The Wax Bullet War: Chronicles of a Soldier & Artist

by Sean Davis

Overview

On September 12, 2001, a year and a half after finishing his military service, Sean Davis strolled into the Oregon National Guard’s recruiting office and re-enlisted. After dropping out of art school and working a dead-end government job, September 11 gave him a new sense of purpose and direction. Follow Sean Davis’ life as he discovers the oddities of a pop-up America in a hostile desert wasteland; loses his best friend in a violent ambush; returns, critically wounded, to confinement in a place that’s not his home; deals with the fallout of PTSD and the horror of what he experienced in that war zone; and finally, as he rediscovers art and its power to heal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781932010718
Publisher:	Ooligan Press
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Series:	Hercule Poirot Mysteries #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	17 - 18 Years

About the Author

Sean Davis is a veteran of the Iraq war, a talented artist, and a gifted writer with an interesting story. He attended art school before earning his bachelor’s degree in English from Portland State University and an MFA in Writing from Pacific University. He published the novel Motivation and Toleration under the name Ian Avi and has contributed to numerous publications including the Portland Mercury, Work Magazine, and The Good Men Project. He has also appeared on 60 Minutes and is cofounder of Hubris Press in Portland.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Holes 17

The Big Game 25

Robots Love Car Bombs 32

Trained Stupid 37

The Part Where I Have Drunken Sex with a Cowgirl and Later Eat Lunch with the President of the United States of America 44

Twenty-Five-Dollar Whores, Victorian Literature, and Humane Killing Machines 57

Starving in the Belly of a Whale 75

The Kid 84

The Cradle of Civilization 98

Be Polite, Be Professional, and Be Prepared to Kill Everyone You Meet 106

Painting Daisies in Valhalla 115

The Shit Sandwich 123

Tea at the Baghdad Zoo 138

Chicken Coops and Movie Stars 147

The Worst of It 151

In the Fade 163

The Punch Line 168

I Flew Over 2,000 Miles Completely Naked 175

Purgatory Looked a Lot Like Texas 179

Attempted Murder 185

Army Ants 189

The Blast Supper 192

The Life of the Party 198

A Bright, Shining Star Is Born, Then Fades Out Completely 207

Half of 60 Minutes 212

Committed 220

Dying the Hemingway 224

Pearls before Swine 227

The End of Staff Sergeant Sean Davis 232

Captain Intenso Rides Again 236

The Boys Make It Home 243

Still Taking Orders 248

The Einherjar 253

Break Glass in Case of War 259

Flying Sharks and Zombie Squirrels 266

Whole 274

Terminology: All Those Things a Person Needs to Know to Be a Good Infantry Soldier 281

Acknowledgments 285

Ooligan Press 286

Colophon 287