Stephen England | May 28, 2012
This Memorial Day, I am pleased to make an announcement concerning my future plans with Pandora’s Grave. In September of 2009, Kindle Boards author Edward Patterson launched Operation E-book Drop as a way to provide our men and women in uniform with free reading material. Since that date, the list of authors contributing to this project has grown [...]
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Tags: Memorial Day, Pandora's Grave, PTSD, SOT, Support Our Troops, TCOT, veterans
Stephen England | November 12, 2011
Welcome to Blog Tour de Troops. You should have landed here from Ann Charles’ blog http://anncharles.com/deadwood/?p=1355 and please pick up the trail with Erin M. Klitze http://www.embklitzke.com/ November 11th, 1918. At 11 A.M., the War to End All Wars came to an end with the signing of the armistice between the Allies and [...]
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Tags: Armistice Day, Blog Tour de Troops, CIA, indie, Iraq, Michael Piro, military, PTSD, SOT, veterans, Veterans Day
Stephen England | July 3, 2011
This year the Fourth of July has gotten me thinking. About heroism. Heroes. I’m not talking about the “super-heroes” of Hollywood, although they have done much to cheapen our image of what a hero really is. As a kid, I know what I thought a hero looked like. John Wayne, the tough soldier that [...]
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Tags: 4th of July, heroes, Iraq, PTSD, Stars and Stripes, veterans
Stephen England | June 15, 2011
A chill breeze whips through the churchyard, leaves ripped free from their moorings and sent flying through the air. The harbinger of an approaching squall. Above the sky grows dark, clouds covering the face of the earth. Blocking out the light of the sun. Rain, first a few teasing drops, then more, pelting down with [...]
Category: Short Stories |
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Tags: cemetery, rain, statue, storm, veterans
Stephen England | May 29, 2011
Dedicated to Sgt. Raymond Russo, USAAC, (ret.) and all who have sacrificed for our freedom. I was in the town park late one night, Near the Fourth of July, And I saw an aged veteran, And the people passing by. He sat all alone in the darkness, His body worn by the years, [...]
Category: Poetry |
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Tags: 4th of July, honor, Memorial Day, sacrifice, veterans, WWII