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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

  • "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

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.