Collateral Damage

Stories

By: Kevin C Jones

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Paperback | 1 March 2022 | Edition Number 2

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124 Pages

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Even before the withdrawal from Afghanistan, many were beginning to recognize, write about, even study the cross-generational impact of war and military service on veterans and their families. The broken relationships, the insanity of combat, the seeking for a higher meaning of it all. Yet few have captured the harsh reality as masterfully as Kevin C. Jones, a former Marine, in this second edition of Collateral Damage: Stories. As Jarhead author, Anthony Swofford, contends about this collection, "These stories live in the real-world psychedelics of warfare, poverty, love, hate, and just trying to get by. Jones's evocative language, the high stakes, and heartfelt characters create worlds of wonder and grace. The explosions, real and psychological, have a burning effect on the reader. Nothing here is easy, but so much is gained."

Jones's 2nd edition includes the author's foreword for this collection, as well as additional stories.

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I love this collection by Kevin Jones. These stories live in the real-world psychedelics of warfare, poverty, love, hate, and just trying to get by. Jones's evocative language, the high stakes, and heartfelt characters create worlds of wonder and grace. The explosions, real and psychological, have a burning effect on the reader. Nothing here is easy, but so much is gained. - Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

Collateral Damage is a wonderful debut collection that kept me hooked to the last page. These honest stories from former Marine Kevin Jones are witty and sad and so well done, adding new modern twists on all the old war-story tropes. There is pain and heartache here, but also redemption. -Brian Castner, author of Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage

?In Collateral Damage, Kevin Jones proves himself a masterful writer-chameleon-a writer so capable of shapeshifting into various storytelling voices and circumstances that you'd swear he's inhabited the life of each character . . . the veteran, the girlfriend, the teenage daughter, and others. Jones's Collateral Damage is a collection deserving of shelf space alongside work by short-story giants Denis Johnson and Amy Hempel. -Tracy Crow, author of Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine

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