Read "Ploughshares," from Damir Salkovic (@darker_realities): Caleb Bartlett enters the nullspace of his machine creation to recover from the war. Read for free: zurl.co/7iLqG

Read "After the War," from Karl El-Koura: After a Martian-Terran war, a pilot tries to decide what side he was on. Read for free: zurl.co/Ytaty

Read "P.O.E.W.," from Richard Lau: A POW finds what it’s like when the war is endless. Read for free: zurl.co/2eiKC

Read "Demob," from Liam Hogan (@liamjhogan.bsky.social ): Administrator Jenrick must turn soldiers back into men. Read for free: zurl.co/VedH1

Read "Sugar-Coated Desperation," from S. L. Johnson (@sljohnson.bsky.social): A retired colonel faces a test of discipline in an alien peace agreement. Read for free: zurl.co/tkHyF

Read "Toward the Luminous Towers," from Bogi Takács (@bogiperson.bsky.social ): The war ends at some point—or does it? Read for free: zurl.co/5W7bR

Read "A Hollow Victory," from Joshua Mannix (@joshuamannix.bsky.social): A wounded sailor returns from space combat. Read for free: zurl.co/BBXET

Bullet Points 12 is now available, with stories from @deborahldavitt.com @liamjhogan.bsky.social @sljohnson.bsky.social @joshuamannix.bsky.social @bogiperson.bsky.social @bulletpoints.bsky.social and many more. Read it free online: zurl.co/egShm

Love the shout-out from Karl El-Koura. His story, "After the War," appears in the current issue of #BulletPoints. zurl.co/XVgnQ

This celly from Trin Rodman and Emma Hayes is absolute gold. #USWNT zurl.co/sXoSw#USWNT

New experience today. @bulletpoints.bsky.social #fiction #scifi #storysky

Cooks definitely had possession when his knee his the ground, in my opinion. You be the judge. #buffalobills #isthefixin zurl.co/NAgyH via @ESPN App zurl.co/2ftux#buffalobills

It is wonderful to see Australians stand up for #Palestine. We should be able to discuss avenues to peace, justice, and humanity without being labeled anti-Semitic or Islamophoobic. Decry murder and inhumanity on whichever "side" it occurs. zurl.co/7q9Gb#Palestine

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Horror Fiction feat. @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @bulletpoints.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social @othersidespec.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Hi, Internet! I need some legal advice, on behalf of my country. Is extraordinary rendition of a state leader an act of war? I'm trying to figure out at what point the War Powers Act might be involved... zurl.co/ZhXA0

We should let facts and evidence speak for themselves. Accountability is our greatest source of democratic strength. zurl.co/j5nR5

Preview of the cover for volume 12 of Bullet Points, with stories from @bogiperson.bsky.social , @sljohnson.bsky.social , @deborahldavitt.com , @joshuamannix.bsky.social , and more. Coming January 15. Please spread the word!

Watching #PrincessBride, in memory of #RobReiner. RIP, creator of the greatest movie EVER!!!

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Fantasy Flash Fiction feat. @factorfourmagazine.com @bulletpoints.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

"Nova carried her captain’s head at her waist as a reminder of what waited beyond the blast-shield doors." Read the latest from Addison Smith / @addi.social in Bullet Points. Subscribe today: zurl.co/FYZF5

"The multi-spectral sensors of an IKONOS satellite detected faint signs of diamonds in newly unearthed igneous outcrops within the Chalk Flora Reserve." Read the latest from Henry Herz/@henryherz.bsky.social. Subscribe: zurl.co/FqS0a

Read "Bone and Acid and Rushing Waves," from Addison Smith / @addi.social: Nova carries her captain’s head into battle. Read for free in Bullet Points: zurl.co/gBV5V

Look, it's a "levee en peu"! This is the French state taking advantage of a distant threat and a crappy job market to build a little nationalism, with little military impact. We're seeing more of this soft mobilization, though, so the trend matters. zurl.co/HhVo2

Bullet Points 11 @jamesaaron.net @slashnburnett.bsky.social @gioclair.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @gerrileen.bsky.social @grigorylukin.bsky.social @kurtnewton.bsky.social ‪@natashabennett.bsky.social @jeremyszal.bsky.social @ericfomley.bsky.social zurl.co/0jolK

Read "In the Deadly Dark," from Henry Herz / @henryherz.bsky.social: Russian soldiers think they’ve uncovered a vast diamond deposit in occupied Ukraine, but that’s not all they discover. Read for free: zurl.co/qhvQt

“’Ere, what’s all this, then?” The woman scowled as Private Anders pushed past her and into the rooms beyond. “You got a bleedin’ warrant?” Read the latest from Liam Hogan. Subscribe today: zurl.co/4QJwK

