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Dark Designs: Forms and Fantasies

Michael R. Collings

First published 2016
Publisher Michael R. Collings
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Pages 205
Price $9.99
ISBN 9781535347235

  • Collection of 175 Poems
  • Some individual poems appeared, in earlier stages, in previous collections (copyright page)
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Page Title Author(s) Type
15 In Defense of Form Michael R. Collings Essay
19 Grendel's Mother Michael R. Collings Poem
20 DCCXCIII--A Fragment Michael R. Collings Poem
21 Riddle Michael R. Collings Poem
24 When Word Choice Goes Wrong Michael R. Collings Poem
26 A Review of "The Monster-Hunters' Handbook" Michael R. Collings Poem
30 From "A Child's Garden of Misundertandings" Michael R. Collings Poem
31 Fast Zombies Michael R. Collings Poem
32 Aube Michael R. Collings Poem
33 A Fairy Tale Michael R. Collings Poem
34 A Perfect Match Michael R. Collings Poem
35 My Dreams Have Turned Against Me in the Night Michael R. Collings Poem
37 My Own Private Monster Michael R. Collings Poem
39 The White Lady Michael R. Collings Poem
40 The White Lady by Noonlight Michael R. Collings Poem
47 Cold Vengeance Michael R. Collings Poem
51 Incubus Michael R. Collings Poem
57 The Outsider Michael R. Collings Poem
59 Moving On Michael R. Collings Poem
60 Lament Michael R. Collings Poem
62 Double Helix Michael R. Collings Poem
69 Jurassic Cotillion Michael R. Collings Poem
71 He Made an Off-Hand Comment About the Mashed Potatoes Michael R. Collings Poem
73 A Midnight Horror Reading Michael R. Collings Poem
75 Wiros Michael R. Collings Poem
83 Kyrielle:In Praise of Holly Michael R. Collings Poem
89 The Instant Change Michael R. Collings Poem
93 Evanescence Michael R. Collings Poem
94 Come, Lie with Me Michael R. Collings Poem
96 Walkers Michael R. Collings Poem
98 The Battle Michael R. Collings Poem
99 The Program Michael R. Collings Poem
103 Because I Would Not Stop for Death Michael R. Collings Poem
107 The Legend of Kometes Michael R. Collings Poem
110 So Much Depends Michael R. Collings Poem
111 Walmart at 3am Michael R. Collings Poem
112 Before Hansel and Gretel Michael R. Collings Poem
113 Midgard Michael R. Collings Poem
115 On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California Michael R. Collings Poem
116 Fifties-Time Michael R. Collings Poem
117 There Is a Grandeur Michael R. Collings Poem
118 Crucifax Michael R. Collings Poem
119 Preparations Michael R. Collings Poem
120 Death Comes for All Michael R. Collings Poem
123 Recoil Michael R. Collings Poem
124 Upon Julia, UnDead Michael R. Collings Poem
125 Retribution Michael R. Collings Poem
126 The Dare Michael R. Collings Poem
129 In Dreams Lies Truth Michael R. Collings Poem
130 On Fearing I Will Lose You to the Night Michael R. Collings Poem
132 Exiles on a Left-Hand World Michael R. Collings Poem
134 Trick or Treat Michael R. Collings Poem
141 When Stars Are Clear Michael R. Collings Poem
142 Therapy Session Michael R. Collings Poem
143 Four Elements Michael R. Collings Poem
144 Campfire Stories Michael R. Collings Poem
145 Tapestry Michael R. Collings Poem
148 On the Evening of Her 95th Year Michael R. Collings Poem
150 Sleep of Death Michael R. Collings Poem
155 #144: The Grossest of the Gross Michael R. Collings Poem
159 Wayfarer Michael R. Collings Poem
166 The Master Michael R. Collings Poem
167 117° Michael R. Collings Poem
168 First Job Michael R. Collings Poem
173 Receiving a Bill of Divorcement on the Grounds of Physical Incompatibility Michael R. Collings Poem
175 Color Out of Space Michael R. Collings Poem
176 Casper Michael R. Collings Poem
177 The Dweller on the Edge of Day Michael R. Collings Poem
180 The Dark Is Deep (2) Michael R. Collings Poem
182 The Dark Is Deep (1) Michael R. Collings Poem
185 Halloween Michael R. Collings Poem
186 Faces of Fear Michael R. Collings Poem
187 Dread Michael R. Collings Poem
188 The Vulture Michael R. Collings Poem
189 The Stalker's Promise Michael R. Collings Poem
190 The Survivor's Response Michael R. Collings Poem
192 Envoi Michael R. Collings Poem
105|105.1 A String of Drool Michael R. Collings Poem
105|105.3 The Rune in Green Michael R. Collings Poem
105|105.5 The Way an Ape Michael R. Collings Poem
122|122.1 Sunsets Michael R. Collings Poem
122|122.3 Waste and Emptiness Michael R. Collings Poem
127|127.1 The Searcher After Secrets Michael R. Collings Poem
127|127.3 Utopia Michael R. Collings Poem
136|136.1 In the Ghoul-Yard Michael R. Collings Poem
136|136.3 The Wolf's Lair Michael R. Collings Poem
138|138.1 The Call Michael R. Collings Poem
138|138.2 The Curse Michael R. Collings Poem
139|139.1 In the Grave Michael R. Collings Poem
