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A review by kwilson271
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War by Colby Buzzell, Siobhan Fallon, Brian Van Reet, Ted Janis, Phil Klay, Matt Gallagher, Andrew Slater, Gavin Kovite, David Abrams, Mariette Kalinowski, Colum McCann, Brian Turner, Roy Scranton, Jacob Siegel, Perry O'Brien, Roman Skaskiw
4.0
A short story collection written by veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, the long, long, forgotten wars. Most deal with problematic homecomings, non glorify war or service.
My favorites? "Poughkeepsie", which depicts a broken down vet obsessed with a fresh faced college student who wrote to him at random during his deployment. He fantasizes about ridding her campus of rabbits. Then there's the dramatic "Roll Call", with dialogue straight out of Baghdad."When Engaging targets, Remember" gets the prize for most inventive use of bureaucratese.
My favorites? "Poughkeepsie", which depicts a broken down vet obsessed with a fresh faced college student who wrote to him at random during his deployment. He fantasizes about ridding her campus of rabbits. Then there's the dramatic "Roll Call", with dialogue straight out of Baghdad."When Engaging targets, Remember" gets the prize for most inventive use of bureaucratese.