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SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror

Geoff Brown (Editor),

Amanda J. Spedding (Editor),

Jonathan Maberry (Contributor),

Weston Ochse (Contributor),

Greig Beck (Contributor),

James A. Moore (Contributor),

Eric S. Brown (Contributor),

Christine Morgan (Contributor),

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Start date: March 15, 2020

Finish date: April 14, 2020

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Apr 07, 2020 Lena rated it liked it

Shelves: horror, anthology

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Blank White Page by James A. Moore ★★★★½
“Whatever makes you think a few buildings brings about a civilized human being?”

I have a soft spot for weird westerns. I enjoyed this story of mysterious monsters facing off against mysterious monsters. The backstory of the albino mulatto cryptozoologist who is transforming into an unknown creature is a great story of its own. And is Crowley some kind of Faust? This story deserves a book or at least a novella.

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Bug Hunt: A Joe Ledger Adventure by Jonathan ...more

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Apr 03, 2020 Paul Perry rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2020, military, horror, short-stories, fiction, war, anthology

Military fiction of any sort is not really my go-to, whatever the genre it is part of. I find that very little of it is of the standard of The Forever War or Life During Wartime or the Regeneration trilogy. It’s far too often war porn, all about the deadly toys and full of characters from a bad John Wayne movie. However, I’m glad I joined in with the group Space, Spells Screams monthly read of SNAFU.

Blackwater by Neal F. Litherland is a great opener, wonderful cinematic action and I'm a sucker f ...more

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