Combat Monsters
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| Title: | Combat Monsters |
| Editor: | Henry Herz |
| Publisher: | Blackstone Publishing |
| Published: | February 11, 2025 |
| Pages: | 368 |
| ScottSigler.com Library link | |
Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II is a 2025 anthology that contains the story Svart Hünd, written by Scott Sigler. It is the second story Scott Sigler has written set during World War II. The first was Druden.
Book Synopsis
New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets—both the Allied and Axis special operations during World War II included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the Battle of Kursk? Did a vampire fight for the Canadians in Holland? Did the US drop the second atomic bomb on a kaiju?
This collection takes real events from World War II and injects them with fantastical creatures that mirror the "unreality" of war itself. Each story—and two poems—feature mythical, mystical, and otherwise unexplainable beings that change the course of history. Dragons rise and fall, witches cast deadly spells, mermaids reroute torpedoes, and all manner of "monsters" intervene for better or worse in the global turmoil of World War II.
Together, Combat Monsters challenge the very definition of monstrous, with the brutality of war as a sobering backdrop.
Contents
- Introduction by Joshua Palmatier
- Wolf Remains, by Jane Yolen
- The Night the Moon Burned, by Mary Fan
- Kinje'Kitile and the Jintu, by Eugen Bacon
- The Fourth Man, by Jeff Edwards
- The Night Crew, by Peter Clines
- Breakout, by Lee Murray
- Nachthexen, by Bishop O'Connell
- Gods of the Sea, by Tori Eldridge
- Gorgopotamos Bridge, by Harry Turtledove
- Grigoriy's Army, by Catherine Stine
- Svart Hünd, by Scott Sigler
- CS-13, by Gaby Triana
- Das Mammut, by Henry Herz
- Best Behave, by Ann Dávila Cardinal
- A Terrible Aspect, by Jonathan Maberry
- Guardian of the Burma Road, by Andrea Tang
- Bound and Chained, by Kevin Andrew Murphy
- The Scenic Route, by Jeremy Robinson
- Apeldoorn, by Tanya Huff
- Bockscar, by David Mack
- The Selkie's Job, by Jane Yolen
- Historical Notes
- About the Contributors
- About the Editor
Release Schedule
Print editions
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1st ed. Paperback | United States | February 11, 2025 | ISBN 979-8874748432 |
Digital editions
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1st ed. eBook | Global | February 11, 2025 | ASIN B0DDRHNHVQ |
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1st ed. Audiobook | United States | February 11, 2025 | ASIN B0D84KGVQ6 |
Anthologies featuring stories written by Scott Sigler
Aliens: Bug Hunt • Aliens vs. Predator: Ultimate Prey • Burn The Ashes • Chasing Shadows • Combat Monsters • Dark Cities • The Demons of King Solomon • Double Trouble • Games Creatures Play • Hardboiled Horror • HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! • The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie • Ignorance Is Strength • Joe Ledger: Unbreakable • Joe Ledger: Unstoppable • MECH: Age of Steel • Or Else The Light • PAULANDSTORMONOMICON • Podthology • Predator: Eyes of the Demon • Robot Uprisings • Surviving Tomorrow • The End has Come • The End is Nigh • The End is Now • The Good, The Bad, and the Uncanny • Unfettered II • Unfettered III • V-Wars: Blood & Fire • V-Wars: Night Terrors • Wastelands III • Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird • WHAT THE #@&% IS THAT?
