Bullet Points 13 (Paperback)

When terror grips the heart and rail gun rounds scream by at three times the speed of sound, and when the stench and sounds of death and killing overwhelm the senses, those who find the will to fight carry the day. Bullet Points 13 explores the multifaceted and complex nature of combat motivation, featuring stories from Karl Dandenell, Ronald D. Ferguson, Eric Fomley, and Renee Stern. Read stories in Bullet Points 13 that explore why soldiers stand their ground:

• Karl Dandenell, "On the Snark Watch": Isolated on a distant observation station, a sailor uses his fiancé's words to navigate both senior-enlisted hazing and a looming alien threat.
• Renee Stern, "The Nuevo Shine": A recon scout and his canine companion drop onto a hostile planet to hunt for those who have disappeared into the wild unknown.
• Eric Fomley, "Sisters": Deep in enemy territory, a soldier risks a final visit to a forbidden grave to find solace in a galaxy riven with war.
• Floyd Largent, "Fire Ants": Anyone with sense knows not to mess with fire ants.
• Mandy Munro, "Another Day": In an overrun field hospital, two medics on their final shift confront their unspoken love and the next wave of insectoid invaders.
• Austin Worley, "What Good Fathers Do": An unwinnable battle looms and Captain Zamile Kani reckons with the kind of father he’s been . . . and could be.
• Ronald D. Ferguson, "Lover's Moon": A communications officer stays on the line with a doomed pilot as his spacecraft plummets toward Earth, breaking her heart in the process.
• Michael Patrick Coady, "Hot Re-Entry": An orbital flight instructor turns a lethal equipment failure into a high-stakes training lesson.
• Cuyler Meade, "The Lost": A soldier is stranded light years from home; to survive, he must pass as a local.
• Aaron Beardsell, "Dogfight": In the depths of space, corporate fighter pilots face off against an entity of flesh and metal that sings a siren song to the dying.
• D. Winchester, "Save Who You Can": A private security team calculates the cold, hard mathematics of survival while attempting a desperate extraction from a freighter in microgravity.
• Travis Koll, "Malingerer": A young nurse confronts an unexpected adversary: a soldier who feigns illness.