139|139.3 Devotion Michael R. Collings Poem
152|152.1 A Short Short on a Frantic Bubo Virginianus Escaping with a Torn (But Infected) Wing from a Lycanthrope's Bloody Jaws Michael R. Collings Poem
152|152.3 A Short Short on What Could Have Happened Had Grendel Confronted Beowulf Before the Hero Had a Chance to Arm Himself Michael R. Collings Poem
152|152.5 A Short Short Spoken by a Stoic, Suddenly Interrupted in His Musings by an Unexpected Burst of Sound from a Nearby Thunderhead Michael R. Collings Poem
153|153.1 Sonette for a Mummy Michael R. Collings Poem
153|153.3 Sonette for a Burning Windmill Michael R. Collings Poem
157|157.1 Wiros (2) Michael R. Collings Poem
157|157.2 The Monster Speaks Michael R. Collings Poem
165|165.1 In Therapy Today Michael R. Collings Poem
165|165.3 On Reading Dracula Aloud on My First Night on Staff at Summer Camp Michael R. Collings Poem
170|170.1 "Death, Be Not Proud" Michael R. Collings Poem
170|170.3 Camping Out Michael R. Collings Poem
172|172.1 In the Forest Michael R. Collings Poem
172|172.3 What Might Follow Fire Michael R. Collings Poem
178|178.1 Obsidian Michael R. Collings Poem
178|178.3 Quizzical, Michael R. Collings Poem
184|184.1 Surrounded Michael R. Collings Poem
184|184.3 Beginnings Michael R. Collings Poem
184|184.5 Hunger Michael R. Collings Poem
184|184.7 The Kiss Michael R. Collings Poem
23|23.1 Sightings Michael R. Collings Poem
23|23.3 The Dark Man Michael R. Collings Poem
25|25.1 Pet Sematary Michael R. Collings Poem
25|25.3 Hubris Michael R. Collings Poem
28|28.1 High Art Michael R. Collings Poem
28|28.3 Consciences Michael R. Collings Poem
41|41.1 Cento-Haiku for Darkness Michael R. Collings Poem
41|41.3 A Map--A Maze--A Cento: Michael R. Collings Poem
43|43.1 On Re-visiting the Scene Of Michael R. Collings Poem
43|43.3 Despair Captured on an Answering Machine Michael R. Collings Poem
43|43.5 Gorgon's Harsh Hair Michael R. Collings Poem
43|43.7 What I Saw in the Crystal Ball Michael R. Collings Poem
45|45.1 H. P. Lovecraft Michael R. Collings Poem
45|45.3 E. A. Poe Michael R. Collings Poem
45|45.5 Mary Shelly Michael R. Collings Poem
45|45.7 Stephen King Michael R. Collings Poem
46|46.1 Robert R. McCammon Michael R. Collings Poem
46|46.3 Michaelbrent Michael R. Collings Poem
49|49.1 To Darkness Michael R. Collings Poem
49|49.3 Couplets on the 3am Shooting at the End of Sheffield Place Michael R. Collings Poem
53|53.1 Poe's "Annabel Lee" Michael R. Collings Poem
53|53.3 Lovecraft's "The Window" Michael R. Collings Poem
53|53.5 Alfred Noyes' "The Highwayman" Michael R. Collings Poem
53|53.7 Anonymous "Two Corbies" Michael R. Collings Poem
54|54.1 Blake's "The Lamb" Michael R. Collings Poem
54|54.3 Blake's "The Tyger" Michael R. Collings Poem
55|55.1 Passing Michael R. Collings Poem
55|55.3 Darkness Michael R. Collings Poem
56|56.1 Frankenstein: "It's Alive!" Michael R. Collings Poem
56|56.3 Little Red Riding Hood Michael R. Collings Poem
56|56.5 Dark Tower Michael R. Collings Poem
58|58.1 The First Rule Michael R. Collings Poem
58|58.3 Mist Michael R. Collings Poem
58|58.5 Aware Wolf Michael R. Collings Poem
64|64.1 Deafness Michael R. Collings Poem
64|64.3 "Casting the Runes" Michael R. Collings Poem
66|66.1 Today Michael R. Collings Poem
66|66.3 Frankenstein (1910) Michael R. Collings Poem
66|66.5 Gore Michael R. Collings Poem
67|67.1 "Do Not Go Gentle..." Michael R. Collings Poem
67|67.3 "Something Wicked" Michael R. Collings Poem
77|77.1 Ghazal: To the Light Michael R. Collings Poem
77|77.3 And Darkness Michael R. Collings Poem
79|79.1 Dagger-toothed Children Michael R. Collings Poem
79|79.3 Something Else Is here Michael R. Collings Poem
79|79.5 Read, If You Dare Michael R. Collings Poem
80|80.1 December Rose Michael R. Collings Poem
80|80.3 Treasures Michael R. Collings Poem
80|80.5 Stark Death's-Head Hawkmoth Michael R. Collings Poem
81|81.1 Rhapsody Michael R. Collings Poem
81|81.3 Wolf's Hour Michael R. Collings Poem
84|84.1 Lamps Michael R. Collings Poem
84|84.3 Fear Michael R. Collings Poem
85|85.1 There Once Was an Old One Named Cthulhu Michael R. Collings Poem
85|85.3 An Elegant Gent Called "The Count'" Michael R. Collings Poem
85|85.5 A Drama Critic's Monody Michael R. Collings Poem
86|86.1 Godzilla Is at It Again Michael R. Collings Poem
86|86.3 A Verse to Horrors Michael R. Collings Poem
88|88.1 Between Heartbeats Michael R. Collings Poem
88|88.3 The Letter Michael R. Collings Poem
90|90.1 Bereaved Michael R. Collings Poem
90|90.3 Necromancer Michael R. Collings Poem
90|90.5 Vacation on an Old Favorite Michael R. Collings Poem
90|90.7 In Eandem Michael R. Collings Poem
91|91.1 On Being Struck Dumb Michael R. Collings Poem
91|91.3 Gremlins Michael R. Collings Poem

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