3 Takes
Ark Press Authors
1. Annexation Day
2. Human Empty Chambers
3. LARP Gold
1. Travis J. I. Corcoran
Annexation Day
The band began again, and “The Star-Spangled Banner” rang out across the field. The halyard snapped as it was hoisted with a sturdy and solemn hand. The American flag went up first. Then, following it, a new flag. It hung vertically, and for a moment the design was unclear—then it resolved itself into the blue field, white star, and one red and one white stripe of the Texas ‘Lone Star’ flag . . . but then a third flag was clipped to the rope and was raised. A cheer broke out from those closest to the flagpole, but there was quiet from those further away, who couldn’t yet make out the design. As the flag rose, the cheering rippled outward. Only after it was halfway up the pole did the wind from the dome weather fans catch it, causing it to snap and reveal itself.
Excerpt: Red State Mars. Get Red State Mars by Travis J. I. Corcoran.
2. Larry Correia
Human Empty Chambers
The sad thing about posting about guns, self-defense, or applied violence in general on the internet is that you’re gonna then drown in comments from dudes who care way harder about posturing and trying to sound tough to a bunch of strangers than they do practicality, law, history, or even basic biology or physics.
Everybody who has been into this stuff for a while can easily recognize the bullshitters, but I do still worry about the gullible newbs. Which is why I waste my time refuting a lot of retarded shit from terminally online weirdos in the vain hopes that some decent person doesn’t stray down the path of chamber empty-wasp spray-bird shot-rock salt-small of the back-shoot them on the porch and drag them inside-point shooting fuckery.
Source. Pre-order American Paladin by Larry Correia.
3. Andrew M. Dare
LARP Gold
“Gold!” shouted Austin.
Ben’s mysterious expression turned into a grin. “They’re fake, Austin. Replicas. Dad got them for me when we went to a reenactment at the American Civil War Museum up in Richmond a couple of years ago. Part of my homeschool thing.”
“Did you, like, LARP as Confederate soldiers?” Piper asked, poking Ben in the shoulder. “I’d have paid to see that.”
“I’m afraid we did,” Ben admitted sheepishly.
“My kind of nerd,” Piper said with a laugh and pecked him on the cheek.
Excerpt: The Hunt for Confederate Gold. Get American Treasure Hunters: The Hunt for Confederate Gold by Andrew M. Dare.
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