Posts Tagged “Writing”

Steven Lowery sat at his make-shift desk with the interview transcripts from earlier that day. The three soldiers were interviewed—interrogated—separately in order to make sure that their stories didn’t conflict. There were the obvious lapses of course: one said blue, the other saw green, one noticed a mustache on one of the bombers, the other [...]

His entire body ached as he stood erect among his brethren. The cold morning air was a refreshing sensation on his face and for the first time in nine weeks he was clean, dry and relatively warm. He’d had the opportunity at a decent night’s rest, a hot meal and a long shower. Ordinary men [...]

The fools, he thought to himself. But even fools had their uses. He sat in his chair with his tea in a clear glass—the only way to drink tea—watching CNN. He couldn’t believe how eager they were to help him in his cause. Often they fought tooth-and-nail to report the most trivial of things. But [...]

He was beyond exhaustion and it took all of his willpower to try and avoid the inevitable mistakes one started to make when tired. What seemed like an eternity had passed since he’d first started living this hell on earth almost nine weeks ago at Fort Benning, GA. Then it was off to the mountains [...]