First Review of The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849 is Posted by Werewolves.com

 Werewolves.com has just posted a fine review of The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849. It includes short descriptions of each tale in the werewolf anthology. Click werewolf book review to read it in its entirety.

Interview for The Best Werewolf Transformation Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Anthology

"The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849" Interview With

Andrew Barger

Q1: Why did you decide to edit a book of the best werewolf short stories from 1800-1849?

A1: I have never seen one that addresses a 50 year time period, especially this time period. I try to fill in the gaps in the literature when I find them. This is when werewolf transformation stories were in their infancy, yet they are very good.

Q2: Were there many werewolf short stories written before 1800?

A2: I have been unable to find any. Shapeshifters in the literature go as far back as the ancient Romans and Greeks. They moved forward through poetry and jumped to the short story form in the early nineteenth century.

Q3: How do the werewolf short stories of 1800-1849 compare to today's werewolf stories?

A3: They are not as graphic and some of the stories lack deep character development. Since werewolf short stories were an entirely new form of writing in this period, this is to be expected.

Q4: Did you include any lycan stories that have not been collected in an anthology before?

A4: I did. "The Man Wolf" by Leitch Ritchie and "A Story of a Weir-Wolf" by Catherine Crowe.

Q5: Which of the lycan stories is your favorite?

A5: "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains" by Captain Frederick Marryat. The way the female werewolf is portrayed is haunting.

Q6: Can you give us a list of the stories contained in the book?

A6: Sure. "Hugues the Wer-Wolf: A Kentish Legend of the Middle Ages," "The Man-Wolf," "A Story of a Weir-Wolf," "The Wehr-Wolf: A Legend of the Limousin," and "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains."

Q7: Where can a person buy this book?

A7: The best place to start is follow this werewolf transformation stories path to my Website where I provide links to buy the book (or ebook) online. It can be purchased at all major online retailers including Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

Q8: Edgar Allan Poe wrote his short stories during this time period and you edited Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems. Did he write any werewolf short stories?

A8: Not one, but he did have a furry cat named Caterina. (Laughs)

Book Trailer for The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Transformation Stories Anthology

I hope you enjoyed the book trailer for The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Anthology. Here is a bit about it: Werewolf transformation in the literature made its greatest strides in the first half of the 19th century when the monster leaped from poetry to the short story. It happened when this shorter form of literature, this shapeshifter, was morphing into darker forms thanks in no small part to Edgar Allan Poe, Honoré de Balzac, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Prosper Mérimée, James Hogg, and so many others in Europe and the United States.The fifty year period between 1800 and 1849 is truly the cradle of all lycan and werewolf short stories. For the first time in one werewolf anthology, I have compiled the best lycan stories from this fifty year period. The stories are "Hugues the Wer-Wolf: A Kentish Legend of the Middle Ages," "The Man-Wolf," "A Story of a Weir-Wolf," "The Wehr-Wolf: A Legend of the Limousin," and "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains." It is believed that two of these werewolf transformation stories have never been republished in over one hundred and fifty years since their original printing. Read "The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849" tonight by the light of a full moon!

Website: Andrew Barger.com
Blog: scary-short-stories.blogspot.com

Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849 Table of Contents

This week I let everyone who follows my blog know about the new werewolf book I edited and have recently published. The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Anthology contains the finest werewolf transformation stories from this the first half of the nineteenth century. This is the list of lycan stories contained in the book.

1. Hugues the Wer-Wolf: A Kentish Legend of the Middle Ages
2. The Man-Wolf
3. A Story of a Weir-Wolf
4. The Wehr-Wolf: A Legend of the Limousin
5. The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains

I hope you werewolf fans out there enjoy it!

Website: Andrew Barger.com
Blog: scary-short-stories.blogspot.com

Cover for The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf transformation Anthology

Here is the cover for my new book and a bit about it. Call them lycans or lycanthropes or shapeshifters, werewolf transformation stories made their greatest strides in the 19th century when the werewolf legend jumped from poetry to the short story. It happened when this shorter form of literature was morphing into darker shapes thanks in no small part to Edgar Allan Poe, Honoré de Balzac, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Prosper Mérimée, James Hogg, and so many others in Europe and the United States.The fifty year period between 1800 and 1849 is truly the cradle of all werewolf short stories. 

 

 

For the first time in one anthology, I have compiled the best werewolf tales from this period in my new book The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849. It is believed that two of these werewolf stories have never been republished in over one hundred and fifty years since their original printing. The book also contains story backgrounds and annotations. Read "The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849" tonight, just make sure it is not by the light of a full moon!" Buy the book: Bottletree Books and follow Andrew Barger on his blog: scary-short-stories.blogspot.com