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The Horror Zine's Book of Werewolf Stories
Although werewolves are a classic monster standard, The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories breathes fresh, terrifying life into the horrifying concept of human-to-wolf transformations.
The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories is packed with original, never-before published stories of unique and contemporary takes on lycanthropy.
No Lon Chaney Jr. remakes here; instead, this spine-chilling anthology presents exciting, refreshing new ideas that won’t fail to impress even the most jaded horror readers.
Brought to you by the established, award-winning ezine and print magazine, only the best and most suspenseful tales can be found stalking the pages of The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories.
Includes an introduction by Stephen Graham Jones, a foreword by WD Gagliani, and spine-chilling tales of lycanthropy from Ramsey Campbell, JG Faherty, Susie Moloney, Nancy Kilpatrick, and myriad other noteworthy authors.
The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories is packed with original, never-before published stories of unique and contemporary takes on lycanthropy.
No Lon Chaney Jr. remakes here; instead, this spine-chilling anthology presents exciting, refreshing new ideas that won’t fail to impress even the most jaded horror readers.
Brought to you by the established, award-winning ezine and print magazine, only the best and most suspenseful tales can be found stalking the pages of The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories.
Includes an introduction by Stephen Graham Jones, a foreword by WD Gagliani, and spine-chilling tales of lycanthropy from Ramsey Campbell, JG Faherty, Susie Moloney, Nancy Kilpatrick, and myriad other noteworthy authors.
359 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 12, 2022
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Ramsey Campbell
857 books1,592 followersRamsey Campbell is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today," while S. T. Joshi has said that "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood."
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July 30, 2025
A Happy Mixture!
This magazine is a happy mixture of stories about werewolves. With some well known authors and some great new writers, we’re excited to read this book. The subject matter is a fascinating subject for me to explore and share my thoughts and opinions about werewolves. I’m sure happy to do so.
The book is a great mix of talented writers who are passionate about werewolves, too. Werewolves are part of the horror genre. One of my favorite genres, which is why they mean so much to me. I love me some werewolves. And I know that you love them, too. Which is why I know that The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories is something that you will enjoy. So say it with me. This book gets…
Four point five stars, rounded up to five stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This magazine is a happy mixture of stories about werewolves. With some well known authors and some great new writers, we’re excited to read this book. The subject matter is a fascinating subject for me to explore and share my thoughts and opinions about werewolves. I’m sure happy to do so.
The book is a great mix of talented writers who are passionate about werewolves, too. Werewolves are part of the horror genre. One of my favorite genres, which is why they mean so much to me. I love me some werewolves. And I know that you love them, too. Which is why I know that The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories is something that you will enjoy. So say it with me. This book gets…
Four point five stars, rounded up to five stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 19, 2022
If the image of a bank of clouds rolling back to reveal a glowing moon makes something tingle deep inside you...
If a chorus of distant howls causes a stirring in your blood...
If the image of a man, silhouetted against the moonlight as his bones crack and his face elongates into a snout and hair sprouts along the ridge of his back makes you pump your fist in the air and shout, YES!"...
Then this book is for you.
The Horror Zine's Book of Werewolf Stories brings together twenty-five shirt-ripping, teeth-baring, guttural-snarling stories from names big and small. The collection includes tales written from both the victim's and the wolf's perspective. There are werewolves who are bloodthirsty monsters and those who try their hardest to retain some sense of humanity. There are stories which question whether their characters are werewolves at all or men suffering from psychiatric delusions. There are wolves at war, wolves at sea, wolves in the woods and wolves in the city.
A few stories which stood out to me:
"The Change" by Ramsey Campbell - a psychological horror in which a writer becomes obsessed with - and then paranoid about - the strangers who gather just beyond his window in the blue glow of a bus stop lamp, and regresses to a primitive form of himself in his distress.
"Savages" by Trish Wilson - a feral child is found and held for observation, until the wolves who raised him come back for what's theirs.
"The Midnight Club" by David North-Martino - a serial killer who lives for the thrill of the hunt gets what's coming to him when his prey turns to predator.
"Origin of the Species" by JG Faherty - easily my favorite story in the whole collection, this one gives us a fascinating origin story for the werewolf race.
With an introduction by Stephen Graham Jones and a foreword by WD Gagliani, this anthology of moonlight metamorphosis is a great addition to any horror lover's library, and a much-needed tome on a worthy but oft-overlooked horror character.
If a chorus of distant howls causes a stirring in your blood...
If the image of a man, silhouetted against the moonlight as his bones crack and his face elongates into a snout and hair sprouts along the ridge of his back makes you pump your fist in the air and shout, YES!"...
