SHIPS 26 SEPTEMBER, 2026
Long before cryptid TikTok and werewolf fiction, there was Frank Hamel — a scholar whose 1915 study of human-to-animal transformation myths remains one of the strangest, most thorough treatments of the subject ever published. Human Animals moves through were-wolf trials, bird-women, witch familiars, and bush-souls, weaving together folklore, courtroom record, and firsthand account into one restless, wide-ranging survey.
What makes it more remarkable: Hamel was a woman writing under a name built to obscure that fact, in a field that rarely credited women's scholarship. This edition brings her research back into circulation in Fauun's signature format — a compact, well-made edition made to be read and returned to, not just displayed.
Whether you're deep into folklore studies or just drawn to the strange and shape-shifting, this is a foundational text for the shelf.
Fauun is a women-owned, independent small press specialising in classic works of the esoteric, occult, and metaphysical — brought back into print for the modern seeker.
SHIPS 26 SEPTEMBER, 2026
Long before cryptid TikTok and werewolf fiction, there was Frank Hamel — a scholar whose 1915 study of human-to-animal transformation myths remains one of the strangest, most thorough treatments of the subject ever published. Human Animals moves through were-wolf trials, bird-women, witch familiars, and bush-souls, weaving together folklore, courtroom record, and firsthand account into one restless, wide-ranging survey.
What makes it more remarkable: Hamel was a woman writing under a name built to obscure that fact, in a field that rarely credited women's scholarship. This edition brings her research back into circulation in Fauun's signature format — a compact, well-made edition made to be read and returned to, not just displayed.
Whether you're deep into folklore studies or just drawn to the strange and shape-shifting, this is a foundational text for the shelf.
Fauun is a women-owned, independent small press specialising in classic works of the esoteric, occult, and metaphysical — brought back into print for the modern seeker.
