A chapter from the story of the fictional nation of Wensimbi, told from the perspective of four different characters. The annual address of Lethabo Dlamini, leader of Wensimbi, will not end like they expect. Read More

#military, #politics, #bomb, #desert, #third-person

when do i get home

by evedee

Short Story / War and Military

May 29, 2018

Shelves: 2

a short story recap on the dark post-election violence times. based on true events. fanaticism is real and it takes away our humanity. to what end would you follow a politician? Read More

#home, #when

the butterfly

by carolina prodromou

Short Story / War and Military

May 25, 2018

Shelves: 1

This short story talks about the horrors of war and finding inner peace within yourself. it also shows us the not so obvious reasons why war is so traumatizing. Read More

#war-short-stories, #peace-short-stories

The Hitman's Dissonance

by Stavid

Short Story / War and Military

May 22, 2018

Shelves: 1

A hitman recalls his last mission and how it changed his life forever. Read More

#life, #choice, #short, #memories, #hitman

Pointless Wrath

by Jack Havver

Short Story / War and Military

May 21, 2018

Shelves: 1

Why do we go to war? Because we're told to? For glory? For adventure? Or is it because of pointless wrath? Read More

#hopelessness

Red Flag

by LE. Berry

Short Story / War and Military

May 14, 2018

Shelves: 1

A description of a character from a classic story of war. Read More

#death, #war, #life, #fear

I Don't Wanna Sit Still Look Pretty

by Kitana Cardin

Short Story / War and Military

May 09, 2018

Shelves: 1

United States Colonel and demigod Kallie Veandra shares her story and her words of wisdom of how you can't let stereotypes get you down. Read More

#pride, #army, #aphrodite, #percy-jackson

The Ludendorff Offensive.

by droidtroll06

Short Story / War and Military

April 20, 2018

Shelves: 1

This is my first short story/book that will be completed. It is about the Kaiserschlact Offensive in 1918. I hope you enjoy it. Share it with you Booksie friends. Read More

#warandmilitary

Oflag IV-4

by Matthew Bissonnette

Short Story / War and Military

April 12, 2018

Shelves: 1

This is a fictional retelling of some of the war stories my grandfather told me as a kid. It is about Scott Bernard, a Canadian who survives the battle of Diep and spends most of the war in an Oflag, a Nazi prison camp for Allied officers. It is a… Read More

#canada, #matthew-bissonnette, #world-war-2, #oflag, #diep

Al-Ghorfa

by Franklin Rayeski

Short Story / War and Military

April 07, 2018

Shelves: 1

A woman and her children struggling to survive in the midst of war. Read More

#children, #war, #mother, #woman, #short-story

upon the skies

by Tobias Augustus Caesar

Short Story / War and Military

April 04, 2018

Shelves: 1

a short tale of a pilot Read More

#war, #decision, #aeroplane, #short-story

The Sentanced Sniper

by dont judge me

Short Story / War and Military

March 26, 2018

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

Sniper in WW2 in a unwinable battle against the allies. The Germans suffer a terrible defeat by the hands of the Allies and some routing soldiers get shot in the back. Read More

#war, #wwii, #route, #ww2

Danger Close

by SightThroughStatic

Short Story / War and Military

March 24, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

A young soldier stands with his brothers against an enemy charge on his trench. Read More

#poetic, #battle, #warfare, #trench, #world-war-1

The Seventeen

by inferno3000

Short Story / War and Military

March 24, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

A short story of some young soldiers. Read More

#seventeen, #inferno3000, #the-seventeen

Shallow Mud

by Tryon Baldwin

Short Story / War and Military

March 22, 2018

Shelves: 1

It was war, It was different than any sport, any humain activity that existed today, It was a barrel of a rifle pointed at another man just waiting to be spent and send the molten hot round bullet into the body and when it exited it also pulled the soul… Read More

#new, #shortstory, #ww1

The Hideout

by Dale Darkling

Short Story / War and Military

March 20, 2018

Shelves: 1

When a genius scientist goes insane, all that stands between sanity and insantiy is a swift stealth bomber attack on the compound. Will they send him to the devil before he does it to others? Read More

#stealth, #stealth-bomber