Then this book is for you.
The Horror Zine's Book of Werewolf Stories brings together twenty-five shirt-ripping, teeth-baring, guttural-snarling stories from names big and small. The collection includes tales written from both the victim's and the wolf's perspective. There are werewolves who are bloodthirsty monsters and those who try their hardest to retain some sense of humanity. There are stories which question whether their characters are werewolves at all or men suffering from psychiatric delusions. There are wolves at war, wolves at sea, wolves in the woods and wolves in the city.
A few stories which stood out to me:
"The Change" by Ramsey Campbell - a psychological horror in which a writer becomes obsessed with - and then paranoid about - the strangers who gather just beyond his window in the blue glow of a bus stop lamp, and regresses to a primitive form of himself in his distress.
"Savages" by Trish Wilson - a feral child is found and held for observation, until the wolves who raised him come back for what's theirs.
"The Midnight Club" by David North-Martino - a serial killer who lives for the thrill of the hunt gets what's coming to him when his prey turns to predator.
"Origin of the Species" by JG Faherty - easily my favorite story in the whole collection, this one gives us a fascinating origin story for the werewolf race.
With an introduction by Stephen Graham Jones and a foreword by WD Gagliani, this anthology of moonlight metamorphosis is a great addition to any horror lover's library, and a much-needed tome on a worthy but oft-overlooked horror character.
April 30, 2022
What do you say about an outstanding anthology of werewolf stories? I don't know - but this isn't one of them. I've never seen an issue of "The Horror Zine"...so I might be maligning an otherwise decent publication...
The introduction by Stephen Graham Jones, and the foreword by Gagliani were well written..but several of the stories failed to resonate with me. "Slash and Burn" refers to a werewolf clan that had overstepped their boundaries, and were being hunted by another clan....but either the offense they committed wasn't mentioned, or I missed it....and, at the same time they were being hunted by another werewolf clan, they were also being hunted by a werewolf hunter....
"Unidentified" concerns a werewolf feud, and by the end of the story the author manages to bring in ET and alien/werewolf hybrids....huh? "The Hunger" concerns a psychiatrist testifying in court corning his patient - who believed he was a werewolf....
Several stories were excellent - Nancy Kilpatrick's "Wolf Moon", Terry Grimwood's "Blitz", which combined werewolves the WW2.....
Not bad..but not a great anthology....the werewolf, one of the greats of monsterdom....doesn't get much respect....
The introduction by Stephen Graham Jones, and the foreword by Gagliani were well written..but several of the stories failed to resonate with me. "Slash and Burn" refers to a werewolf clan that had overstepped their boundaries, and were being hunted by another clan....but either the offense they committed wasn't mentioned, or I missed it....and, at the same time they were being hunted by another werewolf clan, they were also being hunted by a werewolf hunter....
"Unidentified" concerns a werewolf feud, and by the end of the story the author manages to bring in ET and alien/werewolf hybrids....huh? "The Hunger" concerns a psychiatrist testifying in court corning his patient - who believed he was a werewolf....
Several stories were excellent - Nancy Kilpatrick's "Wolf Moon", Terry Grimwood's "Blitz", which combined werewolves the WW2.....
Not bad..but not a great anthology....the werewolf, one of the greats of monsterdom....doesn't get much respect....
November 7, 2022
This book brought very mixed feelings for me.
In general, most of the short stories in this book were very entertaining stories. The writing was good, the plots were engaging. There was basically a story for anything anyone could have liked. There was more fast paced action stories, slow paced but still interesting stories, confusing and twisted stories. But then there was also the stories that felt like they didn't belong at all.
One of these was the story "Unidentified" by Duncan McGeary. In this story it started off pretty normal for what's expected of a book about werewolves. There was like a whole pack rivalry thing going on, it was pretty interesting. Then it suddenly took an unexpected turn towards the side of aliens. The werewolves were abducted by aliens because the aliens had bred with werewolves and needed an alpha to teach their young. The whole story sort of felt like the author had run out of ideas for what to write about so they just threw together two stories, one about werewolves and one on aliens, and added the werewolf characters into the alien setting to make it still fit the topic of werewolves. It was just confusing to to me as a reader by adding in aliens to a book on werewolves.
There were plenty of really good stories too though.
One of my favorites was the story "Slash and Burn" by Shawn P. Madison. As well as being quite well written, with good organization and a interesting hook, it also had a very engaging plot filled with action while still keeping a fairly consistent storyline. I generally loved this short story and I am sure other readers do too. A lot of the great qualities that this story has are also seen in other stories too, most have hooks that pull you in, backed up by an interesting plot that makes you want to read to the very end.