Read "For Remembrance," from Liam Hogan / @liamjhogan.bsky.social: In the aftermath of a war, a squad of soldiers investigates reports of a psychic. It takes one to know one. Read for free: zurl.co/aDdLy

"A snub-nose blaster, a Warbird combat dagger, a set of dark-vision goggles, and a block of Trintulex explosives. This is all the gear you get before you head into a tunnel." Read the latest from Don Money / @donmoneywriting. Subscribe today: zurl.co/EtXXk

“Why are you so good to me?” she asks.... I think of all the possible replies: because you’re the most important person in the world... because I have been sent here to assassinate you... Read more from Grigory Lukin/@grigorylukin.bsky.social. Subscribe: zurl.co/3guF5

Read "Below to the Fray," from Don Money / @donmoneywriting: The Tunnel Rats are the brave soldiers tasked with getting into the enemy tunnels to bring the fight to them. Read for free: zurl.co/BRAsq

Read "Hard As a Mirror of Cast Bronze," from Grigory Lukin / @grigorylukin.bsky.social: An assassin searches sideways and down across alternate dimensions to find his target. Read for free: zurl.co/f4Rie

"Devon looked at the short straw in his hand. He knew this would happen. It was only a matter of time with his luck. The other troops gave a visible look of relief at the outcome." Read more from Natasha Smith\@natashabennett.bsky.social: Subscribe today: zurl.co/3oXfM

"The high-pitched whistle shredding the grey atmosphere is the only warning of the missile. Ma grabs my hand, and we weave a blind path... away from where we think the sound will end." Read the latest from Mandy Munro. Subscribe today: zurl.co/g4ePA

Read "A Little Contagion Never Hurt Anyone," from Natasha Smith / ‪@natashabennett.bsky.social: After drawing the short straw, Devon is forced to merge his consciousness with an invasive species. Link: zurl.co/TKLPZ

Read "Black Rain," from Mandy Munro / @mandymunro_author: Alien soldiers hunt Ana and her Ma. Link: zurl.co/TIy0R

"I hunkered down behind the charred ruin of an Eland armored car, its turret punctured with dozens of small holes. The rain came down in torrents, threatening to swell the Nhia River to overflow." Read the latest from Sean Patrick Hazlett. Subscribe: zurl.co/BrW7y

Happy #Halloween! Read "Mandible," from Sean Patrick Hazlett: A haunted CIA agent seeks an extreme occult method to end the Cold War in war-torn Angola. Link: zurl.co/YvhED

"Lila held her daughter tightly. The blows from the girl’s little fists fell onto Lila’s shoulders, her cries reverberated through Lila’s head." Read the latest from Emma Burnett / @slashnburnett.bsky.social: Subscribe today: zurl.co/GngLj

Here on day 28, I may have a solution to the perpetual #shutdown problem: VOTE!

Read "The Room on the Other Side of the Plexi," from Emma Burnett / @slashnburnett.bsky.social: Lila, a refugee, must save her daughter’s teddy when a pebble pierces the hull. Link: zurl.co/nToJT

“Damien dusted sand off his clergy uniform. What was once black was now tinged with specs of yellow. Another laundry run tomorrow. Figures. Keeping his rags clean in the desert was a chore.” Read the latest from Michael Baez. Subscribe today: zurl.co/HzhSl

Do we really appreciate the dilemma that federal employees are facing in the #shutdown? We may not get back pay, but who would hire us in the short term? Day 27, and still counting.

External security threats are the single-greatest predictor of the choice to use conscripts. Add Croatia to the growing list of European countries worried about war with Russia. zurl.co/LbApi

Day 23 of the #shutdown. We can't keep doing this. Our adversaries will gain on us.

Read "A Lesson in History," from Michael Baez: In an alternate universe, the clergyman is more than just an acolyte. Link: zurl.co/6YHa4

ألف مبروك! أين النسخة بالعربية؟

On Day 22, USDA just opened 2,100 offices to distribute agricultural aid, and those employees are now being paid. What does this say about the power of the purse, or who's responsible for the #shutdown? Could other once-nonessential employees now be deemed essential? From AP: zurl.co/50b88#shutdown

It's day 21 of the #shutdown. A big shout-out to the great work of @U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, @CDC, and @National Institutes of Health (NIH) in improving public health over the years!

Insightful analysis of the Trump peace plan in Gaza from @yezidsayigh.bsky.social , courtesy of @BeirutCalling and @carnegiemec.bsky.social . View it here: zurl.co/nYNzP

Bullet Points offers the best new and classic military science fiction and fantasy. Read today: zurl.co/M9v5b. #MilSF #IndieMag