title: Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War
author:  Matt Gallagher 
description: While the grand, noble causes of the past wars continue to capture our collective imaginations, the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been treated with greater ambivalence. Fire and Forget, a collection of short stories by authors who are also military veterans (or, in one case, a family member), captures the messiness of soldiering when the mission and endgame are unclear. Though fiction, each work reads true, filled with tension, fear, and anger. Readers are transported to desert checkpoints, ride along with vehicle convoys, and return home from combat to face an uncertain future. Standouts include Andrew Slaters New Me, a sobering glimpse inside the mind of a soldier who has suffered a traumatic brain injury. In Tips for a Smooth Transition, Siobhan Fallon, an army wife, quotes from a manual that urges spouses to set up a security plan in the event that their husbands experience a vivid flashback. Its a stark reminder that war, for combatants and their families, never truly ends. Writes Gavin Ford Kovite: Heads they win, tails you lose. --Patty Wetli
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  Honor Anthology
  
  Stories Copyright © by the authors
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  Cover by: Silla Webb
  
  Formatted by: Brenda Wright, Formatting Done Wright
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [Commando by Daryl Banner](index_split_003.html#filepos2738)
  
  [A Place to Call Home by Lacey Black](index_split_013.html#filepos146274)
  
  [Serving My Soldier by Chelsea Camaron](index_split_026.html#filepos317305)
  
  [Sergio – SM Donaldson](index_split_042.html#filepos387405)
  
  [Thirteen Buttons by Misha Elliott](index_split_065.html#filepos509212)
  
  [In the Shadows by MJ Fields](index_split_080.html#filepos640424)
  
  [Brian’s Call by Ellie Keys](index_split_098.html#filepos810639)
  
  [Lead Me Home by Amanda Lanclos](index_split_116.html#filepos986394)
  
  [Courageous by Ryan Michele ](index_split_123.html#filepos1075939)
  
  [Twice by Emily Snow](index_split_133.html#filepos1167469)
  
  [Static Line by Dawne Walters](index_split_145.html#filepos1251856)
  
  [Thank You](index_split_148.