SOURCE: "The Werewolf of Ponkert" (Weird Tales, July 1925) by Manly Wade Wellman

DESCRIPTION: "Far from being wolves, as my first thought had been, they were great grey animals, the size of a large hound, excepting the leader who was black and more the size and shape of a true wolf. All, however, had the same general characteristics. A high, intelligent brow, beneath which gleamed little red pig-like eyes, with a glint of a devil in their glance; long and misshapen hind quarters, which lent them a rabbit lope when they ran; and most terrifying of all, they were almost hairless and possessed not the slightest rudiment of a tail."

PLOT:

WEREWOLF FACTS: Munn does something original with the werewolves. He describes them like an organism that is separate from real wolves, like a new kind of creature. As such they can be killed like any animal. Their bite has the characteristic ability to make another into one of them, though this is done by choice not accident. He even suggests a bit of werewolf society and culture, also new. The leader of the werewolves is a Wampyre who eats the souls of victims.

INTERESTING FACTS: The story is famous how Lovecraft suggested the idea for this story in the letter column of the magazine: "...  why someone had not attempted a werewolf story narrated by the werewolf himself".