A review by li3an1na4
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

An anthology of stories written by people who were either in Afghanistan, Iraq, or their spouses. Like all anthology collections, some stories are better than other, but I don't think any story received lower than 3 stars from me. The stories are raw, gritty, and honest - some take place while the character is deployed, while others deal with the after effects of their deployment while back in the US. Everything from Rules of Engagement to PTSD to families trying their best to understand what happened to their loved one to the mundane everyday of guard duty. Even with the topical and emotional scope the anthology never loses sight of the heart of the book - brutally honest stories that delve deep into the psyches of soldiers and a system that is failing them.