Written by Stephen King
Illustrations by Berni Wrightson
Considering his off-the-beaten-track record—vampires, man-eating cars, dead cats that come back to life and the like—it was just a matter of time before Stephen King addressed the subject of werewolves. So when he says "something inhuman has come to Tarker's Mills" on the second page of this book, you know he's not talking about a mild-mannered reporter or a friendly E.T.-type fella. What follows is a predictable but nonetheless involving tale about a small town in Maine where one of the citizens (naturally, the one you would least suspect) makes midnight snacks out of his neighbors when the moon is full. King's prose is accompanied by Berni Wrightson's remarkable illustrations, gruesome yet homespun, as if Norman Rockwell were drawing for a Tales From the Crypt comic book. If for no other reason, this slim volume (114 pages) is noteworthy because, unlike anything else with King's name on it these days, Werewolf probably is not destined to become a bestseller. The $28.95 price tag will see to that. (Available by mail from Christopher Zavisa, 1870 Wilshire Parkway, Westland, Mich. 48185)
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