Here is an early, unedited look at part 25 of the Wolf Head Series.
Underneath his black veil Stanley grins. The ash rises about him, obscuring all the landscape, the treetops, the valleys; all is here, this moment and nothing more. Beyond his sight the abomination wails, its screams growing louder, closer. All is now, no future nor past, all time is this time.
An updraft washes the hunter in a cold breeze, the air singing as it passes over his drawn blade. The soft whistle dies, and a broad shadow rises before the last swordsman. He can feel the thud of its footfall, the weight of its very step, as its head ascends into the cloudy sky.
With a lunge he drives his point forward, flying with his sword before him into that foggy, red mist. Growling, the wolf swats the sword away, its boney claws striking the steel with a loud clink.
Wolf Head
Part 1: The Job
Part 2: Foreboding
Part 3: Aftermath
Part 4: Into the Night
Part 5: The Struggle
Part 6: Expelled
Part 7: Out From the Bones
Part 8: Respite
Part 9: Sunset
Part 10: Transformation
Part 11: The Shepherd
Part 12: The Party
Part 13: The Wolf
Part 14: Partners
Part 15: Foreshadows
Part 16: Freedom
Part 17: Eavesdropping
Part 18: Resolve
Part 19: Men and Boys
Part 20: Caught
Part 21: Rescue
Part 22: Rescue
Part 23: Bough’s Shadow
Part 24: Moon Rise
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