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As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 8

Spring 2018 | ISSN: 2374-3816

 

Poetry

 

“Why Does the Night, Last So Long” by Alan Yount

“Stop the Clocks” by Ann Casapini

“An Animal Resembling Desire” by Sergio Oritz

“Unquenchable” by Maryrose Carroll

“Counting the Casualties” by Lisa Stice

“In the Light” by Marilyn Johnston

“The Spirit of the Bayonet” by Bruce Richardson

“Father’s Face” by Mark McCreary

“Daddy” by Thomasi McDonald

“Phone Call from Montana” by David Vancil

“The Soldier” by Tammy Watson

“Care Package Poem” by Kelly Sullivan

“The Navy Wife” by Jane Fitzgerald

“Chiaroscuro: Homecoming” by Dennis Underwood

“Refueling” by Tara Garcia

“Duffel Bag” by Dennis Trujillo

“With a Smile” by Cecilia Y. Maiden

“Human Intelligence” by Julia Grimm Naumkin

“Cost” by Jason Arment

“Family Bleeds First” by Gerard Sarnat

“Sestina on a Glove” by Marjorie Stamm Rosenfeld

“Ticonderoga No. 2” by Patrick Walsh

“The Man Who Applied for Veterans Benefits” by Jimmy Pappas

“The Midwatch” by Jason Moore

“Greatness” by Leonard Black

“The Lion’s Breath” by Dan Lucas

“Incoming” by Kenneth Roy

“Red Laser” by Ben White

 

Fiction

 

“The Red” by Amie Charney

“June 6th” by Irving A. Greenfield

“What Else Is There?” by Ryan Stovall

“Dream Merchant” by Colin Sargent

“Eleven Steps” by Nelson McKeeby

“Convergence on the Strand” by Frank Light

“Blue” by John Melton

“Grounded” by Marine Yanikian-Sutton

“The Essence of Whizzer” by Timothy Sever

“The Lost Boy” by Caitlyn McPherson

“Hold Me” by Tony Craidon

“Corporal Denison – 067” by Ken Sabatier

“Flying in Formation” by Kenneth Roy

“Patriotism” by John M. Burman

 

Non-Fiction

 

“The Existential Boatswain’s Mate” by Urban Novak

“Unsolid Ground” by Jennifer Roberts

“Black Hat” by Jocelyn Corbin

“The Back Door” by Sheryl Fuller

“A Hero at Ease” by Wendy Godwin

“Philemon Fails” by Bryce Piper

“Basic Training, 1960” by David Gardner

“Frag Out” by Diane Van Hook

“Learning Korean” by Charles Heusel

“When the Sky Fell at Ha Thanh” by William Gritzbaugh

“10 Things My Father Taught Me For My 10th Birthday” by Jessica Granger

“Rules: Damn Rules and Blessed Rules” by Jack E. Riggs

“Jerry Garcia” by Antony Daly

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managing Editor – Fiction 
Daniel Buckman 

Managing Editor – Non-Fiction
Brian Mockenhaupt

Poetry Editor
Randy Brown

Associate Editors
Ray McPadden
 Amie Charney 
Susannah Nesmith 
Patrick Mondaca 
Antony Daly 
David Pointer 
Pamela Hart 


Copyright 2018, Military Experience and the Arts, Inc

 

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Military Experience and the Arts, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose primary mission is to work with veterans and their families to publish short stories, essays, poems, and artwork in our biannual publication, As You Were: The Military Review, periodic editions of Blue Nostalgia: The Journal of Post-Traumatic Growth and others. To the best of our ability, we pair each author or poet that submits work to us with a mentor to work one-on-one to polish their work or learn new skills and techniques.

Our staff is based all over the country and includes college professors, professional authors, veterans’ advocates, and clinicians. As such, most of our services are provided through email and online writing workshops.

All editing, consultations, and workshops are free of charge. Veterans and their families pay nothing for our services, and they never will.

Under our Publications tab, there are more than two dozen volumes of creative work crafted by veterans and their family members as well as a virtual art gallery. Our blog posts feature short pieces that cover a wide range of opinion editorials, literary reviews, and profiles on veteran artists and writers.

Please consider spending some time navigating our site and reading and seeing the fine work of veterans and their families from around the globe.

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