Ò... a moment might bring about the revelation of a monstrous horrorÑa 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.Ó
Originally published in 1896, Clemence HousmanÕs "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":
ÒHousman's story of an erotic female werewolf is often referred to as Ôthe greatest story of lycanthropy ever written.ÕÓ
Clemence Annie Housman (1861Ð1955) was a British novelist, wood engraver and suffragette who wrote The Were-Wolf while studying art in London in 1890.