Ritch Duncan - The Werewolfs Guide to Life: A Manual for the Newly Bitten

PART ONE

The Basics
What is lycanthropy?

How to Determine If You Are Really a Werewolf
The early symptoms of lycanthropy; how you can know if what bit you was actually a werewolf

The Stages of Lycanthropy
The five stages of lycanthrope life; lifespan versus longevity; what happens when a werewolf dies

Purebloods
Lycanthropes who are born with the condition; how they differ from the bitten; parenting tips for raising a pureblood

Tips on Your First Transformation
The simplest solutions to staying alive and not killing innocent people during your first change

When It Will Happen and What It Will Feel Like
A blow-by-blow description of what it actually feels like to change into your wild stateblood, sweat, and tears

Werewolf Dreams and Stranger Things
The wild, vivid, and very terrifying dreams of the Stage 1 lycanthrope; dream control exercises; a note on encounters with the undead

PART TWO

Home Is Where You Hang Your Restraint System
Where should werewolves live?; the types of residence and locales ideal for werewolves

A Safe Room of Ones Own
Werewolves need a safe room in which to lock themselves away when they change; a listing of ideal safe rooms, from bomb shelters to band-rehearsal spaces

Strapping In
Finding the proper restraint system for your Moons; the right way and the wrong way to restrain yourself; sample design systems

Diet and Livestock
How to satisfy the insatiable hunger of a werewolf; a meal chart by point system; ideal livestock you can raise

Werewolf Wanted
Lycanthropes still need to work; ideal employment for werewolves

Romance and the Modern Lycanthrope
Can a lycanthrope maintain a committed relationship?; including your partner; werewolf sex

Werewolf Communities
Werewolf communities and why they are not encouraged; wolf meetups; how to contact another lycanthrope

Of God, the Devil, and Lycanthrope Faith
Are werewolves a product of evil?; can werewolves continue to worship their God?

Health, Medicine, and Wellness
Maintaining a healthy body and a healthy mind

PART THREE

So Youve Attacked Someone
How to react after youve gotten loose; determining the extent of the attack and the response from your community; your responsibilities to the lycanthrope you have created

Avoiding Detection
Controlling your behavior; fitting in; making sure you arent being watched

Government and Police
Why you should never risk being detained by any law enforcement; why you should avoid government attention; a discussion of the Dsseldorf Project

The Trouble with Vampires
How to deal with the smug, effeminate undead

Fur Chasers
Some people actually want to become werewolves; a discussion of how theyll seek out lycanthropy; how to protect yourself from them

Werewolf Hunters
A detail of the specific types of werewolf hunters who want to do you harmeverything from the religious nut to the big-game hunter; some signs by which you can spot them

The Dark Side of Lycanthropy
The many ways in which a lycanthrope might turn to darkness and truly embrace the word monster; a discussion of the Lycanthrope Ascendance movement

CONCLUSION: Its Not a Death Sentence
Your life as a werewolf can be as rich and rewarding as you want it to be

READ THIS FIRST

1. Werewolves are real.

2. If you have been bitten by a werewolf and survived the attack YOU WILL TRANSFORM INTO A WEREWOLF. Your transformations will occur on the evening of the full moon, as well as the evenings immediately before and after the full moon (waxing and waning). These are popularly called your Moons. The first transformation will happen roughly a month from the date of your attack. To be clear, if the full moon falls on the fifteenth, you will transform into something very, very dangerous on the evenings of the fourteenth, the fifteenth, and the sixteenth.

3. IF THERE IS A FULL MOON APPROACHING AND YOU HAVE EVEN THE SMALLEST SUSPICION THAT YOU HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A WEREWOLF, TURN TO CHAPTER 5, TIPS ON YOUR FIRST TRANSFORMATION, IMMEDIATELY.

4. If you do not know when the next full moon will be, FIND OUT RIGHT NOW by checking the appendix at the back of the book. If you are reading this after December 2011, learn how to determine the date of the next full moon in Chapter 6, When It Will Happen and What It Will Feel Like, or check online at www.werewolfguidetolife.com.

5. The majority of lycanthropes who do not have access to the information in this book die during or shortly after their first transformations. Causes of death are generally heart failure, gunshot wounds, exposure, drowning, or suicide.

6. The bulk of the information in this book was originally circulated in the form of xeroxed, handwritten copies of the collected writings, observations, and oral histories of people who have both lived (and died) with lycanthropy. That information has been supplemented via interviews with lycanthropes and those whose lives have been touched by lycanthropy.

7. This book was created to save human lives, including yours.

8. Hollywood horror movies are not to be used as guides to living with lycanthropy. Their goal is not to educate, but to entertain. As a result, they are largely ignorant of the realities of the condition.

9. Ignorance creates monsters; lycanthropy does not.

10. You are not a monster.