Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories

by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Ed Gorman (Contributor), Brian Hodge (Contributor)

Here is a new anthology of 23 original stories about the third member of the classic horror triumvirate--the werewolf, by today's most imaginative tale-spinners and masters of the genre including Peter Crowther, Brian Hodge, Max Allan Collins, and Mickey Zucker Reichert.

Baker, Mike - Bark at the Moon
Braunbeck, Gary A. - me Touch of Pity
Cave, Hugh B. - Nights in the Mountains of Haiti
Chizmar, Richard T. & Hoffman, Barry - Only the Strong Survive
Collins, Max Allen - Wolf
Costello, Matthew J. - Nick of Time
Crank, Brenda & Nickel, Scott - Woofman
Crider, Bill - The Nighttime Is The Right Time
Crowther, Peter - Bindlestiff
Gorman, Ed - Extinctions in Paradise
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki – Dumpster Diving
Knight, Tracy - Sand Boils
Lee, Wendi & Beatty, Terry - Double Identity
Mosiman, Billie Sue - Asleep in the Mist
Partridge, Norman - The Pack
Paul, Barbara - Never Moon a Werwolf
Ranieri, Roman A. - Waiting for Moonlight
Reichert, Mickey Zucker - The Night of Howling
Schimel, Lawrence - Little Boy Riding Hood
Scotch, Cheri - Children of the Night
Williamson, J. N. - The last Link between Life and Death
Wison, David Niall - A Taste of Blood and Roses

Genres: Horror, Werewolves, Anthologies, Fantasy, Short Stories, Fiction

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[✨Bean's Books✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay. A cute collection of short stories based on fictional werewolf legends and encounters. As with all short story collections, some of the stories we're good and some of the stories were not so good. But as a whole I would say that the book was okay.

[Jay Michaelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest, of this collection, only a few stories stood out to me; Brian Hodge is, of course, always stellar, and there were stories by authors with which I was completely unfamiliar which were very good (e.g.,Gary Braunbeck story was excellent, his prose quite poetic, in fact, Tracy Knight, etcetera), and while there were other stories possessed of original ideas, any time I can start reading a book/story and figure out how it'll end in the first few pages, I'm disappointed. If one is an incredibly diligent completest, then by all means, read it.

If nothing else, it didn't take long to read ;D

[michael dempsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book Gary A Braunbeck- A Touch of Pity was the best story but I enjoyed the rest.

[Mauricio · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really fantastic!

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant collection of short stories, the first two and last two stories are the real stand outs. Braunbeck's 'Some Touch of Pity' will stay with me for a long time.

[Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok... note the recommendation. This is not a good read for the uninitiated. There is some explicit content, some disturbing imagery, and some mediocre writing. This collection of short stories has a wide variety of settings, but the common theme is that the werewolves are tragic and violent. Only two stories really created a new perspective of werewolves. Definitely good for Die Hard werewolf fans, but there are lots of others I think make a better first read or good introduction to werewolves.

[Redsteve · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slightly below average collection of werewolf short stories. Most were OK, some not so great, none that really grabbed me. Some traditional, some humorous. Mostly European-style lycanthropes with a few others (Native American, South American, Haitian). No authors I'm really familiar with (except Peter Crowther who edited the Narrow Houses anthology). 2.5 stars.

[Brett]

Anthology,Horror