Author: August Cole

UNDERBELLY

UNDERBELLY

| 01.11.17 | FICINT

This short story, set in the near future, explores war in Europe after an amendment to NATO’s Article V collective defense provisions.

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Discards: A Short Story

Discards: A Short Story

| 08.10.16 | FICINT

MWI Non-Resident Fellow August Cole, in this piece of short fiction, explores the question about the utility of battlefield technology and what happens to it, and people, after a conflict.

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