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UltimaHybrid
03-28-2007, 12:22 AM
one) uh does anyone know any werewolf books or stories?? and two) how come the author named Douglas Adams isnt on the the authors directory thingy???

Stieg
03-28-2007, 03:15 AM
The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore (haven't read)
Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson (haven't read)
The Beast Within by Edward Levy (haven't read)

Cycle of the Wolf by Stephen King

and how could I forget the amazing splatter-punk duo of John Skipp and Craig Spector with their high body counts, gore, and dark humour in Animals. OOP but secondhand copies are easily obtainable.

Algernon Blackwood has two decent short stories on werewolves, "The Camp of the Dog" and "Running Wolf".

There's a few anthologies devoted to werewolves available i.e. Mammoth Book, etc. Try amazon.com. Seek one that has both modern and classic stories.

And a personal future purchase, I am deadset on Mike Sharlow's Teenage Monsters not only because it deals with horror, werewolves, but the word on this author, he really knows how to evoke 1970s and the teen counterculture scene of that period. Only deterrent currently is the steep price in relation to page volume.

Logos
03-28-2007, 08:30 AM
and two) how come the author named Douglas Adams isnt on the the authors directory thingy???
Because Adams' works are copyright protected ie: not in the public domain, published post-1923, so, only authors with works in pd get their own discussion forum.

Stieg
03-29-2007, 03:18 AM
An article (http://media.www.theracquet.net/media/storage/paper978/news/2006/04/04/Spotlight/Local.Horror.Novelist.Releases.teenage.Monsters-2016286.shtml) from a local paper on Mike Sharlow and his novel Teenage Monsters.

Gives alittle more detail on the story and author, hope nobody finds it too spoilerish.

mtpspur
03-30-2007, 05:01 PM
Clemence Housman wrote a short story The Werewolf around 1890 that posted on the net to read. Its a mood piece and the ending is unforgetable. Well worth the time spent reading and its a classic in the genre.