“Did you just say a bird hit him?”

“Yes…” the voice on the other end sounds delighted.

New Postal story drops at noon ET — A No-Good Rotten Fowl Day.

Postal: We’re Hourly “Fuck my motherfucking life,” I mutter.

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#substack #satire #fiction

The Time Clock The turnstile snaps shut like a cell door with a heavy metallic click.

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Star Wars is Subliminal Therapy for the Emotionally Stunted Many people— read: philistines— think Star Wars is just space wizards and planet-destroying weapons.

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

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If you have a minute for some light reading.

#starwars #nonfiction #veterans #therapy

Star Wars is Subliminal Therapy for the Emotionally Stunted Many people— read: philistines— think Star Wars is just space wizards and planet-destroying weapons.

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#therapy #ptsd #starwars #veterans #mentalhealth

All Because of Green Day I have a weird relationship with music.

And I have to revisit everything that happened with a new lens because I don’t truly remember what happened or trust my version of events.

All because of fucking Green Day.

#ptsd #memoir #memory #substack

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Tactics, Techniques, and Blueberries: Combined Arms for Dummies. I’ve got two problems.

“If you’re middle-aged and washed up like me, you are not winning a battle of reflexes with teenagers. But you can crush these amateurs with superior tactics pretty easily.

#Battlefield6 #gaming #substack #infantry

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kevin fletcher (@thundertwo) Most veterans think the whole “thank you for your service” culture is a bit much. It’s one of those things you only really get after the window where you might have enjoyed it has closed. Even if you...

“Thank you for staying away—that was the real service.”

#essentialworkers #substack #veterans #covid

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You’re No Different From Anyone Else “You’re no different than anyone else.”

My musings on neurodivergent parenting and self discovery.

#memoir #autism #nonfiction #substack #neurodivergence

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You Learned It by Doing, Dummy I’ve never fully understood why I can write well—and because of that, I’ve never genuinely believed that I could.

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If you’d like to see a sample of my writing, I’ve posted an essay about it on substack.

kevin fletcher | Substack I’m a combat veteran, current USPS employee, and reluctant memoirist. My (future) debut Thunder Two is about Iraq, trauma, and the Joes who got me through it. It’s dark, funny, and the perfect tepid, ...

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Found my car keys in the ignition with the doors unlocked this morning. The honor system prevailed — to my chagrin.

#query #Ramadi #explosions #literarynonfiction

#query #ramadi #literarynonfiction #veteran

I lived in Colorado Springs late 2008; I met my wife there. We loved it.

Thunder Two on instagram. Photos from my personal collection with accompanying quotes from the book.

#querying #ramadi #thundertwo #literature

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5 rejections down, and one agent wanted to see more. Every no is closer to a yes.

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Done.

Someone said to to expect 75-100 rejections when querying agents.

Two down.