Michael R. Collings
MICHAEL R. COLLINGS is professor of English, director of creative writing, and poet-in-residence at Seaver College, Pepperdine University. Author of a number of poetry collections, in addition to scholarly studies of Or- son Scott Card, Stephen King, and other fantasy/science-fiction writers. He is also the organist in his Thousand Oaks, California, ward. He and his wife, Judit
The Golden Chain
Articles/Essays – Volume 16, No. 4
Paradise pendant from a golden chain
opal pendant paradise
swirling blue and green
through white cloud streaks:
golden chain gleaming on the breast of God.
Refracted Visions and Future Worlds: Mormonism and Science Fiction
Articles/Essays – Volume 17, No. 3
Although science fiction and religion both attempt to define possible or J probable future states, they often seem incompatible. Critics of science fiction frequently argue that including religion in science fiction vitiates the power of…
Read moreSouthern Idaho Summer
Articles/Essays – Volume 17, No. 4
I was six.
I wheeled Grandpa’s milk cans out
to wait like patient soldiers for the cheese truck.
I strutted in a new red and blue
corduroy cowboy suit.
David and Bathsheba
Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 1
When I slid the damask
from its plastic sleeve
to spread it on the table,
the stain throbbed against crisp white.
LDS Assumptions | Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead, and Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
Articles/Essays – Volume 20, No. 3
The only major LDS science-fiction writer, Orson Scott Card recently won the Nebula Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America for Ender’s Game (1985) and nominations for the Hugo Award. Speaker for the Dead…
Read moreBodies
Articles/Essays – Volume 21, No. 1
Weight —
heavy weighting down
of airier stuff
in birth
Baptism: As Light as Snow
Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 3
Cool, waist-high,
shallowerthanremembered;
eight years ago, it seemed
that I would float.
Penetrating the Heart of Mormonism: The Memory of Earth: Homecoming by Orson Scott Card
Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 1