This was a fun anthology of stories about werewolves. There were several stand outs in this and a couple of stories I did not like. The ones I did not like were just not my type of story, they were written well. The stand outs for me were: Twilight at the Towers by Clive Barker Out of the Night, When the Full Moon is Bright by Kim Newman Boobs by Suzy McKee Charnas Only the End of the World Again by Neil Gaiman and there were a lot more that I liked…...I hated: Essence of the Beast by Roberta La...

Continua la mia personalissima epopea alla ricerca di romanzi/antologie horror di qualità! E che epopea, ragazzi, che epopea! Se c'è un genere incredibilmente abusato e riempito fino all'orlo da ogni principiante o autore di cattivo gusto possibile, quello è l'horror. Il che è un vero peccato, perché quando si legge un Danza Macabra di Dan Simmons, se non un classico Dracula di Stoker o, ancora, un Apocalisse Z di Manel Loureiro o un Infernalia di Clive Barker, allora ci rende conto che sì, è po...

I liked this collection better than Greenberg's Werewolves. As with most short story anthologies, some of the stories are good and some are not so good. Unlike Werewolves, there were actually some better than average tales - and a number of authors that I actually enjoy. The stories in this collection range from 1938-1994 (although most were originally published in the 1980s and early 1990s. Most of the authors seem to be British and many, but not all, of the stories are set in the British Isles...

Fun collection of werewolf short stories, they vary in length and in style. my favorites were:Basil Copper’s CRY WOLFKarl Edward Wagner's ONE PARIS NIGHTBrian Mooney's SOUL OF THE WOLFDavid Case’s THE CELLSuzy McKee Charnas's BOOBSStephen Law's GUILTY PARTY

The stories in this collection range from good to downright awful, and unfortunately, most of the awful stories come after the first quarter of the book, and last until the final quarter of the book. But what's good here is really good, ranging from Scott Bradfield's wistful "Dream of the Wolf," R. Chetwynd-Hayes melancholy "The Werewolf," Les Daniels' wry and sardonic "Wereman," Suzy McKee Charnas' feminist-slanted "Boobs," and many others. The collection ends on a very strong note with Kim New...

The third of Stephen Jones’ excellent MAMMOTH anthologies I’d read following on from TERROR and VAMPIRES. By now, I knew what to expect, so was looking forward to indulging myself in a huge compendium of every werewolf-themed horror story under the sun.Clive Barker kicks off again with TWILIGHT AT THE TOWERS, an atypical Cold War thriller mixing in some shape-shifting shenanigans. It’s extremely gory, pretty much unique, and fairly enthralling. I was hooked. By comparison, Scott Bradfield’s THE

Some of these short stories were really good and I wnjoyed many of them. I especially liked the last story, Out of the Night, When the Full Moon is Bright. Others I enjoyed were The Cell and Boobs. I had never read any werewolf lore before and hadn’t realized people even wrote stories about them, so I’m glad I picked this book up and gave it a chance.

I've had a thing for werewolves for as long as I can remember; I've encountered Stephen Jones any number of times in my life of horror addiction. Between the two, this seemed a natural match. Unfortunately, the standard of quality in this collection is...well, it seemes pretty damned low. A majority of the lycanthropic tales herein are fairly modern, and perhaps it's my antiquated literary taste that's at fault, but most of the stories are just plain bad. Only a couple are out and out awful (the...

Have read this before, well worth reading again.One of the few short story anthologies with more than one good story in it.I bought this specifically for The foxes of Fascoum by Peter Tremayne and David case' The cell.

Mostly not great. Even the Barker and Gaiman stories are substandard, disappointing. Skip the "The Cell," boring and monotonous (although the editor touts it as one of the best). "Boobs," the sole entry by a female writer, is enjoyable, but hinges on "girl themes" and I got the sense the only reason it was included was to avoid a chauvinist label for this compilation. Warning, it is male-oriented. The best in the book is the last, by Kim Newman, "Out of the Night..." but I'd look for it in a dif...

