COLLINGS, Michael (Robert)

COLLINGS, Michael (Robert). American, b. 1947. Genres: Horror, Science fiction/Fantasy, Plays/Screenplays, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Instructor in English, San Bernardino Valley College, CA, 1976-79, and the University of California at Los Angeles, 1978-79; Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, professor of English, 1979-. Publications: (with J. Collings) Whole Wheat Harvest, 1981; Brian W. Aldiss: A Reader's Guide, 1985; Piers Anthony: A Reader's Guide, 1985; Stephen King as Richard Bachman, 1985; The Shorter Works of Stephen King, 1985; The Many Facets of Stephen King, 1986; The Films of Stephen King, 1986; The Annotated Guide to Stephen King, 1986; The Stephen King Phenomenon, 1987; In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card, 1990; The Work of Stephen King: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide, 1996; The Art and Craft of Poetry, 1996; He's Scaring Us to Death, 1997. NOVEL: The House beyond the Hill, 1996. POETRY: A Season of Calm Weather, 1974; Naked to the Sun: Dark Visions of Apocalypse, 1985; Dark Transformations (poetry), 1990; All Calm, All Bright, 1995; (ed. with S.E. Gratner) Retooling for the Renaissance in the 3rd Millennium, 1995; Haiku, 1995; Matrix, 1995; Nestlings of a Dark God, 1996; Tales through Time, 1996; Still Secrecies of Love, 1996; Poetry, Especially for Children, 1996; The Nephiad, 1996; Epyllion in Anamnesis, 1996. Address: Pepperdine University, Humanities/Teachers Education Division, Cultural Arts Center, Malibu, CA 90263, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]