
Do ya like wolves? Probably (especially if you are
one). Well, if you *really* like wolves, this story
might not be presenting a very original idea.
But read it and tell me you wouldn't do the same,
if you could.
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© Fred Brown, August 3/99 (rev Feb 2/14)
A very, very short piece, written in 1999 (before I even knew what a fur was). Works as SF, works as a fur
story. A transformation story, that is.
Major kudos/thanks to Kaderart over on DeviantArt for permish on the icon art. Perfect. The full
piece is called Howl Loneliness. Recommended visit.
Must also thank
khiton, who spotted some stock and pointed me to finding it. TY.
See Journal entry (July 1/2011) for the Commentary: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2490589/
Download from here: AH-WHOOO!!! RTF
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I peered out the window at the night landscape, the fields and forest beyond
my isolated lab lit by a cool, silvery light. A half-moon had risen high in the sky.
Only one buttock showing, I thought whimsically. I could hear the howl of
wolves in the distance, lupine genes responding to the ancient signal.
I felt it myself and shivered. When Luna is full, puny plains apes know they
are easy prey unless they band together, broken thighbones clutched fearfully
against unknown predators in the dark. Co-operative, group-based, threat
display: our furry four-footed competitors learned that lesson early on.
Survival strategies are what they are. I let the blinds snap closed to shut out
the selenic glow. I padded back to my desk and sat down. The words on the
computer screen flickered patiently, the article nearly finished save for some final
paras and some editing.
I typed, a bit awkwardly: "...But the key difficulty lies in the molecular
communication required to trigger such a massive, whole body morphological
shift. Starting with the pituitary, a whole new set of hormonal cascades must be
initiated, overlaid on top of, and extensively modifying, the body's normal
biochemical feedback systems. This requires using the standard viral method to
insert DNA to create additional secretory structures in a number of glands, as well
for the expression of new classes of cell surface receptors. See Appendix C."
If this passed peer review--when--the Nobel committee would all fall over on
their tails. This was better than Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin, better than
Lewis, lightyears beyond Tonegawa.
They thought the PCR was hot stuff?
They ain't seen nothin' yet. I smiled ferally and continued typing.
"...Relies on activating dormant pre-natal regulatory mechanisms to control
the process. New bone structure must be created and existing bone absorbed and
altered. Muscle mass and muscle type and supporting tendons must undergo
huge transformations, supported by simultaneous respiratory and circulatory
system changes. The entire nervous system must be essentially rewired from top
to bottom at the same time as various sensory neural groups within the brain are
enhanced (ie., smell, sight, hearing). Obviously, the epidermis must be
stimulated to produce radically different sweat glands and hair follicles..."
How many years of effort came together tonight? How much equipment and
funding secretly siphoned from my legitimate work? No biotech company on the
planet would touch this sort of research, on the very reasonable grounds it could
put them all out of business. Who needs drugs when no one need get sick
anymore, when all disease or cancer or disability can be cured from within one's
own body? These were only some of the possibilities.
After all the covert struggle, I had finally unlocked the technology, cracked
the code, teased Mother Nature's secrets out into the open.
But for my own purposes. Now it was time to publish.
"...But the energy requirements are formidable. Preparation means ingesting
large quantities of carbohydrates, but no more so than what one would consume
before, say, running a marathon. The process has been carefully designed so that
each stage liberates some of the energy required for the next stage. The
metabolism of the organism is being manipulated in an extreme manner. This
leads to dramatic swings in blood sugar levels, as well as especially heavy stress
on renal function. The process is therefore contraindicated for persons with
untreated diabetic conditions or kidney damage. See Appendix D for further
discussion about recommended treatments that would permit the process."
The wolves howled again.
Who has not heard that joyful, worshipful wailing in the night, those eerie,
spine-tingling choruses, and not wondered what their lives are like? To run free in
the forest to hunt, to kill. To return to beautiful mate and warm den with bloody
food for precious young cubs. To know no war, no civil strife, no pollution or
greed.
To live by the cleaner rules of claw and fang and pack. Survival strategies.
I toggled the spell-checker and waited. It bleebled a few corrections and I
edited. Then I sent the document out the modem and huffed a sigh.
It was done. There was no calling it back. Whatever humanity made of my
work no longer concerned me now.
I jumped from the chair and went to the door. I grasped the doorknob in
powerful new jaws and turned it. Then I ran out on all four eager paws to join my
friends, full tail flying high behind me in the light of the welcoming Moon.
Feb 2/14
one). Well, if you *really* like wolves, this story
might not be presenting a very original idea.
But read it and tell me you wouldn't do the same,
if you could.
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>>>>> AH-WHOOO <<<<<
© Fred Brown, August 3/99 (rev Feb 2/14)
A very, very short piece, written in 1999 (before I even knew what a fur was). Works as SF, works as a fur
story. A transformation story, that is.
Major kudos/thanks to Kaderart over on DeviantArt for permish on the icon art. Perfect. The full
piece is called Howl Loneliness. Recommended visit.
Must also thank

