The Waffle Hutch is open 24 hours a day, slinging hash browns and bad coffee to the weird and the weary. Buried in the mountains of West Virginia, the town of Mahigan is the kind of place some people drift through—and some never leave. When a string of gruesome deaths rattles the town and rumors of creatures in the woods begin to spread, the night crew senses something waiting at their doorstep. And the diner’s newest hire seems to know more than he’s letting on.
Jimmy Hughes was supposed to disappear. A former Death Row chef with nowhere left to run, he finds a last-chance refuge behind the line at Waffle Hutch, flipping pancakes and dodging questions. But as bodies pile up, Jimmy and his coworkers realize that something feral is feeding on their town. Haunted by the past he tried to outrun, Jimmy begins to fear that the monster didn’t just follow him. It might be him.
Told in alternating points of view from the diner’s unforgettable cast, Werewolves of Waffle Hutch builds a slow-burn dread into a full-blown siege. Jimmy and his found family of fry cooks, waitresses, and town misfits must figure out what’s hunting them before it’s too late. Because whatever it is, it’s not just killing people. It’s changing them.
Set in a forgotten corner of Appalachia where ancient forces still hold sway, Werewolves of Waffle Hutch is a genre-bending feast of camp, terror, and darkly comic storytelling. With the cult-classic feel of a Grady Hendrix novel and the ensemble chaos of “The Bear,” it reimagines werewolf lore through the lens of eco-horror and Appalachian folklore. No full moons, no silver bullets—just body horror, ancient cryptids, and the grit and gallows humor of a cursed workplace. Equal parts horror and heart, it’s a story of monsters, outcasts, and the broken people who fight like hell to protect their own.