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All Calm, All Bright

Christmas Offerings

By: Michael R. Collings

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All Calm, All Bright

Christmas Offerings

By: Michael R. Collings

All Calm, All Bright" reflects the many facets of Christmas, from meditations on sacred Scripture to explorations of Christmas in daily life; from the serious to the light, at times even playful; from lyric poems to verse-cantatas for readers and choirs/congregations, and a fable for children on the virtues of selflessness, "How Santa's Reindeer Learned to Fly." Although particularly appropriate for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the offerings in "All Calm, All Bright" will appeal as well to readers of all denominations.

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1434401723

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In Endless Morn of Light

Moral Freedom in Milton's Universe

By: Michael R. Collings

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In Endless Morn of Light

Moral Freedom in Milton's Universe

By: Michael R. Collings

John Milton (1608-1674) is best known today for his two epic poems, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, but he wrote a great many other works, both poetry and nonfiction, all infused with his particular philosophy and theology of the Christian religion. Well-known scholar Michael R. Collings here examines one of Milton's major themes--human liberty and choice--and shows how it permeates all the master's writings. Complete with bibliography, notes, and index.

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1434411680

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Som Certaine Sonets, Revised and Enlarged Edition

By: Michael R. Collings

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Som Certaine Sonets, Revised and Enlarged Edition

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Sonnets are among the most widely recognized of poetic forms, dating back almost a thousand years. In this book, Michael R. Collings blends past tradition with contemporary experimentation, public commentary with private meditation, lyric compression with epic breadth, rigid structure with "nuclear-fused sonnets, free radicals, one electron away from exploding." As Robert Reginald says: "Once again Collings shows that 'traditional' does not have to mean 'staid, ' and that all things are possible with imaginative word-play of the highest order. Great fun, great reading, GREAT poetry

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1434412318

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Gemlore

An Introduction to Precious and Semi-Precious Stones [Second Edition]

By: Michael R. Collings

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Gemlore

An Introduction to Precious and Semi-Precious Stones [Second Edition]

By: Michael R. Collings

This A-Z guide to precious and semi-precious stones includes historical and cultural information, names and meanings, birthstones, historical and contemporary traditions, folklore, purported healing and mind-enhancing powers, and bibliography.

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1434457028

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In the Void

Poems of Science Fiction, Myth and Fantasy, & Horror

By: Michael R. Collings

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In the Void

Poems of Science Fiction, Myth and Fantasy, & Horror

By: Michael R. Collings

In his new collection of verse, Michael R. Collings touches upon themes of science fiction, myth and fantasy, and horror. The well-known SF writer Orson Scott Card says: "Collings's poetry is a path, a road, sometimes even a highway, taking you to destinations you did not even know you wanted to visit, and yet you always did in some deep place in your heart, and when he takes you there, you recognize it and realize that you are, for this moment, home.

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Milton's Century

A Timeline of the Literary, Political, Religious, and Social Centext of John Milton's Life

By: Michael R. Collings

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Milton's Century

A Timeline of the Literary, Political, Religious, and Social Centext of John Milton's Life

By: Michael R. Collings

No artist creates his works in a vacuum. Beyond the conscious influence of books read, artwork seen, minds probed (through conversation or exchange of letters), writers are in no small part products of everything that surrounds them--people, places, things, events. MILTON'S CENTURY is designed to place one particular genius--John Milton, arguably the finest poet the English nation (perhaps even Western civilization) has produced--in the context of his time. And what a remarkable time it was--a century of revolutions, of discoveries, of literary and artistic efflorescence, of religious turmoil and political turbulence, of plagues and fires and ultimate rebuilding...and of the first adumbrations of the Modern Age. MILTON'S CENTURY becomes vital and alive for twenty-first-century readers through the vast network of connections and interconnections that Professor Collings articulates. [Borgo Literary Guides, No. 15.]

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1479409944

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Scaring Us to Death

The Impact of Stephen King on Popular Culture

By: Michael R. Collings

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Scaring Us to Death

The Impact of Stephen King on Popular Culture

By: Michael R. Collings

In this revised and expanded edition of "The Stephen King Phenomenon," Dr. Michael R. Collings re-examines the impact of Stephen King on popular culture.

