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In the Haunting Darkness

Michael R. Collings

First published 2022
Publisher Hemelein Publications
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Joe Monson
Pages xix+284
Price $17.99
ISBN 9781642780604

Date per publisher website Cover artist per publisher website, copyright page, and back cover Joe Monson listed as editor on title page Last numbered page is 284. There are seven additional pages of content beyond that: "A Request" on what would be p.285 asking readers to leave a review on the site of their choice, "About the Author" on pp.287-288, and "Additional Copyright Information" on pp.289-291. LCCN per copyright page

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Persistence of Darkness Michael R. Collings Essay
13 The Epic of Dune: Epic Traditions in Modern Science Fiction Michael R. Collings Essay
21 To Name a Genre Michael R. Collings Essay
26 Literature, Genre, Horror ... and Mormons—What? Michael R. Collings Essay
33 Monsters: Through a Perspective Glass Michael R. Collings Essay
36 On a Dark and Narrow Way Michael R. Collings Essay
43 ...Is Death Michael R. Collings Poem
45 "Night's Plutonian Shore" Michael R. Collings Poem
47 In the House Beyond the Field Michael R. Collings Poem
49 The Dweller on the Edge of Day Michael R. Collings Poem
50 Warren—Portrait of the Artist as a Neurotic Michael R. Collings Poem
51 Warren Evaluates the Effects of Aripiprazole Michael R. Collings Poem
52 Warren Says Farewell to His Father's Ghost Michael R. Collings Poem
57 On Entering the Fantastic Michael R. Collings Essay
61 Three Hallmarks of Horror: Location, Isolation, and Language Michael R. Collings Essay
72 Reading Stephen King Michael R. Collings Essay
81 Women and the Fantastic—A Glimpse into a Beginning Michael R. Collings Essay
86 On Seventeenth-Century Ghosts and What We Can Learn from Them Michael R. Collings Essay
90 Some Thoughts on the Werewolf Michael R. Collings Essay
94 Good Words/Bad Words Michael R. Collings Essay
100 Not–So-Good Horror: Why Little Things Count Michael R. Collings Essay
105 When Words Stumble Michael R. Collings Essay
109 Transforming Terrible Michael R. Collings Essay
119 A Midnight Shooting on the Golden State Freeway Michael R. Collings Short Fiction
127 A Pound of Chocolates on St. Valentine's Day Michael R. Collings Novelette
146 Brace the Bear and the Great Eagle-beyond-the-Mountain Michael R. Collings Short Fiction
153 The Calling of Iam'Kendron Michael R. Collings Short Fiction
176 Dame Ginny McLaserbeam and the Dastardly Duke Judith Collings & Michael R. Collings Short Story
186 In the Haunting Darkness Michael R. Collings Short Fiction
193 Jury of His Peers Michael R. Collings Short Fiction
198 Miniaturist Michael R. Collings Short Fiction
200 Palimpsest Michael R. Collings Short Story
215 Wer Means Man Michael R. Collings Short Story
226 The Egress of Hell Michael R. Collings Short Story
237 From: Averse to Horrors: An Abecedary of Monsters and the Monstrous Michael R. Collings Poem
240 Because I Would Not Stop for Death Michael R. Collings Poem
242 Black Crocuses Michael R. Collings Poem
243 The Boneyard of Old Ezra Snow Michael R. Collings Poem
249 Christ of Universe Michael R. Collings Poem
251 Dermatillomania Michael R. Collings Poem
253 The Envy of Demons Michael R. Collings Poem
255 The Galactic Ambassador Is Invited to Hear the Hand-built Organ on a Newly Conquered World, Its Function Explained by the Victorious Planetary Overlord Michael R. Collings Poem
256 Grendel's Mother Michael R. Collings Poem
258 I Wander the Cosmos, Inventing It Michael R. Collings Poem
260 The Last Pastoral Michael R. Collings Poem
263 The Legend of Kometes Michael R. Collings Poem
265 Nosferatu Arrives at Wisborg Michael R. Collings Poem
266 On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California Michael R. Collings Poem
267 The Program Michael R. Collings Poem
270 Savage Michael R. Collings Poem
273 Spatio-Temporal Spectacles Michael R. Collings Poem
275 Tapestry Michael R. Collings Poem
277 Triple Sonnet in a Season of Pandemic Michael R. Collings Poem
279 The Wind from Whirl-Away Michael R. Collings Poem
281 And When the Bold Word-Monger Came Michael R. Collings Poem
283 When the Dreamer of Worlds Wakes Michael R. Collings Poem
xii Legacy of the Corridor (2022) Joe Monson Essay
xv A Light in the Darkness That Cannot Be Hid Joe Monson Essay
xvii The Power of Story Michael R. Collings Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
In the Haunting Darkness Cover 2022 Hemelein Publications eBook Collection Joe Monson