Will this be turned into a comic?

Unlikely, perhaps on a limited scale, but comics are pretty expensive and take a while, so I wouldn't count on it, but you never know.

I hope. Then I'll know how things went.

For the forseeable future you'll see the stories continue. :)

Ok.

This story and your art style seems very promising!
I would LOVE to see this being turned into a comic!

It's possible there may be a limited comic series, but that'll be a while off, it really just depends. ;)

This was a really nice read, I would love to see this in comic form~ <3

I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) As for a comic, no plans at the moment, but it depends on what the next year brings.

This is the kind of story I could get behind

Not your usual werewolf story, eh?

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So far I'm surprised but pleased with the response. ;)

I like these urban fantasy themes. I could get behind this story. :)

Yeah, I'm semi new to urban fantasy, but it seemed like the best setting for this particular story. ;)

I also wanted to do a different kind of werewolf story. :)

I do hope this will become a novelette or full novel. Very strong beginning that begs to be continued. I want to know more about Logan and the this world.

That's the plan, if the first Iridescence short story collection goes well, I'll follow it up with either Journeys and after, we'll see. ;)

At the moment I've got an outline for three arcs. :) So far, unlike my other works, every chapter is named after a line of dialogue. At the moment my favorite is in arc 2, "There's a Pamphlet". :)

I wanted to do a different kind of werewolf story, not your usual horror fare or anything along those lines. ;) That's just how I roll, the usual stuff, I don't do that. :)

More! Give me more!

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I had a litte problem to get used to the changing points of view at first. What added to it was the name of the main character. English is not my native language, so I am not so used to names that can be used to men and woman. Also, I was a Wolverine fan a long time ago so the nam Logan sounds like a man's name to me.

On all other points a great start for a longer story. Very interesting and engaging.
I love Kane. Such a self-righteous A$$hole. Oh, I can understand his point of view, but it's one I can't share. And he isn't even the main villain. It's great.

BTW. For another story? A Werewolf does what Kane fears and the world goes Werewolf-Apocalypse like he described. At the end only one Werewolf Hunter is left as the last human and the Werewolf that caused the apocalypse tells him he did it because the hunter killed all his friends again and again.

That's sort of how my style has developed over time. It gives me a lot of flexibility with how I tell my stories though I can see how it'd be different if you're used to a single point of view. I've lately been a fan of gender neutral names and I did think of Wolverine, but I've seen it used for some ladies. ;)

I'm glad you liked the first chapter, I think it's a pretty good start to the story as well a suitable introduction to the world as a whole. :) Any first chapter has to set the baseline for what you're going to see going forward and I think this does that fairly well.

A lot of what I did with Kane in this chapter kind of came as I was actually writing it. I'd always planned for him to be a were hunter and a third faction in the first story, but his motivation just kind of flowed as I was writing and it really sounded good. It ended up largely influencing how he behaves in later chapters so I think it really just came together so well. He's definitely probably overreacting especially when you see the werewolves later in the story, but people are going to believe what they want to believe. Also bonus points for noticing he's not the primary antagonist. ;)

Although you won't see something that extreme for a while, the primary antagonist does actually plan to build his own pack, so Kane's not totally off base though he's a bit misdirected in his intentions, but you'll see how that plays out later.

SO MUCH YES. That's exactly what I want werewolves to be. Still human in mind, but dealing with and using sharper senses that helps them in important tasks.

Great beginning to this story. I can tell who the characters are in general, which makes setting the scene of it all easy. I wish you had done a little more description for the changes, but that's just my kink so you don't have to indulge.

And silently, I wish I could become Logan's partner. >w<

The conventional take on werewolves really didn't interest me, plus the fact that so often they're just portrayed as snarling beasts without much actual character. Not to mention the fact that there's already plenty of material like that out there. Inspired by The Lycanthrope Club and my own inclinations, I started to build the world around the seed of that idea. I knew that I wanted my first arc to be very much a fish out of water sort of story, where all of the sudden you're a werewolf, well, now what? What would you do? How would your life change? I knew that I didn't want to do a story where the transformations were viewed as a curse, again, there's a lot of that already out there. Logan may never have asked to become a werewolf, but as she starts to live the life she finds it's not a bad thing by default.