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The Art and Craft of Poetry

Twenty Exercises Toward Mastery

By: Michael R. Collings

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The Art and Craft of Poetry

Twenty Exercises Toward Mastery

By: Michael R. Collings

Polished over 20 years of use at the university level, this book combines Professor Collings's lucid instruction with practical exercises to introduce beginners to poetry, and to encourage more practiced poets to expand their horizons. Twenty poetic exercises that will strengthen and hone your craft!

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1479408786

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Toward Other Worlds

Perspectives on John Milton, C. S. Lewis, Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, and Others

By: Michael R. Collings

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Toward Other Worlds

Perspectives on John Milton, C. S. Lewis, Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, and Others

By: Michael R. Collings

This collection of 25 essays of literary criticism includes pieces on British poet John Milton, British fantasy writer C. S. Lewis, American horror writer Stephen King, American SF and fantasy writer Orson Scott Card, British horror writer Clive Barker, and several others. Complete with bibliography and index.

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1434457923

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Piers Anthony

By: Michael R. Collings

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Piers Anthony

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Michael R. Collings examines the life and work of American science fiction author Piers Anthony. Starmont Reader's Guide 20.

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Wordsmith

A Science-Fantasy Novel, Volume One: The Veil of Heaven

By: Michael R. Collings

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Wordsmith

A Science-Fantasy Novel, Volume One: The Veil of Heaven

By: Michael R. Collings

This is Omne, a world of perpetual clouds without metals, machines, or technology, whose people harbor the secrets of an unimaginable power that can be used for destruction--or redemption!

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BlueRose and Other Chapbooks

By: Michael R. Collings

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BlueRose and Other Chapbooks

By: Michael R. Collings

Originally ephemeral pamphlets sold by traveling peddlers, or ‘chap-men’, chapbooks have enjoyed a long and illustrious history, surviving in print form from the sixteenth century until today--in fact, much contemporary poetry has first appeared in small-press chapbooks, most frequently folded sheets stapled in the crease. BlueRose compiles ten chapbooks by Michael R. Collings, with publication dates ranging from the early 1980s to 2011. Individually they explore a variety of themes, topics, and forms--the wit and cleverness of limericks; the ethereal grace of haiku; the directness and humor of children’s verses. One of the chapbooks contains only short poems, several of them one or two words long; another is a single extended look into the mind and career of one of the greatest sixteenth-century poets through the mediation of his mother’s will. One celebrates vitality and energy; another celebrates loving memories of lives well spent. All present readers with carefully chosen words woven into thought-provoking lines. Fans of Michael R. Collings's work will find in this new collection a treasure trove of words and thoughts and feelings to savor and enjoy.

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1434449572

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The Slab

A Novel of Horror

By: Michael R. Collings

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The Slab

A Novel of Horror

By: Michael R. Collings

1066 Oleander Place seems a typical tract house in the Southern California town of Tamarind Valley. What no one grasps is that this house is deadly: dark, dangerous, EVIL to the core. It consumes all who enter it, one by one--spiritually, psychologically, physically. Even to visit the place challenges fate--and promises a VERY BAD TIME for everyone there. In the tradition of Stephen King and Dean Koontz, a phantasmagoria of fear, horror, and terror!

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1434412075

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Three Tales of Omne / The Elder of Days (Wildside Double #8)

By: Michael R. Collings,Robert Reginald

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Three Tales of Omne / The Elder of Days (Wildside Double #8)

By: Michael R. Collings,Robert Reginald

In the tradition of the old "Ace Doubles" two-in-one books (flip one over to read the second title)--here is the eighth Wildside Double. THREE TALES OF OMNE: A COMPANION TO WORDSMITH, by Michael R. Collings This is Omne, a world enveloped by perpetual clouds, without metals, machines, or technology, whose people harbor the secrets of an unimaginable power for destruction--or redemption. But--before it became Omne, it was Colony, home of a small group of refugees from Earth, struggling to survive on a new planet and understand its rules, unaware of their gradual transformation into something no longer quite human. This is the story of how it all began! THE ELDER OF DAYS: TALES OF THE ELDERS, by Robert Reginald They hide among us, these near-immortals, and they go by names like William Shakespeare and John Donne and Napoleon Bonaparte. They're immune to most diseases, heal rapidly from injury, and age so slowly that their life-spans are encompassed by the passage of millennia. These are The Elders. In "Katydid," Jack must penetrate the mystery of a decaying trolley car and the curious 1920s photo album secreted within. A statistical reporting anomaly for "Eldering," a forgotten town tucked away in the Cumberland Mountains, prompts a dying census worker to investigate. Abused wife Jewel-Rose can only find the "chaud" in the "Boneyard" just outside her small Montana town. Time traveler Pat Wardon is determined upon "Saving Jane Austen"--whether she wants to be saved or not! Great romantic fantasy stories.

