my short story, “Shooting Stars in the Skies over the Somme, August 1916” appears today at the lovely Literally Stories site. Thanks, Hugh !
When the German artillery finally ceased firing around sunset, Jack’s neck and shoulders slowly relaxed; he hadn’t realized he’d been tensing them all that time. The relentless shelling had forced his company to hunker in the trenches for over forty-eight hours. Now the silence unnerved him. The shelling could resume at any time, but the officers sent word that the men should rest as best they could.
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my dearest cassandra 