Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 15 • In Defense of Form • essay by Michael R. Collings
• 19 • Grendel's Mother • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 20 • DCCXCIII--A Fragment • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 21 • Riddle • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 23 • Sightings • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 23 • The Dark Man • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 24 • When Word Choice Goes Wrong • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 25 • Pet Sematary • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 25 • Hubris • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 26 • A Review of "The Monster-Hunters' Handbook" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 28 • High Art • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 28 • Consciences • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 30 • From "A Child's Garden of Misundertandings" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 31 • Fast Zombies • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 32 • Aube • (1981) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 33 • A Fairy Tale • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 34 • A Perfect Match • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 35 • My Dreams Have Turned Against Me in the Night • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 37 • My Own Private Monster • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 39 • The White Lady • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 40 • The White Lady by Noonlight • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 41 • Cento-Haiku for Darkness • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 41 • A Map--A Maze--A Cento: • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 43 • On Re-visiting the Scene Of • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 43 • Despair Captured on an Answering Machine • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 43 • Gorgon's Harsh Hair • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 43 • What I Saw in the Crystal Ball • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 45 • H. P. Lovecraft • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 45 • E. A. Poe • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 45 • Mary Shelly • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 45 • Stephen King • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 46 • Robert R. McCammon • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 46 • Michaelbrent • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 47 • Cold Vengeance • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 49 • To Darkness • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 49 • Couplets on the 3am Shooting at the End of Sheffield Place • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 51 • Incubus • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 53 • Poe's "Annabel Lee" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 53 • Lovecraft's "The Window" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 53 • Alfred Noyes' "The Highwayman" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 53 • Anonymous "Two Corbies" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 54 • Blake's "The Lamb" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 54 • Blake's "The Tyger" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 55 • Passing • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 55 • Darkness • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 56 • Frankenstein: "It's Alive!" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 56 • Little Red Riding Hood • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 56 • Dark Tower • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 57 • The Outsider • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 58 • The First Rule • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 58 • Mist • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 58 • Aware Wolf • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 59 • Moving On • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 60 • Lament • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 62 • Double Helix • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 64 • Deafness • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 64 • "Casting the Runes" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 66 • Today • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 66 • Frankenstein (1910) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 66 • Gore • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 67 • "Do Not Go Gentle..." • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 67 • "Something Wicked" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 69 • Jurassic Cotillion • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 71 • He Made an Off-Hand Comment About the Mashed Potatoes • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 73 • A Midnight Horror Reading • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 75 • Wiros • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 77 • Ghazal: To the Light • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 77 • And Darkness • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Read, If You Dare • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 79 • Dagger-toothed Children • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 79 • Something Else Is here • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 80 • December Rose • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 80 • Treasures • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 80 • Stark Death's-Head Hawkmoth • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 81 • Rhapsody • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 81 • Wolf's Hour • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 83 • Kyrielle:In Praise of Holly • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 84 • Lamps • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 84 • Fear • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 85 • There Once Was an Old One Named Cthulhu • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 85 • An Elegant Gent Called "The Count'" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 85 • A Drama Critic's Monody • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 86 • Godzilla Is at It Again • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 86 • A Verse to Horrors • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 88 • Between Heartbeats • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 88 • The Letter • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 89 • The Instant Change • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 90 • Bereaved • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 90 • Necromancer • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 90 • Vacation on an Old Favorite • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 90 • In Eandem • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 91 • On Being Struck Dumb • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 91 • Gremlins • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 93 • Evanescence • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 94 • Come, Lie with Me • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 96 • Walkers • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 98 • The Battle • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 99 • The Program • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 103 • Because I Would Not Stop for Death • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 105 • A String of Drool • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 105 • The Rune in Green • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 105 • The Way an Ape • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 107 • The Legend of Kometes • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 110 • So Much Depends • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 111 • Walmart at 3am • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 112 • Before Hansel and Gretel • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 113 • Midgard • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 115 • On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 116 • Fifties-Time • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 117 • There Is a Grandeur • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 118 • Crucifax • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 119 • Preparations • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 120 • Death Comes for All • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 122 • Sunsets • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 122 • Waste and Emptiness • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 123 • Recoil • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 124 • Upon Julia, UnDead • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 125 • Retribution • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 126 • The Dare • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 127 • The Searcher After Secrets • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 127 • Utopia • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 129 • In Dreams Lies Truth • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 130 • On Fearing I Will Lose You to the Night • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 132 • Exiles on a Left-Hand World • (1993) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 134 • Trick or Treat • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 136 • In the Ghoul-Yard • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 136 • The Wolf's Lair • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 138 • The Call • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 138 • The Curse • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 139 • In the Grave • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 139 • Devotion • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 141 • When Stars Are Clear • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 142 • Therapy Session • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 143 • Four Elements • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 144 • Campfire Stories • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 145 • Tapestry • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 148 • On the Evening of Her 95th Year • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 150 • Sleep of Death • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 152 • A Short Short on a Frantic Bubo Virginianus Escaping with a Torn (But Infected) Wing from a Lycanthrope's Bloody Jaws • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 152 • A Short Short on What Could Have Happened Had Grendel Confronted Beowulf Before the Hero Had a Chance to Arm Himself • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 152 • A Short Short Spoken by a Stoic, Suddenly Interrupted in His Musings by an Unexpected Burst of Sound from a Nearby Thunderhead • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 153 • Sonette for a Mummy • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 153 • Sonette for a Burning Windmill • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 155 • #144: The Grossest of the Gross • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 157 • Wiros (2) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 157 • The Monster Speaks • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 159 • Wayfarer • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 165 • In Therapy Today • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 165 • On Reading Dracula Aloud on My First Night on Staff at Summer Camp • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 166 • The Master • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 167 • 117° • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 168 • First Job • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 170 • "Death, Be Not Proud" • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 170 • Camping Out • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 172 • In the Forest • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 172 • What Might Follow Fire • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 173 • Receiving a Bill of Divorcement on the Grounds of Physical Incompatibility • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 175 • Color Out of Space • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 176 • Casper • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 177 • The Dweller on the Edge of Day • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 178 • Obsidian • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 178 • Quizzical, • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 180 • The Dark Is Deep (2) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 182 • The Dark Is Deep (1) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 184 • Surrounded • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 184 • Beginnings • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 184 • Hunger • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 184 • The Kiss • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 185 • Halloween • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 186 • Faces of Fear • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 187 • Dread • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 188 • The Vulture • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 189 • The Stalker's Promise • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 190 • The Survivor's Response • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 192 • Envoi • poem by Michael R. Collings