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Monsters & Mormons (2011)

by Wm Morris (Editor), Theric Jepson (Editor)

Other authors: Lee Allred (Contributor), S.P. Bailey (Contributor), C. Douglas Birkhead (Contributor), Will Bishop (Contributor), Graham Bradley (Contributor)28 more, EC Buck (Contributor), Jaleta Clegg (Contributor), James Paul Crockett (Contributor), Galen Dara (Contributor), Brian Gibson (Contributor), Terryl Givens (Preface), Adam Greenwood (Contributor), George Washington Hill (Contributor), Theric Jepson (Contributor), Moriah Jovan (Contributor), D. Michael Martindale (Contributor), Terrance V. McArthur (Contributor), Emily Milner (Contributor), Steve Morrison (Contributor), Danny Nelson (Contributor), Steven L. Peck (Contributor), Erik Peterson (Contributor), W.H. Pugmire (Contributor), John Nakamura Remy (Contributor), Scott M. Robert (Contributor), Bryton Sampson (Contributor), Nathan Shumate (Contributor), Eric James Stone (Contributor), Bridgette Day Tuckfield (Contributor), Terresa Wellborn (Contributor), Dan Wells (Contributor), David J. West (Contributor), Katherine Woodbury (Contributor)

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* Mormon missionaries pound the pavement...after the zombie apocalypse * Sometimes bishops are assigned special duties...like battling demons * After centuries of no contact, the Mormon colony on Mars hears from Earth...and it wants revenge * A young man prays...to know which Zombie Battling Organization is true * A solar behemoth must choose between its new Mormon faith...and the jealous god who seeks to destroy it In the nineteenth century, Mormonism seemed grist for everybody's mill. Humorists like Artemus Ward and Mark Twain made hay out of polygamy; conspiracy theorists like Thomas deWitt Talmage imputed President Garfield's assassination to the Mormons; pseudo-memoirists like "Maria Ward" recounted their seduction, imprisonment, and torture at the hands of Mormon mesmerists; the Republicans jump-started their political party with a promise to expunge the Mormon "relic of barbarism"; and pulp fiction writers and serious novelists alike fueled sales with stories of bloodthirsty Danites, lecherous elders, and grief-maddened Mormon wives who murdered competitors. This collection of pulp fiction seeks to exploit rather than ignore the historical associations of Mormon deviance, supernaturalism, and strangeness--playful self-parody. The selections range from the comic and light-hearted to the poignant and provocative. But taken together they should remind readers everywhere of a wonderful truth: humor can be the best revenge. (From the Preface by Dr. Terryl Givens)… (more)
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Morris, WmEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jepson, ThericEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Allred, LeeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bailey, S.P.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Birkhead, C. DouglasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bishop, WillContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bradley, GrahamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Buck, ECContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clegg, JaletaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crockett, James PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dara, GalenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gibson, BrianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Givens, TerrylPrefacesecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Greenwood, AdamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hill, George WashingtonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jepson, ThericContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jovan, MoriahContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Martindale, D. MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McArthur, Terrance V.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Milner, EmilyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Morrison, SteveContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nelson, DannyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Peck, Steven L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Peterson, ErikContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pugmire, W.H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Remy, John NakamuraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Robert, Scott M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sampson, BrytonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shumate, NathanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stone, Eric JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tuckfield, Bridgette DayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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* Mormon missionaries pound the pavement...after the zombie apocalypse * Sometimes bishops are assigned special duties...like battling demons * After centuries of no contact, the Mormon colony on Mars hears from Earth...and it wants revenge * A young man prays...to know which Zombie Battling Organization is true * A solar behemoth must choose between its new Mormon faith...and the jealous god who seeks to destroy it In the nineteenth century, Mormonism seemed grist for everybody's mill. Humorists like Artemus Ward and Mark Twain made hay out of polygamy; conspiracy theorists like Thomas deWitt Talmage imputed President Garfield's assassination to the Mormons; pseudo-memoirists like "Maria Ward" recounted their seduction, imprisonment, and torture at the hands of Mormon mesmerists; the Republicans jump-started their political party with a promise to expunge the Mormon "relic of barbarism"; and pulp fiction writers and serious novelists alike fueled sales with stories of bloodthirsty Danites, lecherous elders, and grief-maddened Mormon wives who murdered competitors. This collection of pulp fiction seeks to exploit rather than ignore the historical associations of Mormon deviance, supernaturalism, and strangeness--playful self-parody. The selections range from the comic and light-hearted to the poignant and provocative. But taken together they should remind readers everywhere of a wonderful truth: humor can be the best revenge. (From the Preface by Dr. Terryl Givens)

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Preface / Terryl Givens
Introduction: Monsters and Mormons and the Deseret Book / Theric Jepson
Other Duties / Nathan Shumate
The Living Wife / Emily Milner
Baptisms for the Dead / C. Douglas Birkhead
Pirate Gold for Brother Brigham / Lee Allred
First Estate / Katherine Woodbury
Fangs of the Dragon / David J. West
Between Husband and Wife and the Late Bram Stoker / Will Bishop
I Lie in Bed Reading from Mosiah Chapter Three and Think of You, Lon Chaney, Jr. / Will Bishop
Charity Never Faileth / Jaleta Clegg
Recompense of Sorrow / W.H. Pugmire
Mormon Golem / Steve Morrison
Bichos / Erik Peterson
The Blues Devils / Terrance V. McArthur
Brothers in Arms / Graham Bradley
George Washington Hill and the Cybernetic Bear / George Washington Hill, EC Buck
The Baby in the Bushes / S.P. Bailey
Bokev Momen / D. Michael Martindale
The World / Danny Nelson
Water Spots / Terresa Wellborn
A Letter from the Field / James Paul Crockett
Let the Mountains Tremble for Adoniha Has Fallen / Steven L. Peck
Allow Me to Introduce Myself / Moriah Jovan
Traitors and Tyrants / John Nakamura Remy, Galen Dara
Experimenting with Life at Extraordinary Depths / Bridgette Day Tuckfield
I Had Killed a Zombie / Adam Greenwood
Out of the Deep Have I Howled Unto Thee / Scott M. Robert
The Mission Story / Bryton Sampson
That Leviathan, Whom Thou Has Made / Eric James Stone
The Eye Opener / Brian Gibson
The Mountain of the Lord / Dan Wells
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