‘Summer of Blood’ Filmmaker Onur Tukel to Publish Debut Novel ‘Run Werewolf Run’ in June

Indie filmmaker Onur Tukel (Summer of Blood, Catfight) turned an unproduced script into his first novel. Run Werewolf Run will be published on June 24 via Pitchstone Press.

Inspired by lycanthropic classics like An American Werewolf in London and The Howling as well as the literary works of Richard Yates, John Updike, and John Cheever, the 488-page paperback features over 100 black-and-white illustrations by the author.

It follows Clifford Monroe, a father working his way through a midlife crisis. When a charming stranger named Channing enters his life, things will never be the same for poor Clifford, especially when the sun goes down. What follows is an insane, blood-splattered adventure that jeopardizes everything Clifford holds dear, including his wife and kids.

“I’ve always loved this script,” said Tukel. “It’s one of my favorite projects. Covid complicated production for so many films in 2020, and I really wanted to bring this project to fruition, so adapting it as a novel made sense. It was much harder than writing a script, of course. I thought it might take a year or two, but it ended up taking five years.”

Tukel hopes to eventually make the movie version as well.

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