Werewolf Wednesday Entry 2/19/25

Title: The Wolfman.

Media: Book, written by Nicholas Pekearo.

The Wolfman is a novel written by Nicholas Pekearo, that was published posthumously in 2008. The book follows the protagonist Marlowe Higgins, a retired veteran afflicted with a terrible curse. Each full moon since he was nearly killed in the Vietnam War, Marlowe undergoes a terrible transformation into a werewolf.

Despite the chaos that was his earlier years, which Marlowe relates throughout the novel, he has managed to come to an agreement with his bestial side. He targets a person that deserves to die, and on the night of the full moon, the beast will go out and kill them instead of an innocent person. This arrangement of course leaves Marlowe with the task of seeking out unsavoury people that he deems worthy of the beast’s insatiable bloodlust. Consequently, and much to Marlowe’s benefit, he was able to befriend the local officer Danny Pearce and through a peculiar turn of events revealed later in the novel, obtain access to the inside scoop on local crime. 

However, upon targeting a serial killer moving into the region, the night of the full moon goes terribly wrong, leaving Marlowe with innocent blood on his hands and as per usual, little memory of his lunar crimes. Ashamed and confused, Marlowe is forced to race against the clock to uncover what exactly went wrong before he changes again, all while the serial killer he had targeted continues to claim more lives in his small town. 

With Marlowe’s quick wit and honest narration, The Wolfman stands as an underrated classic of werewolf fiction. In this entry I have chosen to avoid spilling the metaphorical beans on a handful of crucial plot points in the story, as I implore you to check out the novel in your own time. Nicholas Pekearo’s literary legacy was short-lived, but deserves recognition, while Marlowe Higgins continues to live on through the pages of his first and only novel. 

As always, be sure to appreciate your local monsters.