The Werewolf Strap
Author: David Love
The man introduced himself as Lucifer. He told me that if I would wear
this strap that he had, I would never have to go hungry again. I was
skeptical at the time, but I was also really hungry. I mean come on,
all I have to do is put on this strap and I would no longer go hungry?
I figured I had nothing to lose, so I agreed to put on the strap.
Before giving me the strap, Lucifer told me that no one was to call out
my name while I was wearing the strap. If so, I would risk major harm
to myself. I should have realized at that time that this was a bad
idea. However, I agreed and put on the strap. I no more finished
putting on the strap and all of a sudden my body ached. I watched as my
hair began to grow at a rapid rate and my entire body structure
changed. When I asked Lucifer what had happened, he told me that I was
now a Werewolf for life. He told me that I would never be able to get
rid of the strap for as long as I lived.
Every since that day I have been haunted by the strap. I have tried
burning it, but it just jumps right out of the fire. When I am hungry
it draws me to it as if it were a drug. I have spent the last twenty
years feeding off of the Shepherds’ livestock. Then one day my cousin
called my name while I was attacking the livestock. He had seen the
Werewolf, and was calling out to warm me. I instantly turned back to my
human form and was severely beaten by the Shepherds watching the
livestock that night. Afterward, they dragged me here and I have been
here ever since. I am able to take the strap off, but when my stomach
begins to ache I’mdrawn to putting it back on.
Authors Notes:
I chose to tell the story in the first person, as if I were the
Werewolf. The stories are legends from Germany. There were a lot of
stories collected by F. Asmus and O. Knoop that I used as a guideline
for telling the story. I created a story based around the wolf strap
used in the other stories and the transformation that occurs if the
Werewolf’s name was called. The wolf strap is something that I was
unfamiliar with. Nor have I ever seen it in any movies. I guess there
are not too many legends about the wolf strap.
Image: (Werewolf
In a Cage)
Link to Homepage: Homepage
Link to Cover Page: Cover Page
Link to First Story: King Lycaons Sons
Original stories: Title: " The Werewolf.
" (Asmus, F. and Knoop, O.)
Book & Year: Der
Werwolf zu Alt-Merrin (1898)
Webpage Link
Title: “A Woman
Transforms Herself into a Werewolf.” (Asmus, F.
and Knoop, O.)
Book &
Year: Der Werwolf zu Alt-Merrin (1898)
Webpage Link
Title:
“The Werewolf
of Alt Marrin.” (Asmus, F.
and Knoop, O.)
Book &
Year: Der Werwolf zu Alt-Merrin (1898)
Webpage Link
