Mel Mystery

Like LGBTQ+ folks, werewolves combine both masculine and feminine energies.  The wolf is typically a masculine archetype, but the werewolf is ruled by the moon.  In most cultures, the moon is symbolic of feminine energies.  Like Transgender folks, the werewolf changes form from a man into something else – whether woman or beast.  The process […]

In the not-so-distant past, homosexuals and other sexual and social deviants were relegated to the fringes of society, in much the same way as the werewolf inhabited the fringes of civilized space.  At one time homosexuals “lurked” at the fringes of society in back-alley bars or cruised for sex at night in public parks, bathrooms,

In at least one traditional werewolf transformation ritual, the person seeking to become a werewolf chants, “Make me a werewolf.  Make me a man eater.” This can have different meanings to different people.  I personally prefer the erotic, oral connotation. The stigma of cannibalism that is often associated with werewolves does not always need to

There are some people out there who consider werewolfism to be a metaphor for puberty.  If you think about it, during puberty the body changes, hair starts to grow in before unknown places, and the adolescent begins to feel all these heightened urges and emotions that were not there before.  There are others who have

It’s been 10 years since I wrote my first book “The Gay Guy’s Guide to Werewolves and Other Man Beasts” in 2016.  Over the years, I’ve had plans to write two additional books, turning this into a werewolf book trilogy.  One of those books is planned as a Pagan spell and ritual book for Queer