The Werewolf Pack
by Mark Valentine (eds) The spine
text promises a collection of "some of the greatest, rarest and most unusual werewolf stroies ever", and while I on the subject of folklore and not only from reading Horror Stories more diverse know something, I say, quite simply, that it keeps this promise completely. The texts range from a Vartiation the classic "man skin Wolf from paw to find his wife with no hand in the bed" story about interesting, scary, funny, sarcastic and a fairy tale, to a surreal that I'm not sure if I understood it.
I find it amazing, how many female werewolves show up, and so many werewolves are white. I find it remarkable how much atmosphere and images can be generated with a history in which no facts are given. Well, the Sherlock Holmes story is not as good as that of Conan Doyle, but she is also not a masterpiece, and perhaps I notice that only because I have read all the first grade last fall. I like the diversity, the book shows, and the preface of the editor all the stories set in a good historical and sometimes social context which gives them an extra dimension.
If you are looking splatter-horror will not get their money. If you are looking ROMANTASY, not schonmal. Anyone who is interested in the subject of folklore, or just looking for varied reading material about werewolves, which is right here. Because what is actually a werewolf, that's not all the same stories.
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