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Safe From the War, chapter 2
Links to other excerpts and chapters from Safe From the War are listed below: 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/2013/07/29/safe-from-the-war-chapter-3/ Thanks, Chris ********************************* CHAPTER 2 Nunez walked into the roll call room, just before a supervisor entered. After a few minutes Desk Sergeant Morrow finished calling out names and assignments, ending roll call amid the usual banter and […]
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Tags: cop fiction, houston, veteran writers
Other chapters and excerpts from Safe From the War can be found below: http://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/06/17/another-excerpt-from-a-future-novel/ http://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/07/01/safe-from-the-war-chapter-2/ http://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/07/29/safe-from-the-war-chapter-3/ ****************************************** “204 dispatch, I’m arriving.” Sergeant Tillis, one of the few patrol sergeants Nunez thought was worth a damn, pulled off Hanley into the parking lot. He drove low and slow, only in a hurry when an officer was […]
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Tags: cop fiction, police, veteran writers
This is actually part two of the thus-far three book Proof of Our Resolve series. And, oddly enough, it’s the book I wrote first. This is from the same book as the car chase excerpt I published a couple months back. I’m not sure now if I’m going to release this book, because it might […]
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Cop fiction from a friend
My good friend and former partner, as in cop partner, not life partner, wrote this. I helped with editing and some other basics, but it’s his story. He said it’s partially based on a dream. Let me (and him) know what you think. —————————————————————– HIS CHOICE It was Monday, my day off, so I was […]
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Tags: cop fiction
Poetry. Yes, poetry.
There is no good reason for what I’ve posted today. Forgive me. Sometime in 2006, not long after I came home from Iraq, I was at Barnes and Noble with my wife. We saw a flyer for Poetry Open Mike Night. I have no training in writing poetry, and the only poem I remember writing […]
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Tags: pirates, poetry, sister mary
I am using this post to unashamedly beg for help. My fundraiser to print Proof of Our Resolve begins today. I have 60 days to raise $750 copies for the first print run. I figure if I can’t raise $750 in two months, my writing just sucks! http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/proof-of-our-resolve-by-chris-hernandez-begging-to-be-printed/x/3108659 There are rewards for different contribution amounts. […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Writing | 4 Comments
Tags: Afghanistan, Chris Hernandez, military fiction, proof of our resolve
“I was pinned down by sniper fire.” No, I’m not quoting a Soldier or Marine who served in Iraq. I’m not talking about the incident I personally experienced in Afghanistan, where a sniper barely missed me. These aren’t the words of a Vietnam veteran describing one of the most terrifying incidents of his life. So […]
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