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143441177X

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The Nephiad

An Epic Poem in XII Books

By: Michael R. Collings

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The Nephiad

An Epic Poem in XII Books

By: Michael R. Collings

Constructed around a key episode in the Book of Mormon, The Nephiad blends the rigidly-defined structures and grand style of the Renaissance epic poem with modern-day scripture to re-create a genre that is at once uplifting and compelling. Gideon Burton calls it "a unique contribution to Mormon literature.

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1434457567

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Yondering

The First Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories

By: Jack Dann,Ardath Mayhar,John Gregory Betancourt,Michael R. Collings,Sheila Finch,Mel Gilden,Rory Barnes,John Russell Fearn

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Yondering

The First Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories

By: Jack Dann,Ardath Mayhar,John Gregory Betancourt,Michael R. Collings,Sheila Finch,Mel Gilden,Rory Barnes,John Russell Fearn

This is one of a series of anthologies of science fiction and mystery stories by Borgo Press writers that are being distributed at cost as both ebooks and paperback volumes. The first volume in the sequence, Yondering, includes a baker's dozen of original and reprint tales by fourteen writers. In "The Quills of Henry Thomas," W. C. and Aja Bamberger give us a glimpse of a future in which music is composed through DNA computing. "The Gizzard Wizard" is Rory Barnes's delightful sequel to his young adult SF novel, Space Junk. John Gregory Betancourt's engaging "The Darkfishers" envisions a shanghaied Earth colony stranded on the back of a huge crustacean on an ocean planet. Sydney J. Bounds, in "Guinea Pigs," portrays a future dominated by cutthroat corporations. "Outside Looking In," by Mark E. Burgess, takes the "world in a bottle" theme--and turns it upside down. Victor Cilinca's "Siegfried" demonstrates the folly of taking those "primitive" aliens too lightly. Michael R. Collings's "The Calling of Iam'Kendron" is a stirring prequel to his epic science-fantasy novel, Wordsmith. In Arthur Jean Cox's "Evergreen," we find that long life is not always what it's cracked up to be. Award-winning author Jack Dann depicts, in "Mohammed’s Angel," an all-too-plausible future in which cultures, sensibilities, and terrorist acts are inextricably mixed. "Ultra Evolution," by John Russell Fearn, is a cautionary tale about the advancement of man—not always a good thing! Sheila Finch's "Miles to Go" is the moving story of a wheelchair marathoner faced with a crucial decision. Mel Gilden relates mankind's first encounter with aliens in "The Little Finger of the Left Hand." Last, and certainly not least, Ardath Mayhar's poignant "The Next Generation" shows the human race forced to make a crucial decision about its survival.

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1434436063

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Devil's Plague

A Mystery Novel / Driving Hell's Highway: A Crime Novel (Wildside Mystery Double #4)

By: Michael R. Collings,Gary Lovisi

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Devil's Plague

A Mystery Novel / Driving Hell's Highway: A Crime Novel (Wildside Mystery Double #4)

By: Michael R. Collings,Gary Lovisi

In the tradition of the old "Ace Doubles" two-in-one books (flip one over to read the second title)--here is the fourth Wildside Mystery Double: DEVIL'S PLAGUE: A Mystery Novel, by Michael R. Collings. The scene lay tranquil and peaceful--except for the young woman's body, battered and broken at the foot of Porcupine Falls. Who was responsible? Was it the local boy, enamored and fearful of rejection; the stranger with the hidden past; or a serial killer? It's up to Lynn Hansen, recently arrived from L.A., and her new friend, Victoria Sears, to explore the intimacies of death, and solve the mystery of the Devil's Plague! DRIVING HELL'S HIGHWAY: A Crime Novel, by Gary Lovisi. He had no past and no future, only the long open road ahead of him. What would he find there, other than danger and violence? Sometimes a shred of memory, dark and fearful, gave him a hint of what he'd once been. Now he was just a loner. Darkness shrouded his heart and mind. With a trunkful of guns and a tankful of gas, he was Driving Hell's Highway! Hard-boiled crime in the 1950s paperback tradition.

