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Werewolves in Their Youth
First edition cover
AuthorMichael Chabon
Cover artistArt director: Andy Carpenter
Jacket design: Kapo Ng
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages212 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-679-41587-4 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC39060578
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3553.H15 W4 1999

Werewolves in Their Youth is a 1999 short story collection by Michael Chabon.

Stories collected

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  • "Werewolves in Their Youth"
  • "House Hunting"
  • "Son of the Wolfman"
  • "Green's Book"
  • "Mrs. Box"
  • "Spikes"
  • "The Harris Fetko Story"
  • "That Was Me"
  • "In the Black Mill"

The collection

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With the exception of the concluding story, all involve failed or failing marriages. The final story, "In the Black Mill" is introduced as the work of August Van Zorn, a fictional writer from Chabon's Wonder Boys. It is a throwback to pulp horror stories of the pre-World War II era.