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: Speaker for the Dead; Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Articles/Essays – Volume 20, No. 3
Penetrating the Heart of Mormonism: The Memory of Earth: Homecoming by Orson Scott Card
Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 1