I knew that the full moon would force the transformations, or at least, as Kameron puts it be impossible to stave off in direct moonlight, but otherwise it's mostly up to the were creature to determine how much time they spend in their other form, however there are consequences to remaining a werewolf or whatever too long.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, and once I thought about what I had to get done it was easy to determine how to play it out. I knew that Logan's infection is what kickstarts the story, and that there would be a mystery to unravel, and now we know that there are more than two sides to the issue... As for the transformation, it's a balance, since you've got to keep the pace going while at the same time drawing it out for the TF enthusiasts, but rest assured there will be plenty of TF's in the story as it goes on.

Do you mean in the romantic sense or the private detective sense? :)

I like your explanations. :) Thanks for that.

And in a detective sort of way. I mean, she is beautiful, but I imagined like an encounter where tjey fight off another werecreature, then get to know each other, ya know? I'm debating on writing that as a fan fiction sometime, but I want to read about her development first.

No problem :)

It'll be a bit before I can work on the next chapter, because I've got to finish a few other projects first, but given the response this has gotten the next chapter will probably be in the next batch. :) I'm glad folks seem to like it. :)

Wonderful, i can't wait to read more of it!

I'm definitely working on it. So far I think it might be one of the best story arcs I've ever developed.

I cant wait to read more of it then.

I read this when you first posted it and I couldn't take my eyes off of it, it drew me in and kept me interested for all 22 pages. I think having a werewolf story from the perspective of the werewolf is genius, and not having them be a typical mindless Hollywood-style "evil" werewolf. And of course you didn't stop at wolves, which I also approve of. Maybe we'll see some were-avians in the story at some point XD

Part of the reason it draws me in is because I consider my own character a were-creature and reading something like this, I can put myself in Logan's shoes and understand what she's going through. It touched my emotions like any good story should.

I get incensed when I read about Kane because he or whoever is in charge of him doesn't seem to care that werecreatures can be good, not just mindless killers.

Forgive me, as I'm not well-versed in constructive criticism or praise, but I really love what you have written so far. That is why I would love to be a part of this universe, it would be an honor to be written into your stories and interact with your characters.

I'm glad to hear that. I always hope that my work really captures the reader's attention, and you really don't see that many stories told from the perspective of the werewolf, even within furry fiction. A few times I made it a point to poke fun at the traditional Hollywood view of werewolves, knowing that the real thing would probably have some issue with that if only from a comedic standpoint. I've never been a fan of the single species story, which is why all of my casts are very zoologically diverse. Even in the first arc you see three were species.
The were avians do make a first appearance in the second arc, though they don't really appear in full until the third.

I loved going on Logan's journey with her, unlike most people that freak out Logan actually thinks being a werewolf is kind of cool. Of course, she's totally in over her head but she just doesn't figure that out until her run in with Kane.

See, the thing about Kane and the werehunters is that they really don't care about the Weres motivations. They see them as a threat to the human genome simply for their existence, a point of view they are not the only ones to have such a perspective.

I appreciate the feedback, it's definitely much appreciated.

I don't want to compare Kane to Hitler but there does seem to be a sort of eugenics there when you mention "a threat to the human genome." ;)

I think I'd be in a similar state of mind to Logan, I would enjoy being a were-eagle, just knowing something like that was possible would excite me. Now, of course, until I realize how my life will change, for better and worse :P

Well, there is I suppose a certain element of 'genetic purity' but it's a valid concern for some, most don't really want to be part animal.

In general, other than not being out in direct moonlight, Logan and most of the Were population has remarkable control over their abilities. They'd have to, in order to avoid detection all those years. For the most part, they're not restricted by their abilities, but they just have to be careful how they use them.

