Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• In Defense of Form • (2016) • essay by Michael R. Collings
• Grendel's Mother • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• DCCXCIII--A Fragment • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Riddle • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Sightings • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Dark Man • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• When Word Choice Goes Wrong • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Pet Sematary • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Hubris • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Review of "The Monster-Hunters' Handbook" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• High Art • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Consciences • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• From "A Child's Garden of Misundertandings" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Fast Zombies • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Aube • (1981) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Fairy Tale • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Perfect Match • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• My Dreams Have Turned Against Me in the Night • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• My Own Private Monster • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The White Lady • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The White Lady by Noonlight • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Cento-Haiku for Darkness • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Map--A Maze--A Cento: • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• On Re-visiting the Scene Of • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Despair Captured on an Answering Machine • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Gorgon's Harsh Hair • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• What I Saw in the Crystal Ball • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• H. P. Lovecraft • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• E. A. Poe • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Mary Shelly • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Stephen King • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Robert R. McCammon • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Michaelbrent • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Cold Vengeance • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• To Darkness • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Couplets on the 3am Shooting at the End of Sheffield Place • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Incubus • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Poe's "Annabel Lee" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Lovecraft's "The Window" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Alfred Noyes' "The Highwayman" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Anonymous "Two Corbies" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Blake's "The Lamb" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Blake's "The Tyger" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Passing • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Darkness • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Frankenstein: "It's Alive!" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Little Red Riding Hood • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Dark Tower • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Outsider • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The First Rule • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Mist • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Aware Wolf • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Moving On • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Lament • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Double Helix • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Deafness • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• "Casting the Runes" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Today • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Frankenstein (1910) • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Gore • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• "Do Not Go Gentle..." • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• "Something Wicked" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Jurassic Cotillion • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• He Made an Off-Hand Comment About the Mashed Potatoes • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Midnight Horror Reading • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Wiros • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Ghazal: To the Light • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• And Darkness • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Read, If You Dare • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Dagger-toothed Children • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Something Else Is here • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• December Rose • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Treasures • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Stark Death's-Head Hawkmoth • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Rhapsody • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Wolf's Hour • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Kyrielle:In Praise of Holly • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Lamps • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Fear • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• There Once Was an Old One Named Cthulhu • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• An Elegant Gent Called "The Count'" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Drama Critic's Monody • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Godzilla Is at It Again • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Verse to Horrors • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Between Heartbeats • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Letter • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Instant Change • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Bereaved • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Necromancer • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Vacation on an Old Favorite • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• In Eandem • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• On Being Struck Dumb • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Gremlins • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Evanescence • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Come, Lie with Me • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Walkers • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Battle • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Program • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Because I Would Not Stop for Death • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A String of Drool • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Rune in Green • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Way an Ape • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Legend of Kometes • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• So Much Depends • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Walmart at 3am • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Before Hansel and Gretel • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Midgard • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Fifties-Time • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• There Is a Grandeur • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Crucifax • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Preparations • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Death Comes for All • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Sunsets • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Waste and Emptiness • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Recoil • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Upon Julia, UnDead • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Retribution • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Dare • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Searcher After Secrets • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Utopia • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• In Dreams Lies Truth • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• On Fearing I Will Lose You to the Night • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Exiles on a Left-Hand World • (1993) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Trick or Treat • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• In the Ghoul-Yard • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Wolf's Lair • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Call • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Curse • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• In the Grave • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Devotion • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• When Stars Are Clear • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Therapy Session • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Four Elements • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Campfire Stories • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Tapestry • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• On the Evening of Her 95th Year • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Sleep of Death • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Short Short on a Frantic Bubo Virginianus Escaping with a Torn (But Infected) Wing from a Lycanthrope's Bloody Jaws • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Short Short on What Could Have Happened Had Grendel Confronted Beowulf Before the Hero Had a Chance to Arm Himself • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• A Short Short Spoken by a Stoic, Suddenly Interrupted in His Musings by an Unexpected Burst of Sound from a Nearby Thunderhead • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Sonette for a Mummy • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Sonette for a Burning Windmill • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• #144: The Grossest of the Gross • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Wiros (2) • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Monster Speaks • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Wayfarer • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• In Therapy Today • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• On Reading Dracula Aloud on My First Night on Staff at Summer Camp • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Master • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• 117° • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• First Job • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• "Death, Be Not Proud" • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Camping Out • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• In the Forest • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• What Might Follow Fire • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Receiving a Bill of Divorcement on the Grounds of Physical Incompatibility • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Color Out of Space • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Casper • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Dweller on the Edge of Day • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Obsidian • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Quizzical, • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Dark Is Deep (2) • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Dark Is Deep (1) • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Surrounded • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Beginnings • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Hunger • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Kiss • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Halloween • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Faces of Fear • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Dread • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Vulture • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Stalker's Promise • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• The Survivor's Response • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings
• Envoi • (2016) • poem by Michael R. Collings