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Howl
Howl

Howl

An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror

Edited by Stephanie M. Wytovich, Edited by Lindy Ryan

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A Women in Horror Anthology

FICTION

300 Pages, 5.5 x 8.25

Formats: EPUB, Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $17.95 (US $17.95) (CA $23.95)

Publication Date: November 2025

ISBN 9781645481416

Rights: WOR

Black Spot Books (Nov 2025)

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Overview

A 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® Nominee for Superior Achievement in Anthology.

 

A Library Journal Best Horror Book of 2025!!!

Flesh splits. Bones break. Screams build.

 

The synchronicity of woman and wolf has long been buried. Ruled by the moon and her cycles of blood, rage, and transformation, the desire and pull to shapeshift and transmute runs deep beneath her skin. She is a beacon of duality, the divine and the monstrous, the deep glow of wolfsbane and the indent of fresh bite marks on skin. We fear her because we are her: the feral, the wild, the mad.

 

“This searing anthology mixes the feminine with the feral... the repressed wilderness within women that manifests through fangs and claws is a consistent revelation and the cumulative effect is devastating." –Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

 

"Raw and emotional, this anthology plumbs the depths of women’s spirits to give voice to their anger, fear, and hunger as they reclaim their agency." –Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

 

From Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves” to Rachel Harrison’s Such Sharp Teeth, women have been dancing with the wolf and teasing it out of the woods for centuries. We feed the untamed, hoping to release the beast inside, giving us strength, sisterhood, and the confidence to howl. The animal releases us from shame and permits us to seek out and accept our truth. With the wolf, we are free; with freedom, we are empowered.

 

In a world where silver is the least of our worries, HOWL seeks to give voice to the wolves and women of contemporary horror as they shed their skin, unhinge their jaws, and bare their teeth for all to see.

 

From award-winning editors Lindy Ryan and Stephanie M. Wytovichcomes HOWL, a brand-new anthology of original stories and poems from women of contemporary horror who give voices to wolves as they shed their skin, unhinge their jaws, and bare their teeth for all to see. Featuring Delilah S. Dawson, Christina Henry, Gwendolyn Kiste, Ai Jiang, and many more, with an introduction by Rachel Harrison.

Reviews

"Lyrical, poetic, metaphorical observations permeate a special kind of nature connection, wildness, and change. An exceptional draw not just for horror readers, but anyone who likes powerful messages entwined with experience." —Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review

"Raw and emotional, this anthology plumbs the depths of women’s spirits to give voice to their anger, fear, and hunger as they reclaim their agency." —Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

“This searing anthology mixes the feminine with the feral... the repressed wilderness within women that manifests through fangs and claws is a consistent revelation and the cumulative effect is devastating." –Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

 

"[HOWL] offers a broad yet carefully curated range of werefare from some of the top women working in horror today. These are stories that feel like they needed to be told, screamed into the dark night... A perfect Halloween treat." ​–Rue Morgue Magazine

Author Biography

STEPHANIE M. WYTOVICH is a Bram Stoker Awards®-winning American poet, novelist, and essayist. Her work has been showcased in numerous magazines and anthologies such as Weird Tales, Nightmare Magazine, Southwest Review, Year's Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 2, The Best Horror of the Year: Volume 8 & 15, as well as many others. Her edited nonfiction anthology, WRITING POETRY IN THE DARK, was a Bram Stoker Awards® Finalist in 2023. Named “one of horror’s most masterful anthology curators” and declared a "champion for women's voices in horror" by Shelf Awareness, LINDY RYAN is a multi award-winning anthologist, author, short-film director, and professor whose books and anthologies have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. She is the author of BLESS YOUR HEART (currently in development for television), COLD SNAP, and many other works of horror fiction. Rachel Harrison is the USA Today Bestselling author of SO THIRSTY, BLACK SHEEP, SUCH SHARP TEETH, CACKLE, and THE RETURN, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Awards® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in Guernica, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, as an Audible Original, and in her debut story collection BAD DOLLS.