There are no Wolves in Lancashire

By Roger Wood

Riley always told him, There are no wolves in Lancashire. But one autumn day Simmon meets a wolf in the woods on the far side of the Platts. He runs back to camp to tell his dad. Riley is not amused. A metamorphic tale from the author of the Twisted Tales series and the Carnacki Continuum.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Roger Wood
• Release date: Oct 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370444106

Roger Wood

I have graduated four times from three different English universities and have a PhD in Radio Drama. I used to be a local politician and ran an advice centre. Now I am a magistrate and write inflammatory political material for my local political party.

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There are no Wolves in Lancashire

A Metamorphic Tale by

Roger Wood

Copyright 2017 Roger Wood

Published by Roger Wood at Smashwords

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Ovid tells us

There are no Wolves in Lancashire

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Ovid tells us…

Ovid tells us that the first werewolf was Lycaon, the cannibal king of Arcadia. He tells us that unspeakable crimes and insufferable pride brought lightning down upon the head of the king. Quite literally so. The shock of primal force evidently drove Lycaon from his wits. In his madness Lycaon believed he had metamorphosed into a wolf. He behaved as a wolf. He lived as a wolf. And over time he became a wolf.

What Ovid fails us tell us, though, is how the other wolves – the natural-born wolves – responded to the interloper.

There are no Wolves in Lancashire

There are no wolves in Lancashire, Riley told them, "not nowadays at any rate. Time was, Lancashire was full of wolves. The whole of England teemed with wolves. Wolves lived side by side with men, some say outnumbered them ten to one. But men did not care to share their country with wolves. They hunted them, traded their pelts, made hats out of their fur, necklaces and