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Afghan Journal: A Soldier's Year in Afghanistan    by Jeff Courter
Price: $9.99 USD. 102200 words. Published on June 22, 2010. .

Journey to a remote corner of Afghanistan with Sergeant First Class Jeff Courter, as he leaves his civilian family life in Chicago and trains Afghan Border Police to defend their own turf. Learn how the U.S. Army struggles to bring stability to a region where fear and poverty rule. And discover how one man searches his soul to reconcile the personal, professional and spiritual challenges of war.
Rapid City    by E. G. Fabricant
Price: Free! 790 words. Published on October 2, 2010. .

A couple months ago, our writing group decided to do and review stories based on the Round Four rules for National Public Radio's "Three Minute Fiction"--600 words or less; containing each of these words: "plant," "button," "trick," and "fly;" and not "inappropriate." Two out of three ain't bad. It's about two veterans and a...new friend. Hope you enjoy it. Adult situation.
The Nursing Home Fugitive    by Georgiann Baldino
Price: $2.99 USD. 77910 words. Published on October 11, 2010. .

WWII veteran Clive Parisi lives moment-to-moment. A stroke took away his ability to remember. He runs away from the nursing home and embarks on the best journey of his life. A cast of weird, wonderful, disabled characters help him adapt. He takes up painting as a way to communicate and proves that, despite overwhelming obstacles, he can still decide what becomes of him.
Chow    by Victoria A. Hudson
Price: $0.99 USD. 4360 words. Published on February 9, 2011. .

An Army moves on its stomach but sometimes, you eat like a native or at least what you can scrounge. Chow explores one Soldier's best meals ever.
Log Cabin King    by Mary Rice Somerville
Price: Free! 24700 words. Published on July 23, 2011. .

A story of faith in the Appalachian Mountains
Masters at Arms    by Kallypso Masters
Price: Free! 60280 words. Published on August 9, 2011. .

Masters at Arms begins the journey of three men, each on a quest for honor, acceptance, and to ease his unspoken pain. Their paths cross at one of the darkest points in their lives. As they try to come to terms with the aftermath--forging an unbreakable bond--will they ever truly become masters of their own fates? Or would fate become masters of them? (Book One in the Rescue Me series)
Korean Echoes    by Tom Sheehan
Price: $1.99 USD. 14310 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on September 3, 2011. .

Korean Echoes draws the reader into piecing together a puzzle, each piece a small measure of the Korean War soldier's world, a world wholly embedded in the deepest design at the heart of human experience, embedded as if words were shrapnel.
Mickey 6    by John Koelsch
Price: $1.99 USD. 141700 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on September 29, 2011. .

This war novel's characters, torn between duty and personal ethos, tread deeply into the circumstances that force payment of an eternal price from the souls and minds of those who serve, and from those who lead, as they fight for their country. Themes as applicable to the 21st Century warrior as to warriors from all eras, MICKEY 6 chronicles the struggles of leadership in war.
Ty Hard    by Laura Harner
Price: $0.99 USD. 37750 words. Published on October 12, 2011. .

Tyler used DADT as a shield since he was seventeen. Now cut loose from his Navy career and mourning his mentor’s death, Ty fights to keep the PTSD from pulling him under. Rancher Cass Cartwright’s relationships never last more than a few hours. Now he's done what he swore never to do: fallen in love. Can Cass convince Ty to let go of his past or will sabotage kill their chance at love?
A Common Bond II    by Richard Epstein
Price: $4.99 USD. 26740 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on May 23, 2012. .

This eloquent anthology, carefully stitched together by veteran Richard Epstein, contains poetry, prose, and songs written by 21 Memorial Day Writers' Project participants, and spans 1993 – 2011, a period in United States history that began in peacetime and has stretched into the longest war fought since Viet Nam. This sampling will make your heart bleed, but your soul will smile.