To wrap things up, while some stories could have definitely been improved, the book as a whole was quite entertaining to read and kept me engaged to the very end. I would recommend this book to anyone looking into it that likes spooky horror books. It is a book about werewolves after all, and spooky season is all about monsters like werewolves.
In general, most of the short stories in this book were very entertaining stories. The writing was good, the plots were engaging. There was basically a story for anything anyone could have liked. There was more fast paced action stories, slow paced but still interesting stories, confusing and twisted stories. But then there was also the stories that felt like they didn't belong at all.
One of these was the story "Unidentified" by Duncan McGeary. In this story it started off pretty normal for what's expected of a book about werewolves. There was like a whole pack rivalry thing going on, it was pretty interesting. Then it suddenly took an unexpected turn towards the side of aliens. The werewolves were abducted by aliens because the aliens had bred with werewolves and needed an alpha to teach their young. The whole story sort of felt like the author had run out of ideas for what to write about so they just threw together two stories, one about werewolves and one on aliens, and added the werewolf characters into the alien setting to make it still fit the topic of werewolves. It was just confusing to to me as a reader by adding in aliens to a book on werewolves.
There were plenty of really good stories too though.
One of my favorites was the story "Slash and Burn" by Shawn P. Madison. As well as being quite well written, with good organization and a interesting hook, it also had a very engaging plot filled with action while still keeping a fairly consistent storyline. I generally loved this short story and I am sure other readers do too. A lot of the great qualities that this story has are also seen in other stories too, most have hooks that pull you in, backed up by an interesting plot that makes you want to read to the very end.
To wrap things up, while some stories could have definitely been improved, the book as a whole was quite entertaining to read and kept me engaged to the very end. I would recommend this book to anyone looking into it that likes spooky horror books. It is a book about werewolves after all, and spooky season is all about monsters like werewolves.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 20, 2022
This is the perfect Halloween read!
Werewolves have always fascinated me. I also found them to be extremely scary. My thinking was that if only a silver bullet could stop them.. well then I'm screwed 😅
I always wondered how I would 'be' if I were a werewolf. I like to think I would somehow ensure that I never hurt anyone but can that really be done? How would I handle it if I did hurt someone? Would I even permit myself to stay alive knowing that I could injury or kill people? What if I had a family that needed me to be around?
I enjoy these types of thought experiments and moral conundrums.
The Horror Zine's Book of Werewolf Stories contains 25 terrifying stories in which werewolves are explored in modern settings.
I really enjoyed each story but my favourite was The Shape of Rage by Rachel Cole. This story got to the heart of my fears of what an afflicted person could potentially do to loved ones. In this story a married couple, Isabel and Dina, are pursued by an unknown entity. Isabel adapts quickly to this development. Dina seems to be losing her grip on reality.
In the end, only one of them will be alive.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys horror stories.
Werewolves have always fascinated me. I also found them to be extremely scary. My thinking was that if only a silver bullet could stop them.. well then I'm screwed 😅
I always wondered how I would 'be' if I were a werewolf. I like to think I would somehow ensure that I never hurt anyone but can that really be done? How would I handle it if I did hurt someone? Would I even permit myself to stay alive knowing that I could injury or kill people? What if I had a family that needed me to be around?
I enjoy these types of thought experiments and moral conundrums.
The Horror Zine's Book of Werewolf Stories contains 25 terrifying stories in which werewolves are explored in modern settings.
I really enjoyed each story but my favourite was The Shape of Rage by Rachel Cole. This story got to the heart of my fears of what an afflicted person could potentially do to loved ones. In this story a married couple, Isabel and Dina, are pursued by an unknown entity. Isabel adapts quickly to this development. Dina seems to be losing her grip on reality.
In the end, only one of them will be alive.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys horror stories.
July 12, 2022
Several awesome stories with various interpretations of werewolves between each story. There is an introductory story that is also a nice read.
My only caveat is that while some stories I didn't enjoy the twist particularly much in comparison to the majority of stories, it's more the editing of the book is questionable. There's entire sentences and paragraphs that repeat in the book, sparsely sprinkled but very noticeable each time you come across them. There's minor grammatical errors throughout the book as well, but the duplicated sentences and sometimes a paragraph or half are the parts that particularly stand out.
I still fully recommend reading, especially if you love werewolves.
My only caveat is that while some stories I didn't enjoy the twist particularly much in comparison to the majority of stories, it's more the editing of the book is questionable. There's entire sentences and paragraphs that repeat in the book, sparsely sprinkled but very noticeable each time you come across them. There's minor grammatical errors throughout the book as well, but the duplicated sentences and sometimes a paragraph or half are the parts that particularly stand out.
