Nathan W. Toronto
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Science Fiction | Middle East Security | Future Warfare | Civ-Mil Relations | Views my own
"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 the latest from @JaggedGist:
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Read "The Nuevo Shine," from Renee Stern: A recon scout and his canine companion drop onto a hostile planet. Read for free:
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"Corporal Felk wasn’t dying, not one bit." Read the latest from Travis Koll. Read today:
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Read "On the Snark Watch," from Karl Dandenell: On a tiny space station, a sailor has to deal with both hazing and a potential alien invasion. Read for free:
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Bullet Points 13 is now available, with stories from @karldandenell.bsky.social @rondferguson.bsky.social @ericfomley.bsky.social @cuylermeade.bsky.social @amworleywriter.bsky.social and many more. Read it online:
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May the Fourth be with you.
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"This Snow Crash thing--is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?" Juanita shrugs. "What's the difference?"
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, Snow Crash, p. 187
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Hey there! A new issue of
#BulletPoints
is out now:
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, with stories from
@karldandenell.bsky.social
,
@ericfomley.bsky.social
, and many more!
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Bullet Points
A Home for Military SFF
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Read "Mustering Out," from Deborah L. Davitt (@deborahldavitt.com ): When the war is over, what happens to the cybernetically-enhanced soldiers who are weapons? Are they repurposed, or scrapped? Read for free:
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Read "Uncle Marius," from David Stephen Powell: Colin learns what it means to win a war when his Uncle Marius comes home. Read for free:
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Read "The Schrödinger War," from D. Thomas Minton: You’d think after seven tries, Samuel Hohlman could get the living part right or at least be a pro at dying. Read for free:
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Read "Dunkirk," from Michael A. Clark: Hauptmann Franczak wonders what would have happened if the British Army had been able to evacuate their forces from Dunkirk. Read for free:
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Read "Prison for One," from Daniel Stride: After fifty long years, Augustus Smalls has only a war criminal for company. Read for free:
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Read "Ploughshares," from Damir Salkovic (@darker_realities): Caleb Bartlett enters the nullspace of his machine creation to recover from the war. Read for free:
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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:
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Read "P.O.E.W.," from Richard Lau: A POW finds what it’s like when the war is endless. Read for free:
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3 months ago
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Read "Demob," from Liam Hogan (@liamjhogan.bsky.social ): Administrator Jenrick must turn soldiers back into men. Read for free:
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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:
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Read "Toward the Luminous Towers," from Bogi Takács (@bogiperson.bsky.social ): The war ends at some point—or does it? Read for free:
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Read "A Hollow Victory," from Joshua Mannix (@joshuamannix.bsky.social): A wounded sailor returns from space combat. Read for free:
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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:
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Love the shout-out from Karl El-Koura. His story, "After the War," appears in the current issue of #BulletPoints.
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This celly from Trin Rodman and Emma Hayes is absolute gold. #USWNT
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#USWNT
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New experience today.
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Cooks definitely had possession when his knee his the ground, in my opinion. You be the judge. #buffalobills #isthefixin
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#buffalobills
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Ja'Quan McMillian steals ball from WR for epic Broncos INT in OT - ESPN Video
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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.
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Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer
Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival have canceled the weeklong event after most writers withdrew over the removal of an Australian Palestinian writer.
https://apnews.com/article/adelaide-writers-week-festival-bondi-randa-abdelfattah-ea353861a4a466b76c8ebd689441f33c
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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.
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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/search/smart/fiction/fee-free-horror-fiction-te1LrZ2M
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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...
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US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the country
The United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flown him out of the country in an extraordinary nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation.
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-explosions-caracas-ca712a67aaefc30b1831f5bf0b50665e
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We should let facts and evidence speak for themselves. Accountability is our greatest source of democratic strength.
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Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
Former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without President Donald Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-jack-smith-jan-6-congress-537fcb8673e385202c354a3e83897194
4 months ago
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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!
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Watching
#PrincessBride
, in memory of
#RobReiner
. RIP, creator of the greatest movie EVER!!!
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Fantasy Flash Fiction feat. @factorfourmagazine.com @bulletpoints.bsky.social et al.
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Fantasy Flash Fiction feat. @factorfourmagazine.com @bulletpoints.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/mainstream-fantasy-flash-fiction-OdViHBfU
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"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:
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"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:
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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:
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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.
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French president unveils new voluntary military service for volunteers aged 18 and 19
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new military service program for volunteers aged 18 and 19. Starting next year, they will serve for 10 months.
https://apnews.com/article/france-macron-voluntary-military-service-russia-war-b4e718e8f3ddd4f807c503e5425fc018
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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
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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:
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“’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:
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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:
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"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:
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“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:
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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:
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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:
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"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:
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"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:
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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:
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Read "Black Rain," from Mandy Munro / @mandymunro_author: Alien soldiers hunt Ana and her Ma. Link:
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"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:
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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:
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6 months ago
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