Lost Thoughts

Caleb Stillson is one of the best Combat Camera soldiers stationed in Iraq, documenting and editing films for the US military. During this deployment, he has been on countless patrols and raids that contained combat throughout Iraq, while being attached to every known unit. About halfway through his tour, Caleb heads back home to his wife and daughter for a much needed break from all the combat for two weeks.

While back in Fort Meade, Maryland, Caleb starts to fall apart mentally. Symptoms of PTSD affect his ability to comprehend what is real and what is made up while out in Washington DC with his family. He sees his friend, however, that individual is still in Iraq. Caleb breaks down further as this friend tells him that he suffered a severe injury and he is still in Iraq, not back home with his family. Caleb attempts to go to his home unit, however, it is only a vacant building. He rushes home to find another person living within.

As he further loses his own reality, the cops are called and Caleb assaults the individual inside of his home. He wakes up in a hospital with a doctor informing him that he has lost all sense of reality. Caleb attempts to wake up from this nightmare, however, he must face his true reality that he has buried deep within. He migrates through several realities to discover a hell that he must partake in before he will find the actual truth. One last mission pulls him back into his nightmare that he must experience.

About the author

John R. Sheridan was born and raised in Germany as a military brat with his father in the US Army. As soon as he graduated from high school, he joined the US Army as a Combat Camera soldier and has been serving for nearly 20 years. John has been attached and assigned to numerous units such as the 82nd Airborne Division, Special Operations, and 55th Combat Camera. He had deployed both to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he earned the Bronze Star in 2005.