OK, in no order of preference at all (apart from the Electric Boogaloo) here are the runners and riders for the new book’s title. By this time next week I will have received Ted Hughes’s Wolfwatching and Lupercal, so I may have some more titles to steal.
I like Shadow of the Wolf but it was a 1992 film, so that may rule it out.
I have included everything I’ve thought of in a sort of ‘brainstorming’ manner – not all are really contenders but it’s best to write them all down as they may point the way to the eventual title.
I’m not at all sure we’re quite there yet. I may have to try again tomorrow. I want something that says ‘fantasy’ but not the equivalent of a ‘hooded man’ title. That said, hooded men seem very popular and what I want is a title to get people to read the book. So maybe Wolfsbane or Shadow Wolf would be best – traditional fantasy, says fantasy, attracts the fantasy reader. At the moment I like The Fell Wolf Fenrir although I’d like something that gets the idea of a pursuit into the title. Most of the book someone is being chased so I might like to convey that.
Wolfsbane
Wolfshadow
Moontaker’s Song
The Moon Taker
Wolf Song
Stone Wolf
Shadow of the Wolf
In the Shadow of the Wolf
The Wolf and his shadow
My Shadow is a Wolf
Wolf Taken
Wolf Night
Night of the Wolf
Wolfsbane
Hunted
The Hunted
The Teeth of Midnight
Wolf Hunt
Hunting the Wolf
The Wolf at Midnight
The Midnight Wolf
A Night Caller
The Voice of the Night
Fenris Unbound
The Wolf Torn Men
The Wolf Torn
The Wolf in the Garden
Wolf Called
Call of the Wolf
Jaws of the Midnight
Eyes of the Wolf
Wolfseye
The Dread Wolf
A Wolf Called Fear
Dreamstalker
The Night Forest Stalker
Moonhunter
Axe Age, Wind Age, Wolf Age
Axe Age Storm Age, Wolf Age
Age of the Wolf
Wolf Dawn
Wolf Kill
The Killing of the Moon
The Moonkiller’s Lover
The Moontaker’s Song
Moon Song
Wolf Slayer
The Raven and the Wolf
The Dead God’s Servants
The God in the Stone
The Ever Wolf
Ever the Wolf
Always the Wolf
The Always Wolf
The Wolf Behind You
Teeth of the Wolf
God of the Hunt
They that must live
That they must live
The Ragged Forest
The Wolf of Always
The King of Carrion
Death’s Friend
Night Voices
Us He Devours
The Devourer’s Song
The Wolf in Dreams
The Dream Running Wolf
The Wolves Running
Running Wolf
The Fell Wolf
The Fell Wolf Fenrir
The Fell Wolf at Midnight
The Terror of the Gods
A Feast for Wolves
The Wolf’s Feast
The Fetters Shall Burst
The Wolf Runs Free
The Fetters Shall Burst and The Wolf Run Free
Tears of the Wolf
The Wolf’s Lament
The Fell Wolf’s Tear
A Falling Wolf
Wrath of Fenris
Wolfsmantle
Wolves of the East
Wolves of…. something
The Fell Wolf Fenrisulfr
Wolfsangel II Electric Boogaloo (thanks for that one Neverwhere)