The wolf leads a mismatched pack of three shape shifters in Sydney, Australia, and all seems at least bearable until a stranger threatens their existence by showing Nicole realize she doesn't have to suffer. It's a vicious love story; but more than that, it's about one woman standing up against abuse--in the guise of a woman who can transform into a butterfly and he's a wolf.
BLURBS
"The perfect one-sitting horror novella"
- Horrorworld
"Urbancik's sparse, deliberate style and dark imagery provide for one for the most intense reading experiences of the year. Wings of the Butterfly is both brutal, and beautiful."
- Tim Lebbon, author of Berserk and Dusk
"Tales of lycanthropy are a dime a dozen, and scarcely inventive. In a time when spandex-clad monsters and pretty-boy gun-toting werewolves abound on our theater screens trampling coherency underfoot, it's refreshing to discover a writer not afraid to return to the mine from which Robert McCammon, David Case and other past masters drew their gems. With Wings of the Butterfly John Urbancik infuses his tale of shapeshifters, romance and pack rivalry with some unexpected and welcome surprises. Fluid prose, gore galore and all-too human characters make this unusual, fast-paced novella a must for fans who like their horror served blood-rare."
- Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award winning author of The Turtle Boy, The Hides and Vessels
"In Butterfly, Urbancik slices away the mythology to reveal a were- pack whose magnificently dysfunctional dynamics reflect a reality where need-to-belong trumps need-to-survive. Butterfly is destined to become the heart's blood of were-fiction."
- Weston Ochse, author of Scarecrow Gods and Recalled to Life
"A mesmerizing and original tale that I simply couldn't put down. I enjoyed it so much that I when I finished, I turned back and reread my favorite parts... twice."
- Yvonne Navarro, author of Mirror Me
Genre: Horror
BLURBS
"The perfect one-sitting horror novella"
- Horrorworld
"Urbancik's sparse, deliberate style and dark imagery provide for one for the most intense reading experiences of the year. Wings of the Butterfly is both brutal, and beautiful."
- Tim Lebbon, author of Berserk and Dusk
"Tales of lycanthropy are a dime a dozen, and scarcely inventive. In a time when spandex-clad monsters and pretty-boy gun-toting werewolves abound on our theater screens trampling coherency underfoot, it's refreshing to discover a writer not afraid to return to the mine from which Robert McCammon, David Case and other past masters drew their gems. With Wings of the Butterfly John Urbancik infuses his tale of shapeshifters, romance and pack rivalry with some unexpected and welcome surprises. Fluid prose, gore galore and all-too human characters make this unusual, fast-paced novella a must for fans who like their horror served blood-rare."
- Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award winning author of The Turtle Boy, The Hides and Vessels
"In Butterfly, Urbancik slices away the mythology to reveal a were- pack whose magnificently dysfunctional dynamics reflect a reality where need-to-belong trumps need-to-survive. Butterfly is destined to become the heart's blood of were-fiction."
- Weston Ochse, author of Scarecrow Gods and Recalled to Life
"A mesmerizing and original tale that I simply couldn't put down. I enjoyed it so much that I when I finished, I turned back and reread my favorite parts... twice."
- Yvonne Navarro, author of Mirror Me
Genre: Horror
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