to have to have to be the one that lays the trap to catch the werewolf.

"Cycle of the Werewolf" was originally conceived of as a story-calendar, and ended up as this beautifully illustrated 12-chapter novella. King plays around with the lunar cycle so that it came on the day that marks certain months (e.g, Valentine's Day, Fourth of July), but that is a legitimate conceit in a story that is about werewolves, even if it does mean the werewolf will not be caught until December. Although it was conceived of as a short work and the main character is a 10-year-old boy, King's description of the werewolf attacks is violent enough to convince me this one is not especially intended for kiddies. Then there are Wrightston's color plates. A cop getting his face ripped off by a werewolf and disemboweled pigs lying in the rain are not usually children's fare either. However, by King standards this is a cute little story, stripped down to the essentials and forgoing the elaborate character backgrounds and sundry subplots that bloated so many of his novels. Besides, in case you have forgotten, there are the illustrations (what fan of horror literature would not want a calendar of Berni Wrightston's artwork?)

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3.0 out of 5 stars King for Kids, Sep 27 2003
By James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cycle Of The Werewolf (Paperback)
I had not heard of this short novel before seeing it on the shelf one day. I at first thought it must be by one of those authors with the same name as famous author Stephen King but no it is actually by the same man who wrote Carrie, Christine, It and other classics. This is also the first Stephen King book I have found which also has pictures. It is sort of like a children's book written by Stephen King although it is still a horror story. It is basically just a short story released on its own instead of as a collection together with other stories. Cycle of the Werewolf is not his greatest short story ever written. That title would have to go to The Mist, Autopsy Room Four, Riding the Bullet or Trucks but this story is better than a lot of his other sort stories and the illustrations are brilliant. This would be an excellent novel for either kids who are moving up from junior fiction or for your self to read as an adult.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent short story...
King does a superb job at composing a scary yet fun short story about a werewolf who attacks once a month when the moon is full. Read more
Published on July 24 2003 by J. M. Hannam

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect King Primer
This novel, or novella is an excellent introduction to Stephen King. It stays pretty true to Silver Bullet the movie based on it, or it was based on I forget which came first in... Read more
Published on July 9 2003 by paul mason

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best Stephen King book
This wasn't the best Stephen King book. It was a good book, but I thought it should be a short story or something. It was very gory too. The pictures show it. Read more
Published on Jun 24 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars lacks a plot
this is the story about a werewolf haunting someplace. it's one episode for each month. some of the descriptions are quite good. but how many werewolf episodes do we need? Read more
Published on May 7 2003 by jan erik storebø

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the Best, But...
Although this is one of King's less ingenious novels, it is still entertaining. This novel is proof of King's love for old horror stories, especially the grotesque horror comics... Read more
Published on April 30 2003 by Jason Lilly

5.0 out of 5 stars Part 2
Sorry, forgot to mention Misery and his short story collection Everything's Eventual. Cycle is also just as good as those ones too.
Published on Mar 12 2003 by Michael-Joseph Truxton Hovey

5.0 out of 5 stars One of King's very best
All I have to say is this one ranks right up there with King's other magnificent novels like Hearts in Atlantis, Cujo, The Dark Tower trilogy, The Dark Half, Creepshow, Insomnia,... Read more
Published on Mar 12 2003 by Michael-Joseph Truxton Hovey

3.0 out of 5 stars A calender that became a book that became a movie...
The story behind Stephen King's short 'novel' Cycle of the Werewolf is actually far more interesting than the book itself. Read more
Published on Jan 16 2003 by Chadwick H. Saxelid

4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and Suspenseful
This is an o.k. book. It's not as long as Steven King's usual books, but it's exciting and suspenseful. You won't be able to put it down. Read more
Published on Jan 14 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring!
I'm a big fan of Steven King novels, but this is not at all up to his usual standards. Its too short and its really boring. I wasted my money on it, so don't waste yours.
Published on Jan 13 2003

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