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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Announcing the next issue of #BulletPoints. The thme is the costs of war, with 16 stories from @klynn.bsky.social, @maritimeauthor.bsky.social, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @karldandenell.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, and many more. Digital version 50% off (for now): payhip.com/b/IW2ET

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This issue drops October 15, but we're running a 50%-off sale on the digital issue from now until October 21. For only $2.50, read in EPUB or PDF: payhip.com/b/IW2ET

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"At 06:00, the airlock hatch of Distant Observation Station 318 swung open with the groan of poorly lubricated hinges. Seaman Erik Dumet straightened his uniform and checked his duffel a final time." Read the latest from @karldandenell.bsky.social: zurl.co/TJnIA

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The full cover for Bullet Points 14. Out July 15. Subscribe today: zurl.co/xljN8

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"Joseba Etxeberria rattled against the full-body restraints when the drop-pod hit Verde’s surface, his armor loud against inadequate padding. Zakur lay strapped and sedated in his kennel at his partner’s feet." Read the latest from Renee Stern: zurl.co/nuTir

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Read "Malingerer," from Travis Koll: A young nurse confronts an unexpected adversary: a soldier who feigns illness. Read for free: zurl.co/rhlUO

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Updated cover, adding @jamesaaron.net, for his review of A Fiction Writer’s Guide to Peace, by Gabriel Ertsgaard, and correcting @underpope.com's name.

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

We went to the beach yesterday and I built a sand castle. I'll give a free book to anyone who knows which castle it is. #Rehoboth #SandModelNotCastle

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"MID-SYSTEM: EN ROUTE TO GANYMEDE. The unknown threat hurtled through space, its jagged outline mapped by Fletcher’s scan." Read the latest from Aaron Beardsell: zurl.co/utt0L

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"Devon looked at the short straw in his hand. He knew this would happen. It was only a matter of time with his luck. The other troops gave a visible look of relief at the outcome." Read the latest from @JaggedGist: zurl.co/HIOUY

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Read "The Nuevo Shine," from Renee Stern: A recon scout and his canine companion drop onto a hostile planet. Read for free: zurl.co/zH3IW

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"Corporal Felk wasn’t dying, not one bit." Read the latest from Travis Koll. Read today: zurl.co/l2mwf

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Read "On the Snark Watch," from Karl Dandenell: On a tiny space station, a sailor has to deal with both hazing and a potential alien invasion. Read for free: zurl.co/viSLb

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"This Snow Crash thing--is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?" Juanita shrugs. "What's the difference?" @nealstephenson.bsky.social, Snow Crash, p. 187

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Read "Mustering Out," from Deborah L. Davitt (@deborahldavitt.com ): When the war is over, what happens to the cybernetically-enhanced soldiers who are weapons? Are they repurposed, or scrapped? Read for free: zurl.co/De4u7

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Read "Uncle Marius," from David Stephen Powell: Colin learns what it means to win a war when his Uncle Marius comes home. Read for free: zurl.co/Q0krw

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Read "The Schrödinger War," from D. Thomas Minton: You’d think after seven tries, Samuel Hohlman could get the living part right or at least be a pro at dying. Read for free: zurl.co/U9XPd

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Read "Dunkirk," from Michael A. Clark: Hauptmann Franczak wonders what would have happened if the British Army had been able to evacuate their forces from Dunkirk. Read for free: zurl.co/mitKv

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Read "Prison for One," from Daniel Stride: After fifty long years, Augustus Smalls has only a war criminal for company. Read for free: zurl.co/Rpghr

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Read "Ploughshares," from Damir Salkovic (@darker_realities): Caleb Bartlett enters the nullspace of his machine creation to recover from the war. Read for free: zurl.co/7iLqG

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Read "After the War," from Karl El-Koura: After a Martian-Terran war, a pilot tries to decide what side he was on. Read for free: zurl.co/Ytaty

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Read "P.O.E.W.," from Richard Lau: A POW finds what it’s like when the war is endless. Read for free: zurl.co/2eiKC

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Read "Demob," from Liam Hogan (@liamjhogan.bsky.social ): Administrator Jenrick must turn soldiers back into men. Read for free: zurl.co/VedH1

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Read "Sugar-Coated Desperation," from S. L. Johnson (@sljohnson.bsky.social): A retired colonel faces a test of discipline in an alien peace agreement. Read for free: zurl.co/tkHyF