It might freak me out at first, but I guess as a furry, I would enjoy it. Really, the idea of being able to have and use two different forms fascinates me. If that makes me weird, I'm fine with that :P

No more so than me. I'd love to be able to become all of my characters. :)

Slowly, slowly catching up a little here.

I really do like your take on were-creatures, and especially the idea that just being a werewolf, or -bear, or whatever, doesn't automatically make you a bloodthirsty killing machine. It's a much more nuanced and interesting approach than I think most people take, and I do think you're the first person I know of to set things up precisely this way. I know I mentioned Terry Pratchett and his take on werewolves once, but even his most heroic werewolf character still struggles a bit with the more bestial, blood-thirsty side of her nature. Which isn't to say that bestial and violent werewolves are necessarily a bad thing, of course. A little of that does help add a good deal of drama to a story, and I find this mysterious murdering werewolf to be quite fascinating. You have to wonder just how much Mrs. Walters knew about him. Not enough, since she clearly wasn't prepared for his transformation, but enough to drive him to murder. Which, I suppose, is one of the central mysteries of this story, along with who this Michael Kane really is and just how dangerous he really is. Especially since he seems too well prepared to be acting entirely without support from someone.

I quite like the description of Logan's initial transformation. The focus on the various sensations made it really vivid and powerful, and I couldn't help but wince a little at some of it. I suppose that it won't be quite so unpleasant once she gets used to it, as our mysterious werebear seemed to shift pretty casually. But even without the physical sensations, just the notion of suddenly being a form that's not your own would have to be pretty jarring and I'm quite impressed at how quickly she was able to not only adapt but to start enjoying herself. Granted, suddenly having the ability to leap so gracefully from rooftop to rooftop would be a lot of fun, I think.

I do apologize for taking so long to get back to you on this, but it's a fascinating story so far, and I really like the world you've begun to establish with it. I'm very much looking forward to Logan's meeting with Kameron. He seems like a pretty decent guy, if not particularly thrilled to have to deal with this situation, and I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen the next time she meets up with Kane. With any luck, she'll at least be a little bit better prepared for him!

If I do say so myself I don't think I've ever seen anyone do it quite like this, but that's how I roll most of the time. Most of the time fiction seems to go with the animal instincts you can't quite overpower angle, but while there are cases where the Weres do feel their animal urges asserting themselves (such as in the case of the Lunar Kiss), werewolves have brains so they can use them. I thought it was important for Kane to establish that in the first chapter both for Logan and us that being a Were doesn't change your personality. If you're a jerk as a human what makes you think you'd be a friendly werewolf? Plus I find that if you have to structure your narrative around Weres just being predatory it makes it hard to tell the sort of story I enjoy. Oh yes, both of those things at least in the first chapter are meant to be huge question marks, the need to answer them driving both plotlines forward as we try to figure out why the murder occurred and what Kane may have up his sleeve.

Kameron has the benefit of years of experience, as well as knowledge of Were society. Logan, particular in the first transformation, has nothing to guide her but her instincts and own mindset. She can't control the first change, no Were can, particularly because it's driven so much by the body and not the mind, at least the first time. It's like the first time you do something, you're clumsy at it, you make mistakes, you don't do it as smoothly as a practiced expert, but the more you do it, the smoother you get. Kameron can 'quick change' ie, do it in a flash, but as he explains later, there is a consequence for being so showy. The first time I'm sure Logan was rather shocked and overwhelmed by the sensations of turning into a werewolf, but once it was done and she realized she was unharmed, she had little time to really process it given that she had to retrieve her belongings. While when she has a night to think about it she might let it sink in more, but the first time she realizes how far she can jump, to her it's a thrill. She's not thinking about tomorrow just yet, but once she gets the chance to run, the animal inside her can't help but want to be free. :)

I'm actually rather impressed at how well the different story threads came together for this one. The further you go I think the more you'll see how much of a perfect storm it all is. :)

So good! Really love where this is going! Can't wait for the next installment. :)

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