Advice on Dealing with Your Teenage Werewolf Son
by Bruce Boston
Discourage him from running
for Student Council
on the Carnivore Ticket.
Avoid mentioning the moon.
Never tell him to
"just throw it in the wash."
Raise his haircut allowance.
Praise him often for his
striking resemblance to
movie legend Lon Chaney, Jr.
At least once each week
sit down with him and
have a serious and sharing
human-to-werewolf talk.
Make him promise
not to maim
any more cheerleaders
than he has to.
Tell him you love him.
Keep a gun loaded
with a few silver bullets.
Just in case.
Bruce Boston is the author of 45 books and chapbooks. His most recent are the best-of fiction collection Masque of Dreams (Wildside, 2009) and the sf/speculative poetry collection, North Left of Earth (Sam's Dot, 2009). For more information, visit his website.
by Bruce Boston
Discourage him from running
for Student Council
on the Carnivore Ticket.
Avoid mentioning the moon.
Never tell him to
"just throw it in the wash."
Raise his haircut allowance.
Praise him often for his
striking resemblance to
movie legend Lon Chaney, Jr.
At least once each week
sit down with him and
have a serious and sharing
human-to-werewolf talk.
Make him promise
not to maim
any more cheerleaders
than he has to.
Tell him you love him.
Keep a gun loaded
with a few silver bullets.
Just in case.
Bruce Boston is the author of 45 books and chapbooks. His most recent are the best-of fiction collection Masque of Dreams (Wildside, 2009) and the sf/speculative poetry collection, North Left of Earth (Sam's Dot, 2009). For more information, visit his website.
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