War Short Stories

The Formless are roving the land, unleashing untold havoc. But today, Alis must deal with a bigger problem. It's Cahan's birthday, and she's figured out the perfect gift for him. But it means breaking the rules. The things she does for her friends.... The School of Spells and War is an ongoing collection of old fashioned sword-and-sorcery adventure stories following a wizard and warrior duo as they galavant across the continent of Thillon.

Y un día que fui a Tarleton a cortarme el pelo me encontré a un tal Bill Knowles, un antiguo compañero de Harvard, muy simpático. Había formado parte de la división de la Guardia Nacional que nos había precedido en el campamento; a última hora se había pasado a la aviación y se había quedado en Tarleton.

Alis and Cahan defeated the Cinder Witch and restored peace and prosperity to Ashfern, but at what cost? Can Alis control the terrifying legacy the witch left behind? Or will it destroy her from within? The School of Spells and War is an ongoing collection of old fashioned sword-and-sorcery adventure stories following a wizard and warrior duo as they galavant across the continent of Thillon.

Here is Old Man's War author John Scalzi's sendup of the heroic fantasy genre, now a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

The Enemy is the follow-up to The Admiral. It is the second short story in a series. If you like science-fiction or short stories, you will love this book.

The Prisoner is a fun and exciting science fiction story. It is the first short story in a series. If you are a fan of short stories or science fiction you will love listening to this.

Chickamauga is a heart-rending Civil War story told through the eyes of a lost boy. The child bears witness to the atrocities of war. He sees dying men crawling across the ground, and later returns to his old homestead, only to find it has been largely destroyed. A must read for people interested in the Civil War and Americana in general, this short story by Ambrose Bierce sheds new light war and its aftermath.

Eigentlich war mir von Null an langweilig. Auch die Frau mit den roten Haaren, meine Mutter, stellte fest, bevor sie ins Kuckucksnest kam und somit aus meinem Kleinkinderleben verschwunden war.

Carl Manner, 79, hat sich vor wenigen Monaten aus dem operativen Geschäft des familieneigenen Unternehmens zurückgezogen. Jetzt sitzt er mir gegenüber, weißhaarig, feingliedrig, eine durch und durch elegante Erscheinung, ein Sir. Die stahlblauen Augen leuchten. Manner blieb zeitlebens Single, er war, wenn man so will, der Christian Rainer seiner Generation.

Daniel Spitzer gilt heute als einer der bedeutendsten Satiriker und Humanisten Wiens. Seine Erzählungen sind humoristisch und apokryphisch, ein echter Genuss. "Unser Ahn war der Pavian!": Dem genialen Naturforscher Darwin, der vor kurzen gestorben ist...

Tensions between multiple nations continue to erupt, while the coronavirus variants continue to spread throughout the world. A vaccine initially meant to cure infected patients from the variants causes them to have a chemical reaction with the radiation of the nuclear blast. Bus riders find themselves between life and death as an outbreak occurs on the bus during a nuclear attack.

"Cold War" was first published in the April 1957 issue of Satellite. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

An army lieutenant concentrates on rationing out his company's supply of coffee, meticulously dividing the brown squares before him, when a shot rings out. The enlisted men, startled by the noise, suddenly see blood saturating their lieutenant's sleeve.

Bilal Muhammad was living the American Dream. An immigrant from Pakistan, Bilal graduated from a prestigious northeastern US university and worked as an investment banker at one of Wall Street's best. But one day, Bilal's life changed forever. What was once a dream turned into a nightmarish clash of race, religion, politics, and government. Louis Farrakhan, Congress, and the President get involved. Can Bilal put a nation - and world - behind his back and bring about change and progress? Find out.

War has come to the human kingdoms of Parth! From the capital cities and castles to the most remote mountain villages, the Kingdoms of Man, the Elven Enclaves, and the Dwarven Dynasties are all under attack from the Dread Lord Vargo Duuk and his hordes of barbarians, demons and orcs.