The Foundations of Fiction - Werewolves: Hear the stories that gave birth to the modern genre craze

Written by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bernard Capes and 4 more

Narrated by Richard Mitchley

A dog may be man’s best friend. It is also one of his worst nightmares. The idea that humans could suddenly present themselves as demonic werewolves can only have come from the deepest, darkest and most diabolical recesses of an author’s mind.

In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Arthur Conan Doyle, Catherine Crowe and many others who short story by short story establish the building blocks of this horrific yet thrilling genre. Here all manner of characters and narratives weave together to bring a unique yet intricate account of the beginnings of this most troubling of literary genres.

1 - Foundations of Fiction - Werewolves - An Introduction

2 - Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling

3 - A Pastoral Horror by Arthur Conan Doyle

4 - Tarnhelm or The Death of My Uncle Robert by Hugh Walpole

5 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki

6 - The She-Wolf by Saki

7 - The Lame Priest by Susan Morrow writing as S Carleton

8 - The Thing in the Forest by Bernard Capes

9 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman

10 - A Story of a Weir-Wolf by Catherine Crowe

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Dec 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9781803546162

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet who began writing in India and shortly found his work celebrated in England. An extravagantly popular, but critically polarizing, figure even in his own lifetime, the author wrote several books for adults and children that have become classics, Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous and others. Although taken to task by some critics for his frequently imperialistic stance, the author’s best work rises above his era’s politics. Kipling refused offers of both knighthood and the position of Poet Laureate, but was the first English author to receive the Nobel prize.