Gabriel-Ernest

"Gabriel-Ernest" is a 1909 short story by British writer H. H. Munro, better known as Saki.^[1] The story was included in The Westminster Gazette and appears in the collection Reginald in Russia published by Methuen & Co. in 1910.

"Gabriel-Ernest"
Short story by H. H. Munro
Original title	Gabriel-Ernest
Country	United Kingdom
Genre(s)	Paranormal, short story
Publication
Publisher	The Westminster Gazette
Publication date	1909

Summary

"Gabriel-Ernest" starts with a warning: "There is a wild beast in your woods..." As the story progresses, we learn from that Gabriel is indeed wild, feral – a werewolf in fact. The story uses the idea of lycanthropy as a metaphor for adolescence. The story's climax is when Gabriel is revealed to have taken a small child home from Sunday school. A pursuit ensues, but Gabriel and the child disappear near a river. The only items found are the clothes of Gabriel, and the two are never seen again.

Reprints

• The Supernatural Reader, ed. Groff Conklin & Lucy Conklin, London: World/WDL Books, 1958
• Alone By Night, ed. Michael & Don Congdon, Ballantine 1962
• Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown, ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher & Raymond J. Rodrigues, Scott, Foresman 1974
• Quickie Thrillers, ed. Arthur Liebman, Pocket Books 1975
• Deadly Nightshade, ed. Peter Haining, London: Gollancz 1977
• Shape Shifters, ed. Jane Yolen, Seabury Press, 1978
• Werewolf!, ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor, 1979
• Horror Stories, ed. Susan Price, Kingfisher, 1995
• The Literary Werewolf: An Anthology, ed. Charlotte F. Otten, Syracuse University Press, 2002
• Classic Horror Stories, ed. Charles A. Coulombe, Globe Pequot Press/The Lyons Press, 2003
• Unnatural Creatures, ed. Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins Publishers 2013