Showing results for title "WAR" in Short Stories

These three stories, set during the summer of 1940, draw on Italo Calvino's memories of his own adolescence during the Second World War, too young to be forced to fight in Mussolini's army but old enough to be conscripted into the Italian youth brigades. The callow narrator of these tales observes the mounting unease of a city girding itself for war, the looting of an occupied French town, and nighttime revels during a blackout. Appearing here in its first English translation, Into the War is one of Calvino's only works of autobiographical fiction.

Spanning centuries and continents, Mamet uses war and its players to explore, among other themes, redemption and forgiveness as they unfold in the context of conflict in the form of three novellas. Finely wrought, Mamet eloquently depicts the psychological brutality conflict raises in the landscape of the mind.

A collection of previously published and new short stories by author Martin Roy Hill. In the title story, "Duty," a Cold War soldier faces the prospect of starting WWIII. In "Something Far Away," a former Coastguardsman must face his ghosts from the past.

Honor the Dead …Even if You’re the One that killed them. Matthew killed a Toa warrior, and now he has been invited to take part in a “glory hunt” to honor the dead Toaz. Rav’ian, Matthew’s Toaz companion has opted to lead the way again, and she already has a target in mind. She wants to hit a hive of the alien invaders with just her and Matthew. In the process of this Matthew and Rav’ian have to rescue some Coalition space marines, and even encounter some interesting space marine mechs. Join Matthew as he fights to save Allegra! The Hunt is the third book in the short story ...

After the chaos of the war crimes case that very nearly ended both their lives, CPO Grant Nilsson and prosecutor Carly Jackson are taking things slow. Things are peaceful and easy until Carly is assigned a murder case with the accused being a prominent local gang member. Carly tries to keep her worlds as separate as they can be but after a series of threatening letters, the final straw is a drive-by shooting of her laundromat while she's in there. Her superiors reach out to a private security firm.

Lee’s too wild for the military, but too good at his job to get rid of. The government's solution is to banish him to the outer planets until he’s deemed civilized. His latest attempt at rehabilitation has him signed on with an outpost colony. He hates ranching. He hates taking orders from his boss. But he likes shooting aliens. Luckily, the planet he’s on is about to face a full blown infestation.

Vigilante War is a collection of action-packed cyberpunk short stories. Each volume is short, violent, and ends with a bang. With a daring approach to storytelling, the series will take listeners on a journey through the dark side of technology.

Meet Lieutenant Flint: hard-edged and muscle-bound, radiating machismo - a bull of a soldier. In the opposite corner stands Captain Turner: with his pencil mustache and tailored shirts, he’s a Trick Soldier - smart, crisply-dressed, and always at attention. They’re fire and ice, oil and water. Ten years ago and a thousand miles away, they attended boot camp together. They didn’t get along then...and they don’t get along now. Reunited in the Haitian jungles, in the midst of a fierce rebel uprising, they confront the most dangerous enemy of all - each other.

Los seis relatos reunidos en este volumen son una nueva muestra de la capacidad inagotable de Andrea Camilleri para ahondar, con su fino ingenio y su imaginación desbordante, en los recovecos más absurdos del alma humana. Concebidas a partir de evocaciones literarias y vestigios del pasado del autor, estas historias perfectas y muy logradas suponen una magnífica oportunidad para saborear la estrambótica realidad de la Italia de ayer y de hoy a través del pequeño mundo de Vigàta.

Eigentlich war mir von Null an langweilig. Auch die Frau mit den roten Haaren, meine Mutter, stellte fest, bevor sie ins Kuckucksnest kam und somit aus meinem Kleinkinderleben verschwunden war.

Carl Manner, 79, hat sich vor wenigen Monaten aus dem operativen Geschäft des familieneigenen Unternehmens zurückgezogen. Jetzt sitzt er mir gegenüber, weißhaarig, feingliedrig, eine durch und durch elegante Erscheinung, ein Sir. Die stahlblauen Augen leuchten. Manner blieb zeitlebens Single, er war, wenn man so will, der Christian Rainer seiner Generation.

The Admiral is a fun and exciting science fiction short story. It is the first short story in a series. If you are a fan of short stories or science fiction you will love reading this.

On the night before her Choosing, there were whispers of war in the air. After binding herself to Clarent, Opal is given a grim prophecy of her future. Alone and ostracized from her clan, she finds an unlikely ally in the sorceresses' leader, Joan. Joan is the reason the Sorceress clan wants to attack. She's prophesied to pull Excalibur from its stone. But her clan wants its powers for a darker purpose. They have to band together to stop the Sorceress clan's invasion. Excalibur is on their side, but they’re outnumbered five to one. Can Opal escape this war unscathed?

Alis and Cahan defeated the Cinder Witch and restored peace and prosperity to Ashfern, but at what cost? Can Alis control the terrifying legacy the witch left behind? Or will it destroy her from within? The School of Spells and War is an ongoing collection of old fashioned sword-and-sorcery adventure stories following a wizard and warrior duo as they galavant across the continent of Thillon.

Barto is a genetically engineered soldier in a future war. He has body armor, enhanced reflexes, and a laser lance as a deadly weapon, but he can kill with his bare hands as well. His entire life has been designed for combat, to kill and die on the battlefield, to destroy the enemy. That is all he knows. He doesn’t have to worry about making complex decisions. But when he is cut off from the rest of his squadron, freed from the constant drone of commands, he is confronted with the most terrifying crisis - the possibility of peace.

Synopsis: A midnight knock on the door and a request to "hide me." Is there more you would need to know? After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions. Podcast discussion of this short story, and others, is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Youtube. ★★★ If you enjoy this story, subscribe via our website to "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" and get this, ...

Vigilante War is a collection of action-packed cyberpunk short stories. Each volume is short, violent, and ends with a bang. With a daring approach to storytelling, the series will take listeners on a journey through the dark side of technology.

A historic tale of the Vietnam War, returning home, and starting over. This story follows Christopher Douglas from the war torn jungle to a hometown on the brink of extinction. He heals himself along with the town as everyone works to rebuild.

Moving effortlessly through a range of styles, from contemporary realist fiction and episodic adventures to three-act plays and polyvocal narratives, Boyko’s chameleon talents reveal the thread that binds his disparate characters and plots: the hunger to hold power and all the ways we are consumed by it. Clear-eyed but not cynical, satirical without being sarcastic, The Children’s War is as entertaining as it is insightful.

Lucy is finally back with Daniel, but for how long? When she has a dream about Caleb being seriously hurt, she knows that she must do what she can to help him. She gets Caleb back to the motel where she and Daniel are staying, but something isn’t right. When Caleb pushes Lucy for answers, she finds herself in an impossible position, with far too much to lose.