Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
Patriot’s Day
I got out of the Army National Guard in August 2001. I had been on inactive status for a year, while I worked as a UN police officer in Kosovo. When my enlistment expired I considered just staying out. Yes, the Guard is allegedly only one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer. […]
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Tags: 9/11, veteran writers
Friday afternoon I picked one of my boys up from school in my Army uniform. At his school, parents wait at the playground for their kids to come outside. I had just walked up to the playground when an older man sitting beside the playground got up and walked toward me. The man was wearing […]
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Tags: military fakes, military posers, veteran writers
Of Carnivores and Cavalrymen
This was published August 16th by Iron Mike magazine. http://ironmikemag.com/of-carnivores-and-cavalrymen/ ******************************************************** I’ll start by saying this: I don’t, generally speaking, have heroes. But recently I think I found one. I’d really like to tell this man why he’s such an inspiration, but I’m fairly certain I’ll never meet him face to face. So I’ll tell […]
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Tags: carnivore, custer's last stand, dillard johnson, veteran writers, william taylor
Nunez walked into the officers’ work room to hang out before his shift. He was drinking a Dr. Pepper he bought from a machine in the station, like he always did when he got to work early, just having a drink and relaxing before roll call. A dozen or so evening shift officers were there, […]
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Tags: cop fiction, safe from the war, veteran writers
Short Afghanistan story
A regular Army infantry officer and I on a mission in the Tagab Valley, Kapisa Province. What does this picture have to do with the story below? Nothing at all! I have a major writing project I’m working on, so I’m not going to be writing much original stuff for a while. I’m going to […]
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Tags: Afghanistan, veteran writers, war fiction
Safe From the War, chapter 3
Here’s another chapter from Safe From the War. Previous chapters can be found at the following links: http://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/06/17/another-excerpt-from-a-future-novel/ http://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/06/24/safe-from-the-war-rest-of-chapter-1/ http://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/07/01/safe-from-the-war-chapter-2/ Hope you enjoy it, please hit me with comments. Thanks, Chris ****************************************** “Homicide division,” a pleasant female voice answered. “May I help you?” “Yes ma’am, you can,” Nunez said. “I’m looking for Detective Helmers. He […]
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Tags: Afghanistan, cop fiction, safe from the war
The plastic gun
This story was published yesterday in TheTruthAboutGuns.com. In the story, I mistakenly referred to Glocks as having a hammer. I know Glocks are striker fired, but I’m leaving the story as-is, in the interest of integrity. As I said, I ain’t no expert on nuthin’, and I own up to my mistakes. http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/07/daniel-zimmerman/perfection-no-matter-what-caliber-you-feed-it/#comment-1156345 Hope you […]
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Tags: cops, glock
