SOURCE: "The Wolf" (1889) by Guy de Maupassant

DESCRIPTION: "The beast, with bristling hair, the back arched, awaited him, its eyes gleaming like two stars."

PLOT: Two brothers who love to hunt set out to kill a wolf that has been terrorizing the neighborhood. The older brother dies when he strikes his head during a fierce hunt. The younger brother props up the dead brother's body then kills the wolf before him. The surviving brother has been driven insane.

WEREWOLF FACTS: The wolf in this story does not appear to be supernatural, only larger and more cunning than regular wolves.

INTERESTING FACTS: De Maupassant uses the werewolf myth to give his wolf an air of superiority to other wolves. He is not actually interested in werewolves at all. He is fascinated with insanity, which he died of himself.