Veterans' Fiction Tells the Truth about War
The forthcoming short story collection, Fire and Forget, set to publish next year, was written and edited by U.S. troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. We caught up with co-editors Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher and contributing author Jake Siegel, who told us why they chose to communicate their experiences through fiction.

The forthcoming short story collection, Fire and Forget, set to publish next year, was written and edited by U.S. troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. We caught up with co-editors Roy Scranton and Matt Gallagher and contributing author Jake Siegel, who told us why they chose to communicate their experiences through fiction.
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