Theriophobia: Fear of the Beast by W.J.R. Miller

"Every man has a wild beast within him." — Frederick the Great

It lurks, beneath the veneer of civilization, the masks of skin and societal behavior. It shares Man's flesh and his urges, gnaws upon his soul for sustenance, prowls the dark recesses of his mind. Freud called it the Id—the “thing.” Lucas Vale knows it simply as the Beast.

Lucas Vale is different from other men. His Beast is bigger than it ought to be, stronger, more frenzied and more cunning. There isn’t room enough inside of Lucas Vale for the both of them. The Beast wants control. The Beast wants out. And the Beast always gets what it wants.

"There is no monster more frightening than the one we know best, the one that, when we stare into the mirror, stares back at us from the darkness of our own eyes.” — Christopher Lundgren