The Were-Wolf

“... a moment might bring about the revelation of a monstrous horror—a ghastly, deadly danger, set loose and at bay, in a circle of girls and women and careless defenseless men: so hideous and terrible a thing as might crack the brain, or curdle the heart stone dead.” Originally published in 1896, Clemence Housman’s "The Were-Wolf" is a supernatural tale set in the long, cold winter of Norway. The story of a mysterious stranger named White Fell and the twin brothers whose lives she will forever change, "The Were-Wolf" incorporates elements of both Norse mythology and Christian allegory. Charlotte Otten, editor of "The Literary Werewolf" and "A Lycanthropy Reader," said of "The Were-Wolf": “Housman's story of an erotic female werewolf is often referred to as ‘the greatest story of lycanthropy ever written.’” Clemence Annie Housman (1861–1955) was a British novelist, wood engraver and suffragette who wrote The Were-Wolf while studying art in London in 1890.