"A Howling in the Night" `by mrua7

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

For those of you who might have missed this one; it was originally posted for pactnmmt for the 2014 Halloween Challenge. The story takes place in snowy Russia, so I thought it would be appropriate given the wintry storm that's headed our way tomorrow night. Another 8-12" predicted snowfall.

Summary: Napoleon and Illya face an unexpected danger while crossing a frozen wilderness in the Soviet Union, there Kuryakin must reveal something from his childhood that his father had sworn him to keep secret.    "A Howling In the Night"

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Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Yay! Yeah it did get pretty creepy and the fact that I used Russian wolf lore made it more exotic I think than the standard werewolf stories.

I've been fascinated by wolves since I was little, though you wouldn't know it. I don't have wolf posters or statues etc. however I do have a fairly large stuffed toy of a wolf licking his chops that I've had since I was little...so that would date him back to being 54 years old. Holy smokes. Sort of a scary looking toy for a little girl back then.

I used to walk along swinging him by his tail, poor boy. His name is ironically, 'Snowflake'...

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

Wolves have always been my favourite animals. I think I can associate with the lone wolf. Preferring to follow my line, yet knowing when to run with the pack :-)

One of the words for Monday's short affair is 'Wolf', yet I've gone with the other one, LOL.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Wolf is one of the new prompts? coooool.

I hear you about the lone wolf thing, though I've usually associated it for myself with "marching to the beat of a different drum." Now though I think having been that way most of my life, I'm regretting it. Being alone isn't all what it's cracked up to be after a while.

Still such is my life...

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

It's one of the prompts for stories due on Monday (Feb 2nd). The other is tattoo.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Duh...I forgot. I focused on tattoo as it worked for my WIP.