See Journal entry (July 1/2011) for the Commentary: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2490589/
Download from here: AH-WHOOO!!! RTF
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❱❱❱❱ NOTA BENE: This copy is in an enhanced, better-readable font, and can only be read on dark background screens.
The Enhanced text copy that's readable on cyan screens is here: AH-WHOOO!!! -- Enhanced text
=============================================================================
I peered out the window at the night landscape, the fields and forest beyond
my isolated lab lit by a cool, silvery light. A half-moon had risen high in the sky.
Only one buttock showing, I thought whimsically. I could hear the howl of
wolves in the distance, lupine genes responding to the ancient signal.
I felt it myself and shivered. When Luna is full, puny plains apes know they
are easy prey unless they band together, broken thighbones clutched fearfully
against unknown predators in the dark. Co-operative, group-based, threat
display: our furry four-footed competitors learned that lesson early on.
Survival strategies are what they are. I let the blinds snap closed to shut out
the selenic glow. I padded back to my desk and sat down. The words on the
computer screen flickered patiently, the article nearly finished save for some final
paras and some editing.
I typed, a bit awkwardly: "...But the key difficulty lies in the molecular
communication required to trigger such a massive, whole body morphological
shift. Starting with the pituitary, a whole new set of hormonal cascades must be
initiated, overlaid on top of, and extensively modifying, the body's normal
biochemical feedback systems. This requires using the standard viral method to
insert DNA to create additional secretory structures in a number of glands, as well
for the expression of new classes of cell surface receptors. See Appendix C."
If this passed peer review--when--the Nobel committee would all fall over on
their tails. This was better than Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin, better than
Lewis, lightyears beyond Tonegawa.
They thought the PCR was hot stuff?
They ain't seen nothin' yet. I smiled ferally and continued typing.
"...Relies on activating dormant pre-natal regulatory mechanisms to control
the process. New bone structure must be created and existing bone absorbed and
altered. Muscle mass and muscle type and supporting tendons must undergo
huge transformations, supported by simultaneous respiratory and circulatory
system changes. The entire nervous system must be essentially rewired from top
to bottom at the same time as various sensory neural groups within the brain are
enhanced (ie., smell, sight, hearing). Obviously, the epidermis must be
stimulated to produce radically different sweat glands and hair follicles..."
How many years of effort came together tonight? How much equipment and
funding secretly siphoned from my legitimate work? No biotech company on the
planet would touch this sort of research, on the very reasonable grounds it could
put them all out of business. Who needs drugs when no one need get sick
anymore, when all disease or cancer or disability can be cured from within one's
own body? These were only some of the possibilities.
After all the covert struggle, I had finally unlocked the technology, cracked
the code, teased Mother Nature's secrets out into the open.
But for my own purposes. Now it was time to publish.
"...But the energy requirements are formidable. Preparation means ingesting
large quantities of carbohydrates, but no more so than what one would consume
before, say, running a marathon. The process has been carefully designed so that
each stage liberates some of the energy required for the next stage. The
metabolism of the organism is being manipulated in an extreme manner. This
leads to dramatic swings in blood sugar levels, as well as especially heavy stress
on renal function. The process is therefore contraindicated for persons with
untreated diabetic conditions or kidney damage. See Appendix D for further
discussion about recommended treatments that would permit the process."
The wolves howled again.
Who has not heard that joyful, worshipful wailing in the night, those eerie,
spine-tingling choruses, and not wondered what their lives are like? To run free in
the forest to hunt, to kill. To return to beautiful mate and warm den with bloody
food for precious young cubs. To know no war, no civil strife, no pollution or
greed.
To live by the cleaner rules of claw and fang and pack. Survival strategies.
I toggled the spell-checker and waited. It bleebled a few corrections and I
edited. Then I sent the document out the modem and huffed a sigh.
It was done. There was no calling it back. Whatever humanity made of my
work no longer concerned me now.
I jumped from the chair and went to the door. I grasped the doorknob in
powerful new jaws and turned it. Then I ran out on all four eager paws to join my
friends, full tail flying high behind me in the light of the welcoming Moon.
Feb 2/14
Category All / Transformation
Species Wolf
Size 270 x 270px
File Size 126 kB
This story is the sorts murky genesis of the Maguffin in my Fur World stories. That is,
we can use specially-built viruses to go into any cells in the body and make 'em
do backflips. Including putting the DNA and the chromosomes through a
Cuisinart, if required.
So what did those mad California plastic surgeons do with this technology? Why,
made out like bandits converting people into furs. The real thing. Nice tail there.
The furry boobs are pretty cute too. :- )
Somebody had to work out how to do this. As for why that somebody did it,
we have our answer. Meaning there's more stories to be done about
this particular kind of conversion, oh indeedy yes there is.
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we can use specially-built viruses to go into any cells in the body and make 'em
do backflips. Including putting the DNA and the chromosomes through a
Cuisinart, if required.
So what did those mad California plastic surgeons do with this technology? Why,
made out like bandits converting people into furs. The real thing. Nice tail there.
The furry boobs are pretty cute too. :- )
Somebody had to work out how to do this. As for why that somebody did it,
we have our answer. Meaning there's more stories to be done about
this particular kind of conversion, oh indeedy yes there is.

