Gabriel-Ernest
| "Gabriel-Ernest" | |
|---|---|
| Author | H. H. Munro |
| Original title | "Gabriel-Ernest" |
| Country | United States |
| Genre(s) | Paranormal, Short story |
| Publisher | Westminster Gazette |
| Publication date | 1909 |
"Gabriel-Ernest," is a 1909 short story by British writer, H. H. Munro. The story was included in The Westminster Gazette and appears in the collection 'Reginald in Russia' published by Methuen & Co. in 1910.
Summary
Gabriel-Ernest starts with a warning: “There is a wild beast in your woods…” As the story propels, we learn from the narrator that Gabriel is indeed wild, feral - a werewolf in fact. The story uses the strain of animalist desire as an assessment to adolescence. The story’s climax is when Gabriel is revealed to have taken a small child home from Sunday school. A pursuit ensues but Gabriel and the child disappear near a river. The only items found are the clothes of Gabriel and the two are never seen again. (Summary, with permission, by author C. B. Carter)
Reprinted in
- The Supernatural Reader, ed. Groff Conklin & Lucy Conklin, London: World/WDL Books 1958
- Alone By Night, ed. Michael & Don Congdon, Ballantine 1962
- Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown, ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher & Raymond J. Rodrigues, Scott, Foresman 1974
- Quickie Thrillers, ed. Dr. Arthur Liebman, Pocket Books 1975
- Deadly Nightshade, ed. Peter Haining, London: Gollancz 1977
- Shape Shifters, ed. Jane Yolen, Seabury Press 1978
- Werewolf!, ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor 1979
- Horror Stories, ed. Susan Price, Kingfisher 1995
- The Literary Werewolf: An Anthology, ed. Charlotte F. Otten, Syracuse University Press 2002
- Classic Horror Stories, ed. Charles A. Coulombe, Globe Pequot Press/The Lyons Press 2003
- Unnatural Creatures, ed. Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins Publishers 2013