Monsters & Mormons

UPDATED May 2014PREFACE by Terryl GivensINTRODUCTION by Theric JepsonOTHER DUTIES by Nathan ShumateSometimes LDS bishops get special callings; sometimes that means being the agent bishop for battling demons.THE LIVING WIFE by Emily MilnerNewly married for time and all eternity, a young wife must deal with the meddling ghosts of her two dead predecessors.BAPTISMS FOR THE DEAD by C. Douglas BirkheadTwo Mormon missionaries continue to pound the pavement after a zombie apocalypse.PIRATE GOLD FOR BROTHER BRIGHAM by Lee AllredPirate ghosts have been spotted on the Great Salt Lake—and they want something.FIRST ESTATE by Katherine WoodburyThe story of Ruth is reenacted in space—with an alien Boaz.FANGS OF THE DRAGON by David J. WestPorter Rockwell finds intrigue and strange creatures while on assignment in Logan, Utah.BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE AND THE LATE BRAM STOKERI LIE IN BED READING FROM MOSIAH CHAPTER THREE AND THINK OF YOU, LON CHANEY, JR. by Will BishopTwo poems mesh the Mormon with the monsterish.CHARITY NEVER FAILETH by Jaleta CleggA gelatin salad runs amok at Relief Society enrichment night.RECOMPENSE OF SORROW by W. H. PugmireThe H.P. Lovecraft mythos ensnares a Mormon brother and sister.MORMON GOLEM by Steve MorrisonJoseph Smith fashions a golem—a Porter Rockwell golem.BICHOS by Erik PetersonA Mormon couple honeymooning on the Amazon encounter the beasts in the jungle.THE BLUES DEVILS by Terrance V. McArthurA Mormon musician goes the time-honoured route of making a deal with the devil.BROTHER IN ARMS by Graham BradleyIn a post-apocalyptic near future, a pair of Marines must turn to their Mormonism in order to have a chance of fighting the enemy.GEORGE WASHINGTON HILL AND THE CYBERNETIC BEAR by George Washington Hill and EC BuckA pioneer journal entry takes a cybernetic turn.THE BABY IN THE BUSHES by S.P. BaileyThings turn noir for a Mormon PI investigating a murder in Salt Lake City.BOKEV MOMEN by D. Michael MartindaleAn abducted young Earthling provides a key to understanding the universal god.THE WORLD by Danny NelsonThe World invades the kitchen of a spunky old lady.WATER SPOTS by Terresa WellbornA poem mixes the domestic with the horror.A LETTER FROM THE FIELD by James Paul CrockettEvery missionary feels homesick now and then. Is it worse if you never even see the sun?LET THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE FOR ADONIHA HAS FALLEN by Steven L. PeckAfter centuries of no contact the Mormon colony on Mars hears from the Earth it thought it had left behind.ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF by Moriah JovanA Mormon nun battles demons and insecurity in the Louisiana bayou.TRAITORS AND TYRANTS by John Nakamura Remy and Galen DaraErasmus Snow and his four wives battle ninja monkeys…and something strange.EXPERIMENTING WITH LIFE AT EXTRAORDINARY DEPTHS by Bridgette Day TuckfieldA young woman, now back in the fold and struggling to reacclimate to life as a young single adult, faces her fears on Utah Lake.I HAD KILLED A ZOMBIE by Adam GreenwoodA young man prays to know which Zombie Battling Organization is true.OUT OF THE DEEP HAVE I HOWLED UNTO THEE by Scott M. RobertsBattling the spirit of a wolf, a man wanders out into the Utah desert only to find a young woman bleeding to death.THE MISSION STORY by Bryton SampsonA missionary’s new companion appears to have a bit of the mad scientist in him.THAT LEVIATHAN, WHOM THOU HAST MADE by Eric James StoneA solar behemoth must choose between its new Mormon faith and the jealous god it has always known.THE EYE OPENER by Brian GibsonThis is why we close our eyes when we pray, children.THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD by Dan WellsNot all testimonies are solid as a rock.ILLUSTRATORSB.C. SterrettDavin AbeggJake ParkerMatt PageGraham Bradley

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