Loup-Garou by Wallace West
Loup-Garou by Wallace West is a pulp-era weird fiction short story written in the early 20th century. The tale centers on medieval knights in England and the menace of a werewolf tied to a rival lord, blending chivalric adventure with supernatural horror. After returning from the Crusades, Gil Couteau rests at Castle Randall under Sir Robert Fitzgerald’s protection when news arrives that Lady Constance has been seized and Sir Robert’s foster-brother, Gray
Henry of Barnecan, is suspected. A tense parley at Barnecan fails; that night, wolves led by a great gray beast slay Sir Robert’s son, Brian. Believing Gray Henry to be a werewolf, Gil learns the creature must become a man at sunrise. He rows to Barnecan before dawn, climbs into Constance’s chamber, and battles the monstrous wolf guarding her. When his sword breaks, Constance strikes the beast, and the first sunbeams force its transformation into Gray Henry. Gil overpowers him and breaks his neck, frees Constance, and returns her safely home; in time, Gil becomes master of Castle Randall, his greatest deed the defeat of the loup-garou. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | West, Wallace, 1900-1980 |
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| Illustrator | Rankin, Hugh, 1878-1956 |
| Illustrator | Senf, C. C. (Curtis Charles), 1873-1949 |
| Title | Loup-Garou |
| Original Publication | Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1927. |
| Series Title | Produced from Weird Tales, October 1927 (Vol. 10, No. 4.). |
| Credits | Tom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Subject | Knights and knighthood -- Fiction |
| Subject | Werewolves -- Fiction |
| Subject | England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77868 |
| Release Date | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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