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Did another take on this theme, funnier and more a proper SF short story. But oh my,
the furry implications. See WORLD PEACE NOW!!!
Noted you just set a watch (TY). That ought to do. FA's where I post, mainly
because working with more than one site would kill me.
Yah, as if FA's a walk in the park. :- )
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the furry implications. See WORLD PEACE NOW!!!
Noted you just set a watch (TY). That ought to do. FA's where I post, mainly
because working with more than one site would kill me.
Yah, as if FA's a walk in the park. :- )

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Speaking as an ex-programmer, think FA's basic design is pretty sound, Credit where
due to the original architects.
How they decided to crowbar writing and music on board, however, now dat could be
criticized. At the same time, you'll notice FA isn't flat-out hostile to writing
and music. Just awkward.
Workarounds are possible (notice I've found a few). Plus a little rule-bending
(notice this is an art sub that's got a story in it). Can't ever say FA is
great for writing. but it is possible to make it work.
As for other sites out there that are easier, won't dis 'em. Do think, though,
that neither they or FA have solved any of the larger problems to
writing online. Not all FA's shortcomings can be blamed on FA.*
fwbrown61
( * Although it seems to be a furry national sport to do just that, :- ) )
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due to the original architects.
How they decided to crowbar writing and music on board, however, now dat could be
criticized. At the same time, you'll notice FA isn't flat-out hostile to writing
and music. Just awkward.
Workarounds are possible (notice I've found a few). Plus a little rule-bending
(notice this is an art sub that's got a story in it). Can't ever say FA is
great for writing. but it is possible to make it work.
As for other sites out there that are easier, won't dis 'em. Do think, though,
that neither they or FA have solved any of the larger problems to
writing online. Not all FA's shortcomings can be blamed on FA.*

( * Although it seems to be a furry national sport to do just that, :- ) )
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Sooo pleased with this one. Another repost, plus a mite of editing, to bring
it in line with Da Standard.
A near-perfect hard SF short-short (and furry), complete with a zinger
of a snap ending. I should frame this on the wall. Glah, how do I do
moah like it...? * :- )
fwbrown61
( * Without it turning into a novel, that is. And inside this story I can
hear a novel whining and scritching and yipping to get out. Stay
tuned.)
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it in line with Da Standard.
A near-perfect hard SF short-short (and furry), complete with a zinger
of a snap ending. I should frame this on the wall. Glah, how do I do
moah like it...? * :- )

( * Without it turning into a novel, that is. And inside this story I can
hear a novel whining and scritching and yipping to get out. Stay
tuned.)
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TY. When the brain and the keyboard fire on all cylinders, ya gotta admit,
sometimes the story really schmecks. Or howls. :- )
And/or the Muses have been spiking my coffee with something reeeal
funky. I'll take it. Plus a dip 'o the ears to all the copies of Scientific
American I've read over the years.
<Snert!> You'd think I actually know something about biotech. :- )
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sometimes the story really schmecks. Or howls. :- )
And/or the Muses have been spiking my coffee with something reeeal
funky. I'll take it. Plus a dip 'o the ears to all the copies of Scientific
American I've read over the years.
<Snert!> You'd think I actually know something about biotech. :- )

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I''ll shamelessly plug another one along these lines (but funnier). See WORLD PEACE NOW!!!
And there's a lot more possible. Ah-Whooo may be a novel seed, but WPN has characters and a
realistic setting. And the potential to put those characters smack in the middle of some more
juicy, tangled, biotech-and-furry-related problems.
Leastwise I'm snickering my tail off at some potential plots that are brewing. Definitely room for
more humour here.*
fwbrown61
( * As if I can stop myself. :- ) )
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And there's a lot more possible. Ah-Whooo may be a novel seed, but WPN has characters and a
realistic setting. And the potential to put those characters smack in the middle of some more
juicy, tangled, biotech-and-furry-related problems.
Leastwise I'm snickering my tail off at some potential plots that are brewing. Definitely room for
more humour here.*

( * As if I can stop myself. :- ) )
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A bit awkwardly. :- )
Looked at my dog's paws once. Wolf paws would be the same. The foreclaws might
allow for one-key-at-a-time, hunt-and-peck typing, if the dog was careful. Although
I'm not going to sacrifice a laptop to test this.
Never know, might be worth it just to see what he comes up with. "It was the
best of times, it was the woof of times..." *
fwbrown61
( * Then I tell him that's derivative and, like any writer, he bites me. :- ) )
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Looked at my dog's paws once. Wolf paws would be the same. The foreclaws might
allow for one-key-at-a-time, hunt-and-peck typing, if the dog was careful. Although
I'm not going to sacrifice a laptop to test this.
Never know, might be worth it just to see what he comes up with. "It was the
best of times, it was the woof of times..." *

( * Then I tell him that's derivative and, like any writer, he bites me. :- ) )
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