Basement of Wolves Author:Daniel Allen Cox In this taut, beautifully layered novel by Lambda Literary and Ferro-Grumley Award finalist Cox (Shuck, Krakow Melt), Michael-David is a paranoid actor who feels that fame has ruined him. When a film shoot with wolves for co-stars takes a troubling turn, he disappears shortly before the premiere and barricades himself in an L.A. hotel, convinced... more » that he?s cursed and must ride it out in hiding. He begins to explore the hotel?s secret passageways with the help of a young skateboarder he befriends, away from the glare of the spotlight. Meanwhile, the film?s director, suspicious that Michael-David is having an affair with his ex, is trying to find him in time for the premiere. A long-dormant nicotine addiction leads him closer to the target and into the path of danger, while the olves also sniff out Michael-David for one final scene.
A work of dream logic, Basement of Wolves is a haunting and cinematic romp through the minefields of identity crisis.« less