By Hal Wilson Bodies are strewn across the rolling, sunlit fields — each one clad in the scarlet tunics and bearskins of British Guardsmen — each one “marking the line of their victorious advance.”1 But their victory is a brief one. Hostile reinforcements are pouring in, quickly mounting a flank attack of their own. Chaos follows, … Continue reading The Past and Future Wars of Fiction
By the Editorial Staff of CIMSEC and U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings The Challenge Fiction is a powerful means for exploring hypotheticals and envisioning alternatives. CIMSEC and the U.S. Naval Institute are partnering to invite authors to share their visions of the future in the second joint fiction essay contest. View the top 20 stories from … Continue reading Announcing the 2021 U.S. Naval Institute-CIMSEC Fiction Contest
By Walker Mills If you enjoyed the USNI-CIMSEC Fiction contest, this episode is for you! Sgt. Maj. Mike Burke (ret.) and Maj. Nick Nethery join us this week to discuss the assumptions and ideas behind their first-place story “Crowdfunded.” A great conversation about sci-fi, writing, urban warfare, and the future fight! Download Sea Control 216 … Continue reading Sea Control 216 – 2020 Fiction Contest Winners with Mike Burke and Nick Nethery
By Dmitry Filipoff During these past two weeks, CIMSEC ran fictional short stories submitted in response to our Short Story Fiction Contest, launched in partnership with the U.S. Naval Institute, as a part of CIMSEC’s Project Trident. The CIMSEC-USNI call for short stories received a record-shattering 122 submissions, giving rise to a strongly contested competition. The top … Continue reading Fiction Contest Week Concludes on CIMSEC
