NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader, Amazon Desktop Reader, and your ipod e-book reader. Tory Hageman was a house pseudonym used by the Grates River Printing Company for mysteries printed between 1899 and 1921. The publishing house specialized in producing books that were meant primarily to be entertaining and pioneered the technique of producing long-running, consistent series of books using a team of freelance writers to write the books, which were published under various pen names. Many of the writers later became famous under their real names.'Curse of the Wolfman' was originally published in 1919 as 'The Door of the Unreal,' by Gerald Biss. The novel is one of the first true werewolf classics, and helped to pave the way for the 'golden age' of the genre, which flourished in the two decades following the publication of this novel.At the time the novel was written, it was largely covering uncharted territory--most of the now-familiar conventions of the werewolf tale had yet to be set in stone, and the author was not working to the type of narrow pattern which constrained many writers of vampire tales in the years following the publication of Dracula.H. P. Lovecraft called this novel one of the children of Dracula, a novel that did for werewolves what Dracula did for vampires.There were four films inspired on this novel:- The Wolfman (2010 film), a remake of the 1941 original, starring Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins.- The Wolf Man (1941 film), a horror film starring Lon Chaney, Jr.- Wolfman (1979 film), a horror movie written and directed by Worth Keeter.- The Wolf Man (1924 film), a silent film starring John Gilbert and Norma Shearer.A well-written, thrilling suspense story--a must-have for classic horror fiction fans!