SNAFU: Holy War

SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror #11

by Amanda J. Spedding (Editor), Geoff Brown (Editor), James A. Moore

Religion and ideology have fuelled war since the beginning of humankind.
Deeply-held beliefs can lead to factional wars, and it’s been said that more people have been killed in the name of some god than for any other reason.
The Crusades, the Inquisition, Northern Ireland, the Middle East, and many more...
SNAFU: Holy War offers high-action horror based around conflicts of religion, either overt or covert, featuring previous SNAFU favourites along with some of the best brand new writers working in the field today.
Do you hear the call?

Genres: Short Stories, Horror, Fiction

428 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2021

About the author

Amanda J Spedding is an editor, and award-winning author and comic writer. Her stories have been published in local and international markets earning honourable mentions and recommended reads. She won the 2015 Australian Shadows Award for written work in a graphic novel (The Road to Golgotha), and the 2011 Australian Shadows Award (short fiction) for her steampunk-horror, 'Shovel-Man Joe'.

Amanda is the owner of Phoenix Editing, and Editor-in-Chief for Cohesion Press. Between bouts of editing, she is currently writing the first draft of her apocalyptic fantasy novel.

Amanda lives in Sydney with her sarcastically-gifted husband and two very cool kids. And cats. She has cats. And a rabbit. We don't talk about the rabbit.

Reviews

[Aaron Kapner]

Love this series!

I'm a huge fan of short stories in general (horror, science fiction, supernatural, etc.) and the SNAFU series has always been a thrilling delight. This addition is no exception. Every story is fantastic and vivid. It's especially exciting to see Mr. Crowley appear again as I'm a huge fan of James Moore's stories and the shared literary universe his characters appear in.

[SUSAN]

Another fantastic collection of military-themed horror stories. I was a little cautious about this one, wasn't sure if the stories would all follow a similar pattern (when I hear the word "holy" all I can think of is "zealot") but again I was surprised at the array of stories.

This series has been a favorite of mine for a long time, I've been reading them in order (of printing) and I don't know what I will do once this series ends.

[John Boyda]

The anthology was comprised of quite a few well written stories but, though I read them all, many were not in genres I enjoy - hence the rating of only three stars. There were too many fantasy stories - not enough plain action/adventure or sci-fi.