The Company of Wolves
“Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute.” -Mark Twain, “What is Man?” *** “What‘s wrong with ‘The Wolf Man‘?” The apartment was quiet. The lights were turned down low. Sean sat on the couch, a respectable distance from Nia, sipping his wine slowly so that he wouldn’t lose his head. “There’s nothing wrong with it,” he said. “I just would have gone with something a little more highbrow.” “But it’s a classic!” “So is my father’s Yugo, but I wouldn’t want people seeing that on the first date.” Nia slid an inch closer to him on the couch. “I like ‘The Wolf Man,‘” she said, refilling their glasses. “I think it’s sexy.” “A grown man, covered in hair, panting like a German Shepherd is sexy?” “A …