The Wolf

"What do you make of all of it?" I asked Joseph, eager to hear an opinion other than my own. He lowered his voice further, saying "I would've believed it to be a foolish nightmare if Benjamin hadn't sworn on the good book what he saw. I warned him of blasphemy, but he said that the Lord knew as well as him what it was he had seen." "Wolves don't stand on their hindquarters," I replied rather bluntly. "Perhaps he saw something, but he saw no wolf." "No. Not a wolf," he replied. "Any fool knows it wasn't a mere wolf that came in the night for Benjamin's livestock. 'Twas a beast. A werewolf, most likely."

Rooted in themes of religion and fear, The Wolf tells the story of a colonial New Englander's pursuit of a beast that has plagued the town that has exiled him. On the promise of forgiveness from his countrymen, he reluctantly sets off to hunt the creature, only to encounter something more horrific than could be imagined.