The Werewolf of Ponkert

Book excerpt: Sometime around 1500, in Hungary, a merchant traveling home one night is attacked by werewolves and transformed into one. Generations of his family are cursed by this one act. This classic story of a werewolf and his descendants was inspired by a comment by H.P. Lovecraft suggesting a story written from the werewolf’s point of view. The Werewolf of Ponkert was expanded with two more stories and the trio became the series, “The Tales of the Master.” Later, three more stories were added that became the second series, “Tales of the Werewolf Clan.” The complete set of both series is included in this book. The Werewolf of Ponkert (1925) – They Flayed Him Alive and Wrote His Story on His Tanned Skin. –A five chapter novelette including Prologue. The Return of the Master (1927) – The Werewolf of Ponkert returns from the pit of Hell to thwart the sinister Master who has wrought his downfall. A Voice from the Dead The Man on the Train Pursuit Regina’s Story Surprizes A Night at an Inn Shadows All! Vengeance at Last The Werewolf’s Daughter (1928) – A romantic story of the weird adventures that befell the daughter of the Werewolf of Ponkert Child of Wo Dmitri Tells the Truth The Singer and the Song Lovers—and a Lunatic The Gathering Storm While the Master Watched Part 2 The Coming of the Curse How Two Men Came to Ponkert Rapier Versus Saber Part 3 Dmitri Holds the Narrow Way Blois at Last Epilogue Tales of the Werewolf Clan 1. The Master Strikes (1930) – The first of a series of stories narrating the adventures of the progeny of the Werewolf of Ponkert The Cat Organ Hau! Hau! Huguenots! Tales of the Werewolf Clan 2. The Master Fights (1930) – Occult forces were behind the disaster that over took the Invincible Armada sent by the Spanish king against the power of England The Wreck of the Santa Ysabel The Bug-Wolves of Castle Manglana In the Tomb of the Bishop Tales of the Werewolf Clan 3. The Master Has a Narrow Escape (1931) – A tale of the Thirty Years War and the first case of witchcraft in New England The Leather Cannon Achsah Young—of Windsor