Bullet Points 8

Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The January 2025 issue (Volume 8) presents stories with post-apocalyptic settings:

Stories:

Lena Ng, "The Night We Saw the Stars": A mother, haunted by an alien invasion, brings hope to her child.
Alexander Hay, "_XPLOD_": Simmonds might actually be responsible for the destruction of reality. Actually.
Joyce Frohn, "Boots": A soldier gets a present for Christmas.
Bishop Garrison, "Conscription": Bryce Parson serves time in Hellsmouth, which used to be Seattle.
Ralph Benton, "War Hero": Trooper 'Lab Rat' Reed gets into his tokatank for a secret mission.
D.J. Thiess, "Granny Heloise's Fertilizer Bomb": Jean desperately searches for a secret family recipe.
JT Gill, "Bombardier": Ben destroys every target he sees, until he can't see a target.

Bonus Material:

Nathan W. Toronto, "Bullet Points Annual Report": Bullet Points is a growing market for speculative military fiction, with a mission to build understanding of the military experience.
Nathan W. Toronto, "Review: The Military Science Fiction Podcast, with Rick Partlow, Josh Hayes, Jeffery H. Haskell, and James S. Aaron": War geeks, unite! A new podcast celebrates military science fiction.