Bullet Points
A speculative fiction blog to capture the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human (and nonhuman) society.
Hounds
JT Gill
January 15, 2023
Carlisle—the hulking guard from D Wing—wakes me with a grunt and a nudge.
“Warden needs you,” he rumbles, his black form shifting in the darkness.
I dress in the dark, Carlisle’s silhouette at the door, arms crossed. My optic reads 3:42 AM, which narrows the realm of possibilities as to what this is about… though I have a guess.
Used Armor Smell
A. P. Howell
January 1, 2023
Janot’s armor no longer had that new-armor smell.
New-armor smell was different from new-suit smell; was different from new-car smell and new-carpet smell. But all of those scents pinged something in the human brain, created a sense of purity.
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