SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror Edited by Geoff Brown and Amanda J. Spedding Cohesion Press, 2014 eBook Reviewed by Michael R. Collings “Military horror.” The phrase seems almost as tiredly redundant as the time-worn joke about “military intelligence” is...
From Classic to Contemporary By Michael Collings, Ph.D. When I was still teaching at Pepperdine University, one of my favorite courses was “Myth, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.” The class read contemporary novels and short fiction, many of them based on time-honored...
Z-Boat (Z-Boat, Book I) Suzanne Robb Permuted Press, ISBN 978-1618682345 March, 2014; $16.95 PB; $5.99 Kindle Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Reading Z-Boat is a bit like watching two of my favorite television shows simultaneously. The first is an oldie-but-goodie...
The Revenant of Rebecca Pascal David Barker and W. H. Pugmire Dark Renaissance Books, June 2014 Trade paperback, 130 pp., $16.99 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Reading The Revenant of Rebecca Pascal is rather like reading a long-time favorite H. P. Lovecraft Arkham...
Zombie, Indiana: A Novel Scott Kenemore Talos Press, 2014 Trade paperback, 368 pp., $15.99 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Scott Kenemore’s Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead appeared in 2011, followed a year later by Zombie, Illinois: A Novel. Now, after a two-year...
