Beasts Wake in the Dark

Beasts have lived in our stories since the first people sat near the fire. Long before wolves howled on book covers or shapeshifters appeared on screens, every culture feared the moment when an animal stopped behaving like an animal, and something human looked back.Beasts Wake in the Dark gathers the world's shifter myths into one place. Europe's night-stalking wolf-men, Africa's skin-stealers, the Middle East's desert predators, Asia's silent forest watchers, and the Americas' creatures that slip between forms all return here in tales rooted in real folklore.This is not a dictionary of monsters. These are not academic notes. These are the kinds of stories people shared when they wanted to warn each other about what followed them in the woods, what hunted their footsteps, and what waited just beyond the circle of firelight.These retellings stay true to their origins while giving you the feeling of sitting at a campfire, listening as a voice leans in and says, "There are things out there that know your shape." Some beasts stalk. Some imitate. Some change form faster than you can run.Wherever the fire fades, something might be waking.

Pagina's: 257, Paperback, Independently published