The Were-Wolf

An old shepherd trades his soul for youth and wealth, but the bargain turns him into a wolf on the last day of every month. Published in 1847, this serial is one of the first werewolf novels in English.

George W. M. Reynolds

A poor shoemaker makes a pact with a black wolf that grants his wishes, one red hair at a time. Dumas turns a folk legend from his childhood forest into a dark fairy tale.

Alexandre Dumas

A family curse in the Black Forest drives a count to hunt by night in the title novella, followed by more tales of the uncanny. A 19th-century werewolf story steeped in European folklore.

Erckmann-Chatrian

Bodies torn apart in the woods of a quiet American town, and a doctor who starts to suspect his neighbor. A 1924 werewolf mystery that has been almost forgotten.

Harper Williams

A spirit seance goes wrong and an ancient werewolf curse returns to a modern American town. Pulp horror serialized in Weird Tales in 1938, fast and full of atmosphere.

Manly Wade Wellman