From cosmic terrors in underground caverns to warrior nuns protecting humanity to invisible aliens decimating a faraway world, within these pages you’ll find six stories of military horror. Taken from the pages of (or inspired by) the SNAFU anthology series, where the remit is for stories crammed with extreme action, monsters, and military mayhem, everything here will leave you breathless. Lock and load, people. It’s going to be intense. This volume
“In Vaulted Halls Entombed” – originally published in Survival of the Fittest, Cohesion Press 2015, Winner of the Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction 2015, translated into German in Best of SNAFU, (Festa, 2018), and adapted for S3 of the Netflix Original Series LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS “Raven’s First Flight” – originally published in Black Ops, Cohesion Press 2016, Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella “The Throat” – originally published in Last Stand, Cohesion Press 2019 “The Demon Locke” – originally published in Medivac, Cohesion Press 2020 “And Fire Poured Forth” – original to this collection, previously unpublished “Under Calliope’s Skin” – originally published in Future Warfare, Cohesion Press 2016
My book rating system: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Brilliant, I bloody loved it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Really good, highly recommended. ⭐⭐⭐ - Enjoyable, well worth a read.
I don't talk about ⭐⭐ and ⭐ reads because I only talking up the good stuff. That's why my Goodreads rarely has anything under a ⭐⭐⭐.
Bio: Alan Baxter is a British-Australian multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers, dark fantasy, and crime. He’s also a martial arts expert, a whisky-soaked swear monkey, and dog lover. He creates dark, weird stories among the valleys of southern Tasmania.