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(4) | None | * 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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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Morris, Wm | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Jepson, Theric | Editor | main author | all editions | confirmed | Allred, Lee | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bailey, S.P. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Birkhead, C. Douglas | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bishop, Will | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bradley, Graham | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Buck, EC | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Clegg, Jaleta | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Crockett, James Paul | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Dara, Galen | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gibson, Brian | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Givens, Terryl | Preface | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Greenwood, Adam | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hill, George Washington | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Jepson, Theric | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Jovan, Moriah | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Martindale, D. Michael | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | McArthur, Terrance V. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Milner, Emily | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Morrison, Steve | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Nelson, Danny | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Peck, Steven L. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Peterson, Erik | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Pugmire, W.H. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Remy, John Nakamura | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Robert, Scott M. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sampson, Bryton | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Shumate, Nathan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Stone, Eric James | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Tuckfield, Bridgette Day | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wellborn, Terresa | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wells, Dan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | West, David J. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Woodbury, Katherine | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions * 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) ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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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 Contributors | |
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