A novel in progress is called The Assassin's Song and one of the two prologues ("Prologue of Pain and Loss") introduces The Wolf Brigade(TM).

It's an elite force of shifters (think the SEAL team that took out bin Laden on paranormal shifter steroids) answerable only to the President, whose duty is to do whatever is necessary to serve, protect and defend the United States from all enemies, domestic and foreign.

So I decided I'd gamble on whether there was any interest from other authors in writing stories set in this shared universe, with the primary criteria being the stories have to involve the Brigade in some significant way, and the nature of shifting has to fall within the parameters of the definitely different, perhaps unique, way in which shifting operates/happens in the Brigade universe.

And since the Brigade was founded because George Washington saved a young werewolf's life (story there, maybe?) writers will have nearly 250 years of history in which to set the story.

The currency reference above is because writers will be paid for their work, successful anthology or not, and if it's a financial success, will share in the profits as well.

You can find the call for submissions at the MMRG Web site in the discussion "Open Calls for Submissions").

Here's the direct link to the Brigade call:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Yes? No? Maybe?

Eric-the-ever-hopeful.