Cycle of the Werewolf
Published: November 1983
Author: Stephen King
Genre: American, Classic, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Folk Tales, Graphic, Horror, Literature, Mythology, Shape Shifter, Suspense, Werewolf
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Summary
The narrative takes place in Tarker's Mills, Maine, a fictitious town. Each chapter corresponds to a month on the calendar.
At each full moon, a werewolf ruthlessly murders local inhabitants, and the otherwise normal village lives in dread.
Marty Coslaw, a 10-year-old youngster in a wheelchair, is the story's protagonist. The narrative shifts back and forth between the horrifying episodes and Marty's younger day-to-day existence, as well as how the tragedy impacts him.
An intoxicated railway worker is the werewolf's first victim. A hitchhiker, an abusive spouse, one of Marty's friends at the city park, a herd of pigs at a rural farm, a sheriff's officer while sitting in his cruiser, and lastly the owner of a café are the next characters to appear.
The town's Independence Day fireworks have been canceled for this year. Marty is angry since he has been anticipating for them all year.
Marty's uncle, feeling sorry for his nephew, brings him some fireworks and warns him to light them off very late so his mother doesn't find out.
The werewolf assaults Marty when he is outside having his own private Fourth of July party, and Marty manages to snuff out the monster's left eye with a bundle of firecrackers. The werewolf flees, and the police dismiss Marty's story since they are hunting for a human killer, not a werewolf. Every full moon as the summer progresses, the bloodshed resumes.
Fall has here, and with it comes Halloween. Marty and his father went trick-or-treating to celebrate. While out and about, he notices Reverend Lowe, who is sporting an eye patch.
Lowe, on the other hand, doesn't know Marty since he's wearing a Yoda mask. Marty, who comes from a Catholic family, never attends Lowe's church services, which is why he didn't figure out the werewolf's identity sooner.
Marty writes the pastor anonymous letters throughout the following two weeks, asking him why he doesn't kill himself and end the torment.
In December, he delivers the final letter, which is signed with his name. Reverend Lowe has no idea that Marty has persuaded his rather hesitant uncle to have two silver bullets produced and to come to spend New Year's Eve (which falls on the full moon) with him and his sister.
The werewolf breaks into the house just before midnight to murder Marty. Marty uses the silver bullets to kill the werewolf twice. After the wolf dies, it transforms back into Reverend Lowe, much to the surprise of everyone in the room.
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