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Werewolf Short Stories
Tales of human wolves have been with us since early medieval times, combined here with new stories from modern writers in the stunning, Gothic Fantasy series.
There's more to being a wolf than just howling at the moon! Stories about werewolves, shapeshifting humans, rivalries and alliances between vampyr and werewolves abound in this new volume in the Gothic Fantasy series, bringing modern stories from short submissions to mix with the folklore and mythology of medieval times. The word 'were' traces back more than a thousand years, coming from the Old English 'wer', meaning Man, then combined with wolf but here you'll also find old Norse legends such as Fenrir (born of Loki), prophesied to defeat Odin at Ragnarök, and early Slavic myths and rituals in which were-wolf skins are removed and stolen. New stories explore wolves which might have been human, changing by choice at the howl of the moon, or people cursed and damned to be wolves for all time. Is that why the lone wolf is alone? The wolfish grin is a little shy? Is that why we wolf down our food? Is there a wolf inside us all, in the forests around us, hunting us, haunting us, protecting itself and its kind? It's a glorious new book of power and identity, horror and romance.
New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Richard Beauchamp, Charlotte Bond, B.A. Booher, Ramsey Campbell, Catherine Cavendish), E.C. Dorgan, Roy Graham, Maria Haskins, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Andrew Lyall, Mark Patrick Lynch, Clara MacGauffin, Natasha Marshall, Jim Moss, James Musgrave, Plangdi Neple, Aggie Novak, Rachel Nussbaum, Natalie Shea, M.M. Williams, Zez Wyatt, and Wen Wen Yang. These appear alongside classic work by Algernon Blackwood, Gilbert Edward Campbell, Saki, and more, as well as a range of mythology, legends and folklore.
The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.
There's more to being a wolf than just howling at the moon! Stories about werewolves, shapeshifting humans, rivalries and alliances between vampyr and werewolves abound in this new volume in the Gothic Fantasy series, bringing modern stories from short submissions to mix with the folklore and mythology of medieval times. The word 'were' traces back more than a thousand years, coming from the Old English 'wer', meaning Man, then combined with wolf but here you'll also find old Norse legends such as Fenrir (born of Loki), prophesied to defeat Odin at Ragnarök, and early Slavic myths and rituals in which were-wolf skins are removed and stolen. New stories explore wolves which might have been human, changing by choice at the howl of the moon, or people cursed and damned to be wolves for all time. Is that why the lone wolf is alone? The wolfish grin is a little shy? Is that why we wolf down our food? Is there a wolf inside us all, in the forests around us, hunting us, haunting us, protecting itself and its kind? It's a glorious new book of power and identity, horror and romance.
New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Richard Beauchamp, Charlotte Bond, B.A. Booher, Ramsey Campbell, Catherine Cavendish), E.C. Dorgan, Roy Graham, Maria Haskins, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Andrew Lyall, Mark Patrick Lynch, Clara MacGauffin, Natasha Marshall, Jim Moss, James Musgrave, Plangdi Neple, Aggie Novak, Rachel Nussbaum, Natalie Shea, M.M. Williams, Zez Wyatt, and Wen Wen Yang. These appear alongside classic work by Algernon Blackwood, Gilbert Edward Campbell, Saki, and more, as well as a range of mythology, legends and folklore.
The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.
432 pages, Hardcover
Published June 17, 2025
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September 2, 2025
I really had to take my time with this anthology.
So... three stars overall because I think being werewolf stories made them kinda hindered it. There were a few stand outs (an RRH homage, a she wolf dealing with balancing her domestic side vs. her animalistic one... with disastrous results, and even a selkie she wolf and mortal man's tragic love story). And you (whoever you are) know I'm all about fairy tale exploration and this did not disappoint: we've got some romance from France and some Cinderella/Snow White spin from Sweden.
But I still feel like these stories did run together mor often than not for me. Not for the writing, but the thematic: struggled to stand out because there's only so much that can be done when the curse/hero and villain are kinda the same. Not that it can't happen, mind you. Still, I'm happy to have it/happy for the authors involved. As always, here's my creme de la creme:
-"The Iron Wolf"-Cossack Folktale
-"The Werewolf Howls"-Clifford Ball
-"Moonskin"-Charlotte Bond
-"The Claws Come Out"-B.A. Booker
-"The Change"-Ramsey Campbell
-"Dance, Mephisto"-Catherine Cavendish
-"The Lay of the Were-Wolf"-French Medieval Romance by Marie de France
-"Rougarou Moon"-E.C. Dorgan
-"A Pastoral Horror"-Arthur Conan Doyle
-The Werewolf"-Eugene Field
-"In the Forest of Villefere"- Robert E. Howard
-"When it Happens"-Rebecca Jones-Howe
-"The White Wolf"-Andrew Lang
-"Madame Bisclavert"-Natasha Marshall
-"Fangs Fur Love"-James Musgrave
-"Starved"-Rachel Nussbaum
-"The Werewolf"-Swedish Fairy Tale
-"Mouths"-Zez Wyatt
So... three stars overall because I think being werewolf stories made them kinda hindered it. There were a few stand outs (an RRH homage, a she wolf dealing with balancing her domestic side vs. her animalistic one... with disastrous results, and even a selkie she wolf and mortal man's tragic love story). And you (whoever you are) know I'm all about fairy tale exploration and this did not disappoint: we've got some romance from France and some Cinderella/Snow White spin from Sweden.
But I still feel like these stories did run together mor often than not for me. Not for the writing, but the thematic: struggled to stand out because there's only so much that can be done when the curse/hero and villain are kinda the same. Not that it can't happen, mind you. Still, I'm happy to have it/happy for the authors involved. As always, here's my creme de la creme:
-"The Iron Wolf"-Cossack Folktale
-"The Werewolf Howls"-Clifford Ball
-"Moonskin"-Charlotte Bond
-"The Claws Come Out"-B.A. Booker
-"The Change"-Ramsey Campbell
-"Dance, Mephisto"-Catherine Cavendish
-"The Lay of the Were-Wolf"-French Medieval Romance by Marie de France
-"Rougarou Moon"-E.C. Dorgan
-"A Pastoral Horror"-Arthur Conan Doyle
-The Werewolf"-Eugene Field
-"In the Forest of Villefere"- Robert E. Howard
-"When it Happens"-Rebecca Jones-Howe
-"The White Wolf"-Andrew Lang
-"Madame Bisclavert"-Natasha Marshall
-"Fangs Fur Love"-James Musgrave
-"Starved"-Rachel Nussbaum
-"The Werewolf"-Swedish Fairy Tale
-"Mouths"-Zez Wyatt
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