Bullet Points 5 (Digital)

On the fantastical battlefield, the fighting spirit forms a bulwark against the monstrous. Mythic gods, nightmarish demons, and restless ghosts invade reality, forcing soldiers to confront horrors that steel alone cannot defeat. Now read stories from Bullet Points 5 that look into the heart of warfare's most impossible conflicts:

• Annika Barranti Klein, "Say a Prayer to the New God": A soldier devoted to the old god of fire must choose her loyalty when she is sent to kill a blinding new deity of light.
• Robert Runté, "The Guy with the Shopping Cart": An aging ex-marine attempts a final, sacrificial mission of redemption, pushing a shopping cart through a purgatory of monsters.
• Andy Clark, "A Final Raid": In the shadow of a sorcerous Allmaster, a goblin warrior executes brutal strikes to paralyze his elven enemies with terror.
• Elana Gomel, "Alyona and Ivan": An alien wailing transforms her family into monstrous beasts, and a young girl flees into the forest to save her brother from the Call.
• Elaine Isaak, "Joenna's Ax": A mother masks her identity to join the ranks of men, seeking vengeance with a notched ax against the demons that claimed her son.
• Rudy Kremberg, "The Air Show": Five friends at a beach discover that the vintage planes of an air show are actually the vengeful ghosts of a world at war.
• Joab Stieglitz, "Operation Jinx": Amidst the shadows of Nazi occupation, a village doctor discovers that an ancient, primal force is hunting the SS.
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