UPDATE: The serial is now posted on Reddit
"Collin Thomas is your typical high-schooler living in a society where being a werewolf is the norm..."
I'll start this by admitting I've made the mistake of joining fantasy romance book clubs/reading groups.
For a while, I've had the idea of writing about a story where, instead of werewolves being the horror, it was people that
were-n't (get it?). If you've read my story "(un)Life is Hard" for
The Howling Dead anthology, similar vibes.
Somewhere along the line, horror changed to high school romance (not that being in high school isn't a horror genre). And here we are! The project is called
Moonless Without You, and I'll be publishing the chapters under my main author pseudonym,
Kilroy AM.
I'll be posting sections of the story on Reddit Serials pretty soon, with an ideal schedule of a new post once a week to bi-weekly. Feedback is loved, and I'm always looking for help beta reading chapters before posting them up officially. I'll be posting it under my main author's name, Kilroy AM. First section will drop 6/03/2022.
Moonless Summary:
Collin Thomas is your typical high-schooler living in a society where being a werewolf is the norm.
A junior in school, he's the new wolf in town, moving from the small backwater of Sulphur Springs to the sprawling urban center of Garden City. Attending East Garden High, his survival instincts drive him to blend into the crowd and find a new pack as quickly as possible. He's got a few choices--there's the academic aspiring pack led by the most cool-headed alpha in school. Then, there's the top dog athletes dominated by the school's star lacrosse player, who has a persistent interest in intruding on Collin's personal life. Finally, there's the chaotic, free-spirited delinquents under the guiding umbrella of the youngest leader on school grounds, promising much needed freedom Collin won't find in other packs.
As Collin mulls over which pack to join, he keeps running into classmate Simon Lovett. Simon's a loner, and as intrigued as Collin is in the boy's enigma of behavior, every time Collin tries to get close he slips away. Nobody knows if Simon's part of a pack, and if he is, it's a mystery who they are. He isn't part of any school club, and though he occasionally runs the track after school, he doesn't participate in school sports.
Collin knows better than to give chase to an outlier when there's safer choices in front of him. But, as long as Simon's on his mind, his commitment to imprinting on a new pack wavers. The more the two meet, the more things seem to go wrong.
For now, I've got the first chapter on Wattpad: Moonless Without You by Kilroy AM
