Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
John Skipp, George R.R. Martin, Charlaine Harris, Neil Gaiman, H.P. Lovecraft, Joe R. Lansdale, Angela Carter, Bentley Little, David J. Schow, Kathe Koja, John Collier, Steve Rasnic Tem, A.C. Crispin, Kathleen O'Malley, Steve Duffy, Francesca Lia Block, Eric Shapiro, Tessa Gratton, Brad C. Hodson, Mercedes M. Yardley, Alice Henderson, Melanie Tem, Adam Golaski, Richard Christian Matheson, Scott Bradley, Peter Giglio, Dieter Meyer, Maxwell Hart, Violet Glaze, Nicole Cushing, Cody Goodfellow, Adam-Troy Castro, Zak Jarvis, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Carlton Mellick III, Chuck Palahniuk, Alethea Kontis, Saki
4.00 · 6 ratings · Published: 22 Sep 2010
Werewolves and shapeshifters are the latest literary craze following vampires and zombies. The phenomenal success of the Twilight series, and the blockbuster movies that followed, has spawned a new obsession with these supernatural beings. From John Skipp, the master of horror, comes this definitive collection of thirty-two classic and new stories, written by favorites of the genre including George R.R. Martin, Charlaine Harris, Chuck Palahniuk, Neil Gaiman, H.P. Lovecraft, Joe R. Lansdale, Angela Carter, David J. Schow, Kathe Koja, Bentley Little, and more. Skipp provides fascinating insight and details, through two nonfiction essays, into the history and presence of shape shifting in popular culture. Resources at the end of the book include lists of the genre's best long-form fiction, as well as movies, websites, and writers.
- fantasy 4
- horror 3
- shapeshifters 3
- urban fantasy 3
- mystery 2
- paranormal 2
- supernatural 2
- zombies/undead 2
- religion 1
- monsters/creatures 1
- spirituality 1
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- anthology 3
- adult fiction 1
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- gore/graphic violence 1