Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-28428152-20181001043025/@comment-28428152-20181001161836

Dr. Bob, glad you picked up on the themes of the story. And nah, it wasn't based on any folktale nor are they werewolves, just based on a recurring nightmare I used to have about being holed up in my house with wolves slowly circling in trying to get inside to rip me to shreds.

Bloody, like the criticism on the suspense aspect, and I definitely agree with you there. Though the wolves here are supposed to have a nightmareish supernatural mystery to them, though I'll probably not choose to compare them to minivans, as it kind of breaks the "nature" aesthetic. But the descriptions with them are supposed to convey the idea that something isn't right with them, with size as well as intelligence, which was inspired by 19th-century gothic horror, which I think is why it would be interesting to be written in that style