Eyeshine news, a free short story, dueling covers, meet the Tates, and all the latest gossip from the decidedly peculiar town of Mayhap.
By Cy Wyss · Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Cy's Author Annals
Musings from Mayhap
Here's a round up of what's new in the Eyeshine universe, home to the werecats. Question: What do you get when a werecat and a werewolf cross paths? Answer: A lot of sound and furry, signifying nothing.
Recent content & announcements
Everything is on track to release Eyeshine 2026 on September 17th. It just needs a polish pass and then I need to create the self-publishing fundamentals: a final cover, summaries, press releases, and so on.
The Teddy
I've been working through my backlog and updating old covers. I came across this short story that I wrote a while ago. Only about 40 pages. The best part is: The Teddy is available for free now at Amazon from August 17 through August 21.
Speaking of covers, here are two proposed covers for Eyeshine 2026. I actually don't know which one I prefer. How about you?
Meet the Tates
The Tate family lives just down the hill from PJ in the Stoker Hills subdivision of Mayhap. We meet them in Eyeshine 1.
Maija is a fierce, hardworking nurse focused on taking care of her two boys: Trent and Alex. Unfortunately, Trent has some ideas of his own and now that he's 18, who can stop him?
As reported around town...
MAYHAP MIRROR
LOCAL MAN INSISTS HE SAW WERECAT; BARTENDER CONFIRMS HE SAW SIX BEERS
CAT STUCK IN TREE COMMENTS VOCIFEROUSLY: "IT WAS THE SQUIRREL'S FAULT"
MISSING GARDEN GNOME RETURNS; REFUSES TO DISCUSS WHEREABOUTS
LOCAL PSYCHIC CANCELS EVENT DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
MYSTERIOUS HOWLING VIOLATES NEIGHBORHOOD NOISE ORDINANCE; LOCAL SAINT BERNARD MIX DENIES INVOLVEMENT
