What makes the collection so remarkable is that all of these stories are written by those who were there, or waited for them at home. But this collection offers voices-powerful voices, telling the kind of truth that only fiction can offer. Television reports, movies, newspapers and blogs about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have offered images of the fighting there. They are realistic, haunting and shocking. "These stories aren't pretty and they aren't for the faint of heart. Fire and forget : short stories from the long war / edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher foreword by Colum McCann.
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