“Hello?” “Hello, Liz? This is Peter.” “Oh hi, Peter! How’s it going?” “Liz, it’s your father. He’s in the hospital.” Silence. “Liz, I think it’s time for you to come home.” “But mom! I don’t wanna move in with grandpa. This is totally unfair!” Erik leaning forward threw himself back […]
Fiction
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When they reached the top of the mountain, they went to work. They could rest later, but the first few minutes were critical. No matter what you hear or read about employing stealth, being on top of a barren hilltop in Afghanistan is easy to notice. Digital camouflage does nothing […]
The group continued up the path and their wariness eased as the close quarters of buildings interspersed with bushes and other vegetation gave way to a sheer mountainous hillside. Now on higher ground, Joe could see all around. They were above the squat buildings that ringed the center of town […]
Return to Part I We landed in a tornado of dust and death. The Chinook touched down long enough to let my team out along with a squad of green berets and then sped away. ***** After Joe and his team were picked up at the FOB the pilot stopped […]
Erik jerked, jumping seemingly feet above the bed where he had been lying motionless, meditating. He’d been at it for only a few minutes. No, he’d been at it for nearly an hour. Where did the time go? It was in Sweden years before, in Skara, when a man named […]
A lot has changed since the heyday of ‘Merican Might. Gone is the master class pulling strings to further their agenda. No longer do they plunder, destabilize, democratize, and otherwise fuck with the rest of the world. They kept up their power-game of control and chaos until the shift. That […]
That’s not my real name, but does it matter? The story I’m about to tell is real, though. It matters. It’s true. I’ve always been a morning person, and at that time, I was always the first one up. I would unzip my sleeping bag and crawl out, eager to […]
He turned into the warmth of the sun and closed his eyes, feeling the breeze on his face and lost himself to thought. A noise brought him out of his trance, and he turned to see Barth walking towards him. “Gereth, you’re up early. Watching the sunrise?” “Um, more or […]