The Silver Collar: Out Today in the UK

Mathilde Madden

Where to begin telling you about my world of werewolves, witchcraft, weirdness and wanking? Perhaps with a little jargon.

The Institute of Paraphysiology A glossary of selected terms, jargon and classifications
Last Updated 19th October 2007 Blake Tabernacle, Senior Paraphysiologist
(*) indicates known lycan terms

Alpha – The leader of a group of werewolves
Ancient Beast – Powerful lycan believed to be one of the original werewolves
Cub – A werewolf infected by a particular wolf
Cub mater – A werewolf that attempts to turn humans into werewolves to gain sexual authority over them
Flip – To change from human to wolf, usually unexpectedly
Hound – Field term for a werewolf in wolf form
Line* – The werewolf hierarchy system
Lock Down – The controversial werewolf practise of trapping itself inside a cage, cell or room before full moon, to prevent it injuring others
Lone Wolf – A strong packless werewolf, usually an Ancient Beast
Lyc – A slang term for a werewolf. Taken from the formal classification system, Lyc-W1XX, Lyc-W2XX, Lyc-W1XY, Lyc-W2XY.
Lycan – A werewolf
Pack – A group of werewolves, who live and hunt together, usually linked by sire-cub bonds
Red – An Institute trained werewolf hunter
Sire – The wolf that infected a particular werewolf
Sniffers* – Humans turned on by lycanthropy
Stray – A young packless werewolf, usual a sire reject
Thrall* - The power a werewolf sire has over his cub
Vix* – Werewolf hunters
W1 – A werewolf in wolf form
W2 – A werewolf in human form
Weredog* – A werewolf that tries to do what humans want
Wolf close to the skin* – A werewolf with the ability to change into a wolf from minor or non-moonlight stimulus
WW – A werewolf
WXX – A female werewolf
WXY – A male werewolf


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And but of course, there's a giveaway. I'm so excited about the release of the first book in my trilogy (Black Lace's first *ever*) that I'm posting for three days and giving away three prizes. Everyone who comments here or on my posts on Friday or Saturday will be eligible to win.

First prize is a copy of each of my Black Lace books Peep Show, Mad About the Boy and (the award winning) Equal Opportunities plus The Silver Collar - of course. (Especially good if you are not in the UK and looking at another two months to get your paws on my wolves!)

Two runners up will Also get a copies of The Silver Collar. Plus a bunch of lovely bookmarks featuring the painting of my main characters Iris and Alfie that you can see up the top of the page.

Just growl to be entered.

So much more tomorrow and on Sat - also snips and bits at my Silver Werewolves blog here

Painting of Iris and Alfie by the wonderful Pluto.