In this fascinating book, Brian J. Frost presents the first full-scale survey of werewolf literature covering both fiction and nonfiction works. He identifies principal elements in the werewolf myth, considers various theories of the phenomenon of shapeshifting, surveys nonfiction books, and traces the myth from its origins in ancient superstitions to its modern representations in fantasy and horror fiction. Frost's analysis encompasses fanciful medieval beliefs, popular works by Victorian authors, scholarly treatises and medical papers, and short stories from pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s. Revealing the complex nature of the werewolf phenomenon and its tremendous and continuing influence, The Essential Guide to Werewolf Literature is destined to become a standard reference on the subject.

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In Lancaster, Connecticut, Margaret Adler is gone. She vanished, just seconds before her house exploded into a fireball. Her dark secrets remain in a hidden, basement room, where science and murder came together, and gave birth to awesome power... ... only when she left, she wasn’t alone. Hiram Milliken, the twisted, child killer, is with her, even though his body lies in the middle of Wickett Avenue, his dead eyes staring up into the black, night sky. They tried to steal Jeremy McKee’s soul, they tried to kill his friends - they killed his father - but he fought them... he fought, and he won, and the price of his victory cost them more than they ever dreamt possible. Now, Hiram is trapped inside Margaret’s body, and in control of her fantastic powers. Jeremy and his friends are hunting for him, with the help of a surprise ally from the government institution known only as The Agency. Hiram will stop at nothing to have a new body for himself, one with the power to crush anyone who stands in his way... but to succeed, more children must die. The battle begins anew. The power was never meant to be in the hands of a madman.

Is there a War on Christmas? This book surveys the history of the world's most popular festival and the never-ending battles it has engendered ever since its hotly-contested invention in the Roman Empire.