I still fully recommend reading, especially if you love werewolves.
August 23, 2022
I think we are a species desperately trying to evolve into shapshifters, since our earliest days. As children, we practice and pretend. I did, my children did, and my grandchildren do. Will we ever get there? Who knows, and perhaps some of us have, at least I like to think so.
I won't tell you my favorite stories in the book, it is up to you to find yours. So many to choose from. I do suggest reading the introduction and spend some time in Stephen Graham Jones's weird and wonderful childhood,then take a walk through the shadow filled forest that is W.D.Gagliani's mind, but do not look behind you, and hurry home, a full moon is rising.
I won't tell you my favorite stories in the book, it is up to you to find yours. So many to choose from. I do suggest reading the introduction and spend some time in Stephen Graham Jones's weird and wonderful childhood,then take a walk through the shadow filled forest that is W.D.Gagliani's mind, but do not look behind you, and hurry home, a full moon is rising.
October 23, 2022
Spooky season is the perfect time to read this book. Even more if the lore of the werewolf is your jam.
Featuring Ramsey Campbell, John Palisano, Chad Lutzke, Lisa Morton, Kenneth W. Cain, Kevin J. Kennedy, Monique Snyman, Scott Nicholson, Lucy A. Snyder, Richard Thomas, Gene O'Neill, Jess Landry, Luke Walker, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Marie O'Regan, Armand Rosamilia, Kevin Lucia, Ben Eads, Kelli Owen, Jasper Bark, and Bret McCormic this collection will not disappoint fans of the genre.
Featuring Ramsey Campbell, John Palisano, Chad Lutzke, Lisa Morton, Kenneth W. Cain, Kevin J. Kennedy, Monique Snyman, Scott Nicholson, Lucy A. Snyder, Richard Thomas, Gene O'Neill, Jess Landry, Luke Walker, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Marie O'Regan, Armand Rosamilia, Kevin Lucia, Ben Eads, Kelli Owen, Jasper Bark, and Bret McCormic this collection will not disappoint fans of the genre.
November 20, 2022
Enjoyment: 3.5
Total rating: 3.5
I have recently been on a werewolf kick and hoped this anthology would be just what I craved; sadly, it wasn't.
The stories were either outstanding or lacklustre. The one thing I enjoyed was the vast range of lore interpretations.
I don't often say this, but Stephen Graham Jones' introduction and WD Gagliani's foreword were easily one of my favourite parts of this compilation.
Total rating: 3.5
I have recently been on a werewolf kick and hoped this anthology would be just what I craved; sadly, it wasn't.
The stories were either outstanding or lacklustre. The one thing I enjoyed was the vast range of lore interpretations.
I don't often say this, but Stephen Graham Jones' introduction and WD Gagliani's foreword were easily one of my favourite parts of this compilation.
May 12, 2024
Pretty pretty good
You know I really love this collection of world stories I read a lot of paranormal I love vampires witches werewolves but this was a good collection I can't wait to read more I really enjoyed it I love I love watching movies when were was in it so this was really good there's only two that were two stories that didn't really care for but the rest of them are really good
You know I really love this collection of world stories I read a lot of paranormal I love vampires witches werewolves but this was a good collection I can't wait to read more I really enjoyed it I love I love watching movies when were was in it so this was really good there's only two that were two stories that didn't really care for but the rest of them are really good
July 2, 2022
interesting mix of werewolf stories, some good some not. just my quirk i didn't like the jumping around but it was a collection of stories, but i would just get interested and the story would end. tip to writers, if you are gonna have a gun in you stories find out the real details before you put them in book, i mean 30 gauge shot gun really?
April 10, 2023
A great assortment of werewolf stories, many of which subvert the subgenre in unexpected ways.
October 2, 2023
Things that go bump in the night
With all sorts of different tellings of werewolves, this definitely should quell the appetites of everyone. Even those that seem skeptical.
With all sorts of different tellings of werewolves, this definitely should quell the appetites of everyone. Even those that seem skeptical.
July 3, 2024
Full review on Happy Goat Horror:
https://happygoathorror.com/2023/04/1...
An eclectic mix of werewolf stories by some wonderfully talented authors. We've got traditional wolfy tales, some that are more on the psychological side, and some that put a twist on this classic subgenre. A great read for fans of our nocturnal friends!
https://happygoathorror.com/2023/04/1...
An eclectic mix of werewolf stories by some wonderfully talented authors. We've got traditional wolfy tales, some that are more on the psychological side, and some that put a twist on this classic subgenre. A great read for fans of our nocturnal friends!
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