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143441230X

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Matrix

Echoes of Growing Up West

By: Michael R. Collings

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Matrix

Echoes of Growing Up West

By: Michael R. Collings

More than 100 delightful autobiographical poems of Growing Up West, with indexes of First Lines and Titles. As W. Gregory Stewart says in his Introduction: "This volume will find its own special place upon your shelf. You will take it down again and again, and read it again and again.

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Brian Aldiss

By: Michael R. Collings

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Brian Aldiss

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A guide to Aldiss's fictional output from the 50's to the 80's.

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0893709557

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Wer Means Man and Other Tales of Wonder and Terror

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Wer Means Man and Other Tales of Wonder and Terror

By: Michael R. Collings

In these 16 scintillating tales of fantasy, terror, and wonder-- A murderer is forced to confess by pressure from his own confederates; A monstrous creature slaughters ruthlessly by day, and by night just...dreams; A psychic vampire possesses a curiously refined taste for fine chocolate; An alien has the inexplicable ability to create beauty...and death; A world's pollution means extinction for one species--and new life for another; A gravedigger provides "plots" for beginning storytellers; And many more...

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1434411877

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Naked to the Sun

Dark Visions of Apocalypse

By: Michael R. Collings

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Naked to the Sun

Dark Visions of Apocalypse

By: Michael R. Collings

Science fiction and fantasy verse, including more than 50 poems, broken into four sections: "The World and Time"; "In the Shadow of the Gods"; "Nightmares in Daytime"; and "Apocalypse and Beyond.

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Dark Transformations

Deadly Visions of Change

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Dark Transformations

Deadly Visions of Change

By: Michael R. Collings

This collection of dark transformations of horror and the supernatural includes both stories and poems, including the classic werewolf tale, "Wer Means Man," and a story of misbegotten creatures in the woods, "A Pound of Chocolates on St. Valentine's Day," plus verses both fantastical and evocative.

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The House Beyond the Hill

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The House Beyond the Hill

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THE EVIL THAT FEEDS ON FEAR! The quiet suburb seems peaceful enough, until loner Donny Mann succumbs to the irresistible urge to Drive the web of the Southern California freeways, armed with a stolen .38-and the unspeakable need to fire it. He finds his victims soon enough-an old, black Cadillac alone on a dark stretch of highway. Three people witness the shooting. Three people see the Caddy crash. Three people know that no one left the wreck. But when the police arrive, they find the car empty of anything save blood.and the horror locked in its trunk. One after another, the citizens of Tamarind Valley fall prey to something, or some thing, that feeds on fear and grows exponentially in power with each victim. Donny's brother Richard gradually realizes that he stands at the center of an expanding circle of evil. If he and his friends do not prevail, the evil will! MICHAEL R. COLLINGS has written and edited over forty books of horror, literary criticism, and poetry, among others, many of them being reprinted by Borgo Press. He lives and works in Idaho.

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1434400662

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Chain of Evil

By: Michael R. Collings

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Chain of Evil

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Chain of Evil: The JournalStone Guide to Writing Darkness, by Michael R. Collings, approaches the question of writing from multiple directions. The essays in this volume range from the abstract and philosophical to the concrete and specific; from reminiscences as they relate to the art of writing to near-scholarly studies of the nature of genre, in particular horror; and from general discussions of literary forms and what they can achieve to practical advice on where to place commas, exclamation marks, and quotation marks. Dr. Collings' expertise emerges from nearly thirty years teaching writing and composition at the university level, gaining acclaim as an astute voice in science-fiction, fantasy, and horror studies, as well as from the more than one hundred books-novels, scholarship, collections of poetry and short fiction, criticism, and bibliographies-he has published over the past four decades.

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