A dog may be man’s best friend. It is also one of his worst nightmares. The idea that humans could suddenly present themselves as demonic werewolves can only have come from the deepest, darkest and most diabolical recesses of an author’s mind.
In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Arthur Conan Doyle, Catherine Crowe and many others who short story by short story establish the building blocks of this horrific yet thrilling genre. Here all manner of characters and narratives weave together to bring a unique yet intricate account of the beginnings of this most troubling of literary genres.
1 - Foundations of Fiction - Werewolves - An Introduction
2 - Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling
3 - A Pastoral Horror by Arthur Conan Doyle
4 - Tarnhelm or The Death of My Uncle Robert by Hugh Walpole
5 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki
6 - The She-Wolf by Saki
7 - The Lame Priest by Susan Morrow writing as S Carleton
8 - The Thing in the Forest by Bernard Capes
9 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman
10 - A Story of a Weir-Wolf by Catherine Crowe
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