Asia and Anders Eriksen sit on a sofa in their immaculate Coaldale home, one of their precious wee ones, soft and wobbly as a newborn, snuggled between them.

The babe, Kurt, is adorable, from the tip of his little black nose to the tiny curved claws of his chubby, hairy little feet.

A handcrafted human-canine hybrid, the cuddly creature is a WerePup.

The artists, who moved to Coaldale from the Philadelphia area in February so Asia’s daughter could be closer to her father, create the realistic werewolf pups through their company, WerePups.

WerePups, the Eriksens’ Facebook page says, is an “adoption agency for orphaned lycanthropes.”

“I think they are so creative,” said borough council President Angela M. Krapf. “I have never seen anything like that before. The details are amazing. I’m happy they’ve brought something unique to Coaldale.”

WerePups, born of love

The concept of werewolf pups was born in the now 34-year-old Asia Eriksen’s childhood imagination, formed by the horror films she loved and brought to fruition by a scene in the movie, “Silver Bullet.”

In that scene, people attending a funeral transform into werewolves. The crowd includes a baby.

“When I was a kid, it was just an idea I came up with,” she says. “I thought it would be cool to have a baby werewolf.”

Asia would draw pictures and try her hand at making toy werewolf babies.

Self-taught, she honed her skills over the years.

It was meeting and falling in love with Anders that brought the WerePups dream to reality.

“One of us can just walk up and start talking about an idea, and the other one will just fill in all the blanks,” Asia says of their creative meld.

“When I have an idea in my head, he can draw it immediately,” she says of Anders.

Anders is a special effects artist who crafts masks, busts and replica “Freddy Krueger” hands.

In fact, it was the Krueger movies, including the “Nightmare on Elm Street” film series, that brought the couple together.

They met on an email list and got acquainted. Years later, they met again on MySpace after they both clicked on a picture of the dog of Robert B. Englund, the actor who portrays Freddy Krueger.

“We started talking, and we both had creative projects going at the time,” Asia says.

Anders was soon to visit the United States from his native Denmark, and the two met in person at a convention.

They wed in 2009 in Denmark.

“We were creative soul mates, and we had the same dreams,” she says.

The couple has a children’s book about WerePups coming out in October. Anders, 42, is doing the artwork, whimsical and sweet.

“It’s a kid-friendly take on the WerePups story, with a mad scientist,” Asia says.

Asia is writing a screenplay for a WerePups movie, and is exploring the idea of a commercially produced line of the creatures.

The care and feeding of your WerePup

WerePups start life as a block of clay, sculpted and molded by Asia.

“I sculpt all the features and details in clay,” she says.

Then, Anders makes a silicone mold of the sculpture.

The WerePups, with the size and heft of a real baby, have remarkably unique and lifelike expressions.

“I have six or seven different face-sculpts for these guys,” Asia says.

One WerePup sticks out the tip of his tongue; another has one ear endearingly flopped over.

The creations can take weeks to months, depending on the complexity of the WerePup. Asia implants every hair on the werepups’ heads, faces, arms, legs and bodies by hand.

“I usually have a few going at once,” she says.

The Eriksens have sold about 300 WerePups, not including the mini-pups.

One “adoptive parent” is Englund, whose werepup was created to resemble Lola, Englund’s wife Nancy’s late dog.

“I’m such a fan of these guys. The quality of work coming out of Asia and Anders’ studio is very impressive,” Englund says.

The WerePups, he says, are “lifelike, life-weight and (have) lifelike eyes that seem to follow you anywhere in a room.”

Englund is a mentor to the couple. He and Anders have been friends for decades, and the Eriksens visited his home in California while on their honeymoon.

“Robert Englund and his wife have kind of taken on a parental role,” Asia says.

“Sometimes they’re like the voice of reason and push us in the direction we should be going,” she says.

“They posses a wide imagination, varied skills and extreme attention to detail,” Englund says of the couple.

Singer Alice Cooper also has a WerePup that he uses in his performances. He also uses Anders’ masks in his show.

The couple’s website, werepups.com, cautions that “WerePups are not recommended as toys for small children. They are fine art dolls and can last forever if handled with the same respect and care as you would a real newborn.”

Their $650 price tags underscores the warning that the WerePups are not toys.

The creatures are available through the werepups.com website or through http://hatborohorrorshop.com.