By Dmitry Filipoff

For the next two weeks, CIMSEC will be featuring short story fiction submitted in response to our call for fiction. Through narrative fiction, authors explore the future of conflict and competition. From missile salvos to maritime militia, to Marine raids and espionage, these stories illuminate a wide variety of emerging security challenges and opportunities.

The featured authors are listed below, and we thank them for their excellent contributions.

“SAG-58,” by Tyler Totten
“Wave Runner,” by H I Sutton
“Heavy Metal at Midnight,” by Karl Flynn
“In Perpetuity,” by Daniel Lee
“Dead Men Tell No Tales,” by Brian Kerg
“The United States Vs. Charles Alan Ordway,” by David Strachan
“War is my Racket,” by Kevin Smith
“Vigilante Seven Two,” by Mike Barretta
“Hide and Seek,” by Paul Viscovich
“Perilous Passage,” by Robert Burton
“Dreadnought 2050,” by Tracy MacSephney
“OX-XO,” by Daniel Goff
“Dawn’s Early Light,” by Ben Plotkin
“Dropping Out of Sight West of Heligoland,” by Till Andrzejewski
“War in the Dark,” by Ryan Belscamper

For more CIMSEC Fiction Weeks, feel free to view our 2022, 2021, and 2020 fiction contests.

Dmitry Filipoff is CIMSEC’s Director of Online Content. Contact him at Content@cimsec.org.

Featured Image: Art created with Midjourney AI.