Since 1970
Vol. 51 Issue 1
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Where’s Charlie?
By Erik Cederblom On most missions—troop movement, supply runs, transport services—there is a briefing in the ready room, an announced launch time, enough time to wrap…
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He Said, She Said
By Jerri Bell The sailor, a mess specialist, did the walk of shame at o-four-hundred. A cab ride from the seedy Oceanview apartment to the base.…
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Rabbit’s Foot
By Brian Kerg Make sure he comes back safe,” Hannah said, her voice a whimper. Cramer’s wife clutched at John’s sleeve. They stood with the rest of…
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Burning Man
By Ashley Hand A line of cars shimmered in the heat on the two-lane highway. The grocery stores and mini-marts had been emptied and goods had been…
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Fallujah in a Mirror
By James Janko November 2004 1 Jack Sheppard The View The stars are numberless, the earth lit with fires. A bridge is burning. A…
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from You, Your Father, a novel
By Tameka Cage Conley George had been touched by The Hand of God—the same hand that would guide him from a lean-to in Shreveport to…
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Night Animals
By Carol Guess and Rochelle Hurt It’s a pandemic. Anything could kill you: a stranger’s cough, a throaty I love you. On the sidewalk, a latex…