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Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beast Within

John Skipp

First published 2010
Publisher Black Dog & Leventhal
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Tom Singer
Pages [viii]+632
Price $18.95
ISBN 9781579128524

  • Date of publication from Amazon.com.
  • There is a lack of a complete copyright page to let the reader know which stories are original to this volume and which are reprints.
  • Book designed by Red Herring Design.
  • All art is photo-oriented artwork by Tom Singer, Barn Door Studios.
  • Book distributed by Workman Publishing Company.
  • John Skipp claims authors Dieter Meyer and Maxwell Hart are fictional.
  • "Dissertation" is an excerpt from his novel Haunted.
  • On the title page to "Fire Dog" Joe R. Lansdale is listed as Joe E. Lansdale.
  • Almost all stories start one page after that of the number listed on the contents page and two pages after that of the story's illustration.

Searching by ISBN: 9781579128524

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 To Walk on Four Legs Breaks the Law (and That's All Right with Me): An Uncivilized Introduction John Skipp Essay
7 The Company of Wolves Angela Carter Short Story
19 The Other Side: A Breton Legend Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock Short Story
33 The Lady on the Grey John Collier Short Story
43 Gabriel-Ernest Saki Short Story
51 The Shadow Over Innsmouth H. P. Lovecraft Novella
115 Grandfather Wolf Steve Rasnic Tem Short Story
125 Fire Dog Joe E. Lansdale Short Story
135 Pure Silver A. C. Crispin & Kathleen O'Malley Novelette
155 Gift Wrap Charlaine Harris Short Story
173 Side-Effects May Include Steve Duffy Novelette
199 Unless You Change Francesca Lia Block Short Story
211 Forgiven Eric Shapiro Short Story
219 The Cold That Flays the Skin Tessa Gratton Short Story
227 Il Donnaiolo Brad C. Hodson Short Story
239 Werewolf 101 Mercedes M. Yardley Short Story
247 Mandible Alice Henderson Short Story
261 Far & Wee Kathe Koja Short Story
271 Braids Melanie Tem Short Story
283 Not from Around Here David J. Schow Novelette
319 The Skin Trade George R. R. Martin Novella
407 The Animal Aspect of Her Movement Adam Golaski Short Story
423 Strange Skin Bentley Little Short Story
439 Break-Up Richard Christian Matheson Short Story
445 The Better Half: A Love Story Scott Bradley & Peter Giglio Short Story
453 Plastic Fantastic Dieter Meyer & Maxwell Hart Short Story
459 Warm in Your Coat Violet Glaze Short Story
471 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Piggy Class Nicole Cushing Short Story
481 Howl of the Sheep Cody Goodfellow Short Story
499 Pieces of Ethan Adam-Troy Castro Novelette
523 I Covet All the Waning Hours Zak Jarvis Short Story
539 When Sussurus Stirs Jeremy Robert Johnson Short Story
549 War Pig Carlton Mellick, III Short Story
567 Dissertation Chuck Palahniuk Short Story
579 Only the End of the World Again Neil Gaiman Short Story
597 Sweetheart Come Alethea Kontis Short Story
613 Appendix A: On Werewolves: Historical Roots Christopher Kampe & Anthony Gambol Essay
621 Appendix B: It's Only Natural: Werewolves and Shapeshifters in Popular Culture John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow Essay
632 Acknowledgements (Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beast Within) John Skipp Essay