Military Stories

A story in the Axeman Universe
Three days before my 16th birthday, I was rolling over in bed when my hand hit something. Hard. Hard enough to cut the skin and make a mess. Whatever it was, was gone before I opened my eyes, though, so I had no idea what it was.

Corporal Harry Hamlin has just been promoted to Sergeant and put in charge of a Squad of Paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne Division on the 16th of December 1944. Unbeknownst to him this is the first day of what will be known as the Battle of the Bulge. Christmas is only 8 days away; Harry and his fellow paratroopers may gain a better appreciation of the little things in life. But they will have to survive fierce combat and the coldest winter in a hundred years!

A Story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
John Flintkote is home from the wars. Wounded in body mind and spirit, he is sent to Walter Reed to recover as best he can. Discharged, he goes home...

Sir Francis Drake: legendary explorer, captain, and privateer. Though the most successful sailor of his day, he still manages to stumble onto the treasure hunt of a lifetime in the twilight of his life, leading to a race against his Spanish rival for a potentially world-altering find. This story is a prequel to the video game, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Average Joe was damaged in the First World War, shot down for the third time unlucky, often quipping that losing a leg and an ear he was "less than average" and at 43 was a confirmed bachelor. Then he met heavily pregnant widow Anjelica, "call me Anjie", but Joe thought she was an angel. And she was until her first husband turned up Out of the blue like a bad penny. Unusually, this story starts at the End rather than the Beginning.

A man retired from a secret government agency, hoped that his time with them was through. Little did he know that an enemy from the past was still on earth.

Writing prompt of humans who pack bond with anything, including the darkness itself. A flash fiction that is a little dark and deals with depression.

The man. The monster. The legacy. When Navy Seal Master Chief, Brady Armstrong’s life is threatened, the family legacy emerges in a shape-shifting beast that can withstand bullets, shrapnel, and crushing debris. Love is the only weakness the monster cannot shield Brady from. But he is determined to end the legacy by denying himself the one true love of his life, Heather Richards. Never will he mate with her… again.

A farm boy's experiences growing up on a coastal farm in the Deep South, in the late 1950s.

Bradley signed up for debate spring semester. Haughty Hanna was assigned to coach the junior football player. She made her displeasure known. After two hours in the library, she changed her mind big time.