Will we ever see John Steinbeck's Werewolf story?

[Alex The G and T]

A very early John Steinbeck novel was a Werewolf murder mystery. It was rejected by publishers and hidden away by Steinbeck and his Estate.

This, I'd love to read. I'm a big Steinbeck Fan.

John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel

Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’

www.theguardian.com

The first I heard of it was on the Stephen Colbert show, presented hilariously along with a demand for other horror stories from otherwise famous authors.
Louisa May Alcott's Little Mummies and This:

 

[BAYLOR]

A very early John Steinbeck novel was a Werewolf murder mystery. It was rejected by publishers and hidden away by Steinbeck and his Estate.

This, I'd love to read. I'm a big Steinbeck Fan.

John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel

Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’

www.theguardian.com

The first I heard of it was on the Stephen Colbert show, presented hilariously along with a demand for other horror stories from otherwise famous authors.
Louisa May Alcott's Little Mummies and This:

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Id read this.

 

[BigBadBob141]

"Of Wolves And Men" maybe???

 

[Alex The G and T]

"The Pastures of Hell?"

"Travels with Vlad?"

"The Winter of our Disembowelment?"

 

[BAYLOR]

It's doubtful this book will ever be brought into print.

 

[Foxbat]

I’d like to read it too. I’ve always considered the opening paragraphs of The Grapes Of Wrath to be among the finest in literature.

 

[Toby Frost]

The Grapes of Wraith?

 

[BAYLOR]

East of Transylvania

 

[KGeo777]

It's potential pastiche material--someone will do a Steinbeck werewolf book probably.

The Grapes of Wolf

The way Steinbeck alluded to Aesop's fable about the fox and the grapes but with a distraught and demoralized werewolf trying to get at people trapped on the other side of a window before declaring with a Oklahoma accent that they probably taste sour.

 

[Droflet]

I, for one, will be more than happy never to read this book. I have a lifetime of Steinbeck memories to keep me warm in my waning years without the inclusion of one of his lesser works. Am I curious? You bet. But not that much.

BTW, some great alternative titles, but Toby's gets the cigar. 'The Grapes of Wraith'. Ha. Toby, have you ever considered writing?

 

[Randy M.]

Faulkner: The Sound and the Furies

 

[BigBadBob141]

"Ill met by moonlight"?

 

[Alex The G and T]

Cannery Robots

Tortilla Frights

 

[Droflet]

Drof slaps his forehead. I've created many, many monsters. But what to do?

 

[hitmouse]

Travels with Charley.

you have to question Steinbeck’s transparency with respect to Charley.