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In the macabre tale The Other Side< Stenbock explores the werewolf theme in the sinister setting of a village on the edge of a stream. On the side where the village is, everything is peaceful and pleasant. But on the other side, where the forest is, there are werewolves, witches and other sinister beings. When the young boy Gabriel is tempted to cross the brook to pick a beautiful and mysterious blue flower, he finds himself in a beautiful but terrible nightmare in which he is in the thrall of werewolves and other mysterious inhuman beings.

A terrifying collection of classic Victorian short stories about ghosts, werewolves and vampires. The Wolf Book by Henry Chapman Mercer. Number Ninety by B. M. Croker. Ken's Mystery by Julian Hawthorne. The Piano Next Door by Elia W. Peattie. The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Frederick Marryat. The Horla by Guy de Maupassant. Absolute Evil by Julian Hawthorne. Mrs. Amworth by E. F. Benson.

Count Eric Stenislaus Stenbock (1860-1895) was an aristocrat of German-Estonian origin who lived in England. He wrote weird, macabre fantasy fiction and was a favorite of H. P. Lovecraft. He was well known for his eccentric lifestyle, keeping snakes, salamanders, and toads in his bedroom, and owned a bear, a reindeer, and a fox. He had a life-size doll with him at all times which he claimed was his son.

Frankreich, in der Bretagne, 1837: Was ist das Geheimnis des verbotenen Flussufers, dessen Bäume nie grüne Blätter tragen und das selbst am Mittag im Schatten liegt? Magisch angezogen von der Schönheit einer geheimnisvollen Blume traut sich der junge Gabriel, das Gewässer zu überqueren, und wagt sich in die dunklen Schatten, aus denen allabendlich die Wölfe heulen ...

Die Gruselkabinett Box 43 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Das tote Brügge, Ein Heim für Oscar, Eine wahre Vampir-Geschichte, Das Gespensterschiff.