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Captive Monsters Sleeping by Michelle R. Brady
Fiction

Captive Monsters Sleeping by Michelle R. Brady

December 9, 2024December 9, 20240

“The tantal was there before we were. … It was probably always there, waiting in the sand.” – excerpt from Captive Monsters Sleeping by @BradyMichelleR
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“Trenches, Rats, and Watercolors” by Geoff Watkinson
Non-Fiction

“Trenches, Rats, and Watercolors” by Geoff Watkinson

February 28, 2022February 27, 20220

My internship duties in the Fine and Decorative Arts Department of the British National Army Museum included organizing and documenting collections of photographs and rearranging …

“Running on Empty” by Melissent Zumwalt
Non-Fiction

“Running on Empty” by Melissent Zumwalt

October 8, 2021October 4, 20210

June 1999 Bzz…Bzz…Bzz… My alarm sounds off, 2:00 a.m. A rude but expected awakening. Rolling onto my side, out of bed, I slump upright. From …

“Thin Places” by Steven Croft
Poetry

“Thin Places” by Steven Croft

December 7, 2020December 6, 20200

Through a broad valley of baked brown dirt and sparse green trees,past mudbrick and stone villages of flat-topped houses, we climbthe Humvees up the mountain, …

“Other Wars” by Greg Farnum
Fiction

“Other Wars” by Greg Farnum

November 23, 2020November 22, 20200

1 It was a very bright hat. It was mostly black, but it was a very bright black. Same for the gold that spelled out …

“On Light on Shadow” by L.L. Madrid
Fiction

“On Light on Shadow” by L.L. Madrid

February 10, 2019September 4, 20200

The air is thick with a bovine stench. We’re driving eight hundred miles through desert and oil fields to our new home on Dyess Air …

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