Contact!: A Military Horror Anthology

by Chris McInally, Daniele Bonfanti, Alister Hodge

Welcome to military horror at its finest. Inside you will find nine pulse-pounding stories from an A-list of genre stalwarts and newcomers alike, including William Meikle of S-Squad fame, international bestseller, Alister Hodge, and award-winning author, Lee Murray— with an all-new Taine McKenna adventure! Squaddies, mercs, bodyguards, Roman centurions— we’ve got it all. Big bad beasties included! When fangs are bared, and the blood starts to flow, its time to stand your ground and fight to the bitter end. Hoo-rah!

214 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 17, 2021

About the author

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Chris now lives in Australia.
In addition to holding an Honours Degree in environmental history, Chris also has a Ph.D in Irish history.
A former ISKA no. 2 ranked competitor for the state of Victoria, Chris continues to train in the martial arts.
An avid reader as a child, it was perhaps inevitable that he would one day turn to writing himself.
Since 2016 Chris has published five books (Apex and its sequel, along with standalone novels Flux, Deep Black and The Valley of Tooth & Claw) all through independent publisher Severed Press.

Reviews

[SUSAN · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love military horror. It's about the brotherhood and the tactics and feeling like you are part of the group and wondering if you have the same steel within yourself if faced with the same situation. And it will land differently on people depending on their level of exposure to said world.
But these stories are BLEAK. B L E A K! So I can't say I had lots of good vibes coming out of reading these stories, but that's ok. I still enjoyed the authorship and the descriptions, I just think the title of this book might have been CONTACT: SACRIFICIAL WOLVES or something. :b

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alister Hodge's contribution to this collection--involving Roman centurions in Carthage--is the clear standout both in terms of quality and creativity, but overall the collection is weak. At least two of the stories could be considered more vignettes than full plots, with no real resolution to any conflict except killing monsters. The entries are all pretty specifically military monster horror, but the cover art gets it right, there's a b-movie madness to the whole collection.

[The Smoog · Rating 4 out of 5]

A better first half than the second, but there was only one story I really didn’t like, so overall not too bad. The last one definitely felt like a Warhammer 40,000 story set on post-apocalypse earth, but it was still pretty good. I also liked that the time periods ran from Roman-era to the future, meaning that there was a good range of military action here.

[Anna Rimmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Military horror at its best

That was great, every story was string,I love military horror and this was it at its best.stories full of action,characters you want to see again.I suggest you read it for yourselves

[Eric]

Full review: https://monsterbookclub.com/2021/03/1...

[Arnold Davis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolute trash.

I can’t imagine how something this bad ever made it into print, let alone as an Amazon offering. stay away...way away.

[Cj Zawacki · Rating 4 out of 5]

great what if stories edited by Chris McInally. covers the military replies to First Contact. enjoyable sci-fi.

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Call of Duty meets Lovecraft

Call of Duty meets Lovecraft. This is fun twist to military sci-fi and horror. A nicely done and worth reading book