Wagner the Werewolf
First published in 1847 as Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf and since released by Wordsworth Editions as part of their Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural series in 2006 as Wagner the Werewolf with an introduction by Dick Collins.
Fans of horror and students of the history of pulp fiction will be enthralled by this little-remembered early novel of werewolf fantasy, a “penny dreadful” first published in 1846–7 and written by British author GEORGE WILLIAM MACARTHUR REYNOLDS (1814–1879). The veritable Stephen King of his day — his lurid stories were more widely read than Dickens’ work — Reynolds here gives us the strange exploits of Wagner, a 16th-century German peasant who made a pact with the devil for immortality, and hence was cursed to become a werewolf on a disturbingly regular basis. With his beautiful but wicked companion Nisida, he roams a world of Gothic nightmares, of horrifying intrigue, murder, and strange supernatural doings.
George W. M. Reynolds
George William MacArthur Reynolds (1814–1879) was a British author and journalist.
He was born in Sandwich, Kent, the son of Captain Sir George Reynolds, a flag officer in the Royal Navy. Reynolds was educated first at Dr. Nance's school in Ashford, Kent, and then passed on to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was intended for a career in the British Army, but on the death of his parents in 1829 and his subsequent inheritance, he decided to leave the military and devote himself instead to literary pursuits. He left Sandhurst on 13 September 1830 and for the next few years he traveled a great deal, particularly in France. He took up residence in Paris in 1834, where he started a daily English newspaper. The venture failed, and Reynolds returned bankrupt to England in 1836.
Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural consists of 21 total books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
