Before he can become a wolf, the lycanthrope strips naked. If you spy …

Angela Carter
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Before he can become a wolf, the lycanthrope strips naked. If you spy a naked man among the pines, you must run as if the Devil were after you. ✨ Angela Carter (1997). Burning your boats: the collected short stories, Penguin Group USA
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Before he can become a wolf, the lycanthrope strips naked. If you spy a naked man among the pines, you must run as if the Devil were after you. ✨ Angela Carter (1997). Burning your boats: the collected short stories, Penguin Group USA

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