Werewolves in Their Youth

First edition cover
Author	Michael Chabon
Cover artist	Art director: Andy Carpenter Jacket design: Kapo Ng
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	1999
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	212 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	0-679-41587-4 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC	39060578
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3553.H15 W4 1999

Werewolves in Their Youth is a 1999 short story collection by Michael Chabon.

Stories collected

• "Werewolves in Their Youth"
• "House Hunting"
• "Son of the Wolfman"
• "Green's Book"
• "Mrs. Box"
• "Spikes"
• "The Harris Fetko Story"
• "That Was Me"
• "In the Black Mill"

The collection

With the exception of the concluding story, all involve failed or failing marriages. The final story, "In the Black Mill" is introduced as the work of August Van Zorn, a fictional writer from Chabon's Wonder Boys. It is a throwback to pulp horror stories of the pre-World War II era.