All over the world it is believed there are cursed human beings with the horrifying destiny of changing at full moon and destroying those they love the most -individuals who hide beneath the face of the beast, and beasts who kill with the tortured soul of man. Bound by ancient maledictions, captives of man’s primal side, bearers of insatiable bloodlust and brute strength…they are the wolf men.The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men edited by Stephen Jones consists of twenty-five werewolf themed tales. Each...

This is probably the best anthology of werewolf stories currently in print. It is an updated version of an earlier text (re-printed for a tie-in with the movie, The Wolfman). It is not a “definitive” collection because many classic stories were omitted in favor of newer tales by more modern writers. My favorites are mostly the older stories however, such as The Werewolf, by R. Chetwynd-Hayes and The Cell by David Case. I also enjoyed Twilight at the Towers by Clive Barker and Guilty Party by Ste...

My favorite mammoth so far. Because I love werewolves. Even so, it's just barely 5 stars for me. I was very close to rating this four...It's got the same problems as every other mammoth title I've read: Too many stories that are simply not horror. This one had a handful of fantasy stories, a couple stories where nothing happens at all, a couple where things happen with no discernible rhyme or reason, and one incredibly cringey story that was like a cheesy romance wolf erotica thing...Additionall...

Some very good and quite different takes on the werewolf mythos.

Stephen Jones had done a commendable job in assembling some of the best stories dealing with werewolves in this anthology (first printed in 1994, later re-released as a tie-in with a well hyped Hollywood production in 2009). The contents are:• “Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart”: introduction by Stephen Jones1. Twilight at the Towers: a taut and surprisingly elegant novella from Clive Barker (otherwise known for making his works stand-out for their visceral gore & sex) dealing with cold-war era es...

This is a revised edition of a book that was originally published in 1994. I was curious, given my love for horror fiction anthologies, why I had no memory of purchasing the first edition back in the day and then I started reading. Oh yeah, the reason I never bought the first edition is because werewolf stories kind of bore me to death. Other than "Boobs", a really memorable story of teen girl lycanthropy by Suzy McKee Charnas, this is mostly boring, tedious reading. I wouldn't be surprised if I...

Anthologies are hard to rate because the stories vary so much. In this one there werea few exceptional short stories and others that weren't worth reading with the majority placed in the void imbetween. I found the stories by the following authors to be particularly good: Kim Newman, Suzy McKee Charnas, Graham Masterton and Roberta Lannes.

Anthologies are always tricky to be collated well, The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men admitted failed to impress me but some of the stories were still entertaining. There were a few obvious winners (Guilty Party, Twilight at the Towers, Boobs) a few were really disappointing (The foxes of Fascoum, Night Beat, And I shall go in the Devil’s Name). I am not really a big fan of werewolf stories to begin with, so I guess I can't be the best of judges but it was cool to see different interpretations of the

Placeholder review: I'm reading a bunch of Manly Wade Wellman right now, so I pulled this off the shelf for a pre-read of "The Hairy Ones Shall Dance."This novella (originally serialized in three parts in Weird Tales magazine in the 1930s) introduces another of Wellman's "Occult Detective" characters, one Judge Hilary Pursuivant. Yet, Pursuivant is not the main character, and only enters the narrative at about the halfway point (he just happens to live nearby). Instead - an ex-stage magician/esc...

A very nice mix of traditional and modern werewolf tales. With stories by: (those marked with asterisks I found to be exceptional)Clive Barker **Ramsey Campbell **Suzy McKee Charnas **Les DanielsDennis Etchison **Roberta Lannes **Graham Masterton **Kim Newman **Michael Marshall SmithPeter TremayneKarl Edward WagnerScott BradfieldR. Chetwynd-HayesStephen LawsMark MorrisBasil CopperHugh B. Cave **David SuttonBrian MooneyManley Wade WellmanAdrian Cole **Nicholas RoyleDavid Case **Jo Fletcher **