Synopsis
<br> Housman's "extended prose-poem <i>The Were-wolf</i> (1896) is a symbolic erotic fantasy in which two brothers disagree about a Femme Fatale; the one who thinks her Evil pursues her to a climactic meeting where their fates are decided. It is among the most notable products of the short-lived English Decadent Movement (Decadence)." -- SFE: <i>Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i> (1997), entry by BS (Brian M Stableford?)
Notes
- Published December 1890 in Atalanta 4.39, p132-(155?), illustrated by Everard Hopkins --Fiction Magazines Index ~fmi/t/t842.htm#A15045
- 15,281 words
- Clute/Grant calls this an extended prose poem FictionMags lists it as a novelette
External Links
Publications (31)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1890 | Atalanta, December 1890 | Trischler and Co. | MAGAZINE | 132 |
| 1896 | The Were-Wolf | John Lane, The Bodley Head | Chapbook | |
| 1899 | Famous Weird Tales | Isaac H. Blanchard | Anthology | 137 |
| 1899 | Famous Weird Tales | International Book & Publishing Co. | Anthology | |
| 1902 | Classic Library of Famous Literature: Vol. 5, Weird Tales | The Bodleian Society | Anthology | 137 |
| April 1968 | Masters of Horror | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 13 |
| 1973 | Book of the Werewolf | Sphere | Anthology | 117 |
| December 1976 | The Were-Wolf | Arno Press | Chapbook | |
| February 1979 | Classic Horror Omnibus Volume I | New English Library | Omnibus | 209 |
| March 1979 | Werewolf! | Arbor House | Anthology | 5 |
| November 1979 | Werewolf! | Arbor House / SFBC | Anthology | |
| March 1980 | Werewolf! | Perennial Library / Harper & Row | Anthology | 5 |
| January 1986 | Barbarians | Signet / New American Library | Anthology | 184 |
| January 1995 | Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women | GuildAmerica Books / SFBC | Anthology | 242 |
| October 2002 | The Literary Werewolf | Syracuse University Press | Anthology | 20 |
| August 2004 | The Were-Wolf | Project Gutenberg | Chapbook | |
| July 2005 | Seekers of Dreams: Masterpieces of Fantasy | Cold Spring Press | Anthology | 205 |
| March 2010 | The Were-Wolf | Chapbook | ||
| October 2010 | Wulf: Tales of Wolves and Werewolves | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | |
| October 2012 | Terrifying Transformations: An Anthology of Victorian Werewolf Fiction, 1838-1896 | Valancourt Books | Anthology | |
| 2013 | Tooth and Claw: Classic Tales of Vampires and Werewolves | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | 147 |
| March 2013 | The Werewolf Megapack | Wildside Press | Anthology | |5 |
| May 2013 | The Were-Wolf | CreateSpace | Chapbook | |
| November 2013 | Werewolf: Five Pieces | LibriVox | Collection | |
| February 2015 | The Literary Werewolf | Syracuse University Press | Anthology | |20 |
| February 2015 | The Penny Dreadfuls Megapack | Wildside Press | Anthology | |4 |
| 2016 | H. P. Lovecraft Selects: Classic Horror Stories | Fall River Press | Omnibus | 251 |
| December 2017 | Black Book of the Werewolf | Red Room Press / Comet Press | Anthology | 94 |
| October 2019 | Victorian Tales of Terror | Kingsbrook Publishing | Anthology | 79 |
| August 2020 | Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 | Pegasus Books | Anthology | |
| 2023 | Dragon Warriors: Viking Myths and Legends | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | 204 |