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MilSpeak Books


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MilSpeak Books is the nonprofit EBook publishing division of MilSpeak Foundation. MB publishes creative works by military people. MB was founded because military people's contributions to American Literature are largely unrecognized and unpublished by corporate publishers. MB is dedicated to providing a venue for creative literary works written by military people. Your purchase of an MB title will go directly toward supporting MilSpeak Foundation programs.

MilSpeak Foundation, Inc., a 501c3 NPO, exists to raise awareness about creative works by military people to a more visible and influential position in American culture and seeks to be a leader in shaping a receptive climate for creative works by military people. By developing new audiences, creating new avenues for delivery, and encouraging creativity among military people, MilSpeak Foundation aspires to make creative works by military people directly relevant to the public, while diminishing the military stereotype and assisting military people assimilate their experience through participating in the Arts. Through writing, creating art and performing, military people preserve the history of everyday military life, learn about stress management benefits of participating in the Arts, and increase civilian understanding about military life.

Purchasing a MilSpeak Books title helps to support MilSpeak Foundation programs.


Recently Released:

A COMMON BOND II
Poetry, Prose, and Song
By Participants of
The Memorial Day Writers' Project
In Tribute to America’s Veterans
1993-2011
Edited by Richard Epstein

THE WESTERING
Korean War Veteran Tom Sheehan
21 Short Stories about the American West
March 2012

MICKEY 6
Vietnam Veteran John Koelsch
War Novel
October 2011

TRIPTYCHS: A 'NAM MARINE'S NOW AND THEN
Poems and Prose by Andrew Syor
Illustrated by Henry Avignon
September 2011

KOREAN ECHOES: A collection not by the numbers but in Alpha Formation
By Korean War Veteran Tom Sheehan
September 2011

NIGHTMARE IN NORWAY
Vietnam Veteran Dick Reynolds
Espionage and Romance Novel


Forthcoming RELEASES

THE BLOOD RUNS
Vietnam Veteran Gentle Culpepper
Coming of age novel - from Watts to Vietnam

WEAPONS OF CAIN
Thom Brucie
War Novel

SURVIVING WAR, PERISHING IN PEACE
Charles Heckman
Extensive study of how U.S. veterans are abandoned by their government after wars end.

LETTERS OF WAR: To a Son at War
Lawrence C. La Croix
A Vietnam Veteran shares his correspondence with his son at war in Iraq.

BROTHER DIONYSUS
Short Fiction BY Sean Brown, USMC Retired

COLLECTED SHORT FICTION
Vietnam Veteran Dick Reynolds

MILSPEAK MEMO: THE FIRST TWO YEARS
Edited by Sally Drumm

MILSPEAK: Warriors, Veterans, Family and Friends Writing the Military Experience - 2005-2011

And more....

Where to find MilSpeak Books online

Website: http://www.milspeak.org
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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.
The Westering    by Tom Sheehan
Price: $4.99 USD. 67130 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on March 8, 2012. .
The 21 short stories crafted by Tom Sheehan in THE WESTERING tell of the pioneering of those who came from many countries, many customs, many cultures, and brought much of that mix with them to create the American West as we now know it. THE WESTERING has been nominated for the 2012 National Books Award in Fiction.
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.
Triptychs: A 'Nam Marine's Now and Then    by Andy Syor Henry Avignon
Price: $1.99 USD. 11090 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on September 15, 2011. .
Laugh, cry, and experience your own flashbulb moment of clarity as the story of a year in combat unfolds in this linked series of poems, photosculpture, and flash memoir.
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.
Nightmare In Norway    by Dick Reynolds
Price: $1.99 USD. 98980 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on March 26, 2011. .
(4.00)
A momentary encounter with a Norwegian beauty sends Sandy Gilmartin, engineer and reluctant spy, on a journey from the groves of Orange County, California to the snowbanks of Norway. Will drifting into a life of espionage and romance lead Sandy to the secret of becoming the hero of his own life?
Last Hurrah for an Evil Empire    by Casey Cavanaugh
Price: $1.99 USD. 41820 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on September 6, 2010. .
(5.00)
As the sun begins to set on the Soviet Union, desperation slowly grips this once great empire's staunchest champions. This is the story of the courageous few who fight to hold off that final sunset, and of the American counter-intelligence operatives who bring the Cold War to end game. When a country calls, some give all....
The American Letters    by Dennis Adams
Price: $1.99 USD. 31650 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on March 29, 2010. .
The American Letters is a first-hand account of travels to a French village for an international convention of towns with the name “Beaufort.” Fresh lessons about customs and attitudes from hosts who know the true meaning of “hospitalité.” Completely bilingual text in English and French. Great resource for learners of either language.
Harry and Bo and Other Stories from a Rambling Mind    by Danny Johnson
Price: $1.99 USD. 48670 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on March 29, 2010. .
Not since Breece D'JPancake has a writer the likes of Danny Johnson emerged from the South with all the glory and hell of life attached and intact in his fiction. Add a measure of Tim O'Brien's stylization of military life and you still have only a glimmer of the storytelling you'll love in the Harry and Bo collection.
Mayhem in Mazatlan    by Dick Reynolds
Price: $1.99 USD. 67470 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on March 29, 2010. .
0.5 star(3.50)
Vicky Armstrong, 48-years old, is broke & living in a VW van in California after her husband leaves her for another woman. Vicky changes her life and seeks revenge. Her quest for justice takes her to Switzerland in this dramatic tale of murder, romance and international intrigue.
Averil, My Anchor    by Dick Reynolds
Price: $1.99 USD. 90980 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on December 24, 2009. .
Cross-continental challenges test Averil and Mark Holloway's 10-year marriage. As Mark's fascination with his first love leads to an affair, will Averil’s love endure Mark's tangled web of deceit? Will the answer matter if Averil’s terrorist ex-husband finds her?
MilSpeak: Warriors, Veterans, Family and Friends Writing the Military Experience    by Sally Drumm
Price: $1.99 USD. 167500 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on December 24, 2009. .
This collection of true stories is a great volume (for the living room or the class room) to get the conversation started about the wartime experience and military life. What are our troops and their families really enduring to answer the call to duty? Revisit the Korean War and Vietnam War on your way to the Gulf Wars as you learn about military life in the words of those who live it.


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