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Read "Toward the Luminous Towers," from Bogi Takács (@bogiperson.bsky.social ): The war ends at some point—or does it? Read for free: zurl.co/5W7bR

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Read "A Hollow Victory," from Joshua Mannix (@joshuamannix.bsky.social): A wounded sailor returns from space combat. Read for free: zurl.co/BBXET

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Love the shout-out from Karl El-Koura. His story, "After the War," appears in the current issue of #BulletPoints. zurl.co/XVgnQ

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Preview of the cover for volume 12 of Bullet Points, with stories from @bogiperson.bsky.social , @sljohnson.bsky.social , @deborahldavitt.com , @joshuamannix.bsky.social , and more. Coming January 15. Please spread the word!

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Watching #PrincessBride, in memory of #RobReiner. RIP, creator of the greatest movie EVER!!!

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"Nova carried her captain’s head at her waist as a reminder of what waited beyond the blast-shield doors." Read the latest from Addison Smith / @addi.social in Bullet Points. Subscribe today: zurl.co/FYZF5

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"The multi-spectral sensors of an IKONOS satellite detected faint signs of diamonds in newly unearthed igneous outcrops within the Chalk Flora Reserve." Read the latest from Henry Herz/@henryherz.bsky.social. Subscribe: zurl.co/FqS0a

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Read "Bone and Acid and Rushing Waves," from Addison Smith / @addi.social: Nova carries her captain’s head into battle. Read for free in Bullet Points: zurl.co/gBV5V

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Read "In the Deadly Dark," from Henry Herz / @henryherz.bsky.social: Russian soldiers think they’ve uncovered a vast diamond deposit in occupied Ukraine, but that’s not all they discover. Read for free: zurl.co/qhvQt

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

“’Ere, what’s all this, then?” The woman scowled as Private Anders pushed past her and into the rooms beyond. “You got a bleedin’ warrant?” Read the latest from Liam Hogan. Subscribe today: zurl.co/4QJwK

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Read "For Remembrance," from Liam Hogan / @liamjhogan.bsky.social: In the aftermath of a war, a squad of soldiers investigates reports of a psychic. It takes one to know one. Read for free: zurl.co/aDdLy

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

"A snub-nose blaster, a Warbird combat dagger, a set of dark-vision goggles, and a block of Trintulex explosives. This is all the gear you get before you head into a tunnel." Read the latest from Don Money / @donmoneywriting. Subscribe today: zurl.co/EtXXk

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

“Why are you so good to me?” she asks.... I think of all the possible replies: because you’re the most important person in the world... because I have been sent here to assassinate you... Read more from Grigory Lukin/@grigorylukin.bsky.social. Subscribe: zurl.co/3guF5

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Read "Below to the Fray," from Don Money / @donmoneywriting: The Tunnel Rats are the brave soldiers tasked with getting into the enemy tunnels to bring the fight to them. Read for free: zurl.co/BRAsq

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Read "Hard As a Mirror of Cast Bronze," from Grigory Lukin / @grigorylukin.bsky.social: An assassin searches sideways and down across alternate dimensions to find his target. Read for free: zurl.co/f4Rie

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

"Devon looked at the short straw in his hand. He knew this would happen. It was only a matter of time with his luck. The other troops gave a visible look of relief at the outcome." Read more from Natasha Smith\@natashabennett.bsky.social: Subscribe today: zurl.co/3oXfM

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

"The high-pitched whistle shredding the grey atmosphere is the only warning of the missile. Ma grabs my hand, and we weave a blind path... away from where we think the sound will end." Read the latest from Mandy Munro. Subscribe today: zurl.co/g4ePA

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Read "A Little Contagion Never Hurt Anyone," from Natasha Smith / ‪@natashabennett.bsky.social: After drawing the short straw, Devon is forced to merge his consciousness with an invasive species. Link: zurl.co/TKLPZ

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Read "Black Rain," from Mandy Munro / @mandymunro_author: Alien soldiers hunt Ana and her Ma. Link: zurl.co/TIy0R

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Bullet Points @bulletpoints.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

"I hunkered down behind the charred ruin of an Eland armored car, its turret punctured with dozens of small holes. The rain came down in torrents, threatening to swell the Nhia River to overflow." Read the latest from Sean Patrick Hazlett. Subscribe: zurl.co/BrW7y

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