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Bullet Points 9
Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The April 2025 issue (Volume 9) presents stories on an artificial intelligence
A. Criley, "Bullets for Peace": Smart munitions go rogue.Mandi Jourdan, "Brief Candle": Samantha sees the AI performance of a lifetime.Kimberly G. Hargan, "Cher Ami": G9-7 receives critical mission orders.Jessica Brook, "The Bee Wrangler": Ines wrangles bees to deal with the war.Carol Willis, "Face of Humanity": Under enemy fire, two brothers must bury one of their own.Jen Frankel, "The Expert": Sergeant Strophy gets a new munitions expert on her team.Don Money, "Greater Good": Stankowski and Haskell interpret orders from Olympus Battle AI.Matthew Ross, "Fortunate One": Rho38-G wakes up and his squad is dead.
Bonus Jane Bigelow, "The Radio": A rebel blast strands an AI soldier on a strange planet (bonus story).Walter Jon Williams, "Wolf Time": A mercenary takes a job that goes very, very wrong (bonus story).Nathan W. Toronto, “The Distant Singularity”: The stories in this volume focus on AI, but thankfully the singularity seems far off.
A. Criley, "Bullets for Peace": Smart munitions go rogue.Mandi Jourdan, "Brief Candle": Samantha sees the AI performance of a lifetime.Kimberly G. Hargan, "Cher Ami": G9-7 receives critical mission orders.Jessica Brook, "The Bee Wrangler": Ines wrangles bees to deal with the war.Carol Willis, "Face of Humanity": Under enemy fire, two brothers must bury one of their own.Jen Frankel, "The Expert": Sergeant Strophy gets a new munitions expert on her team.Don Money, "Greater Good": Stankowski and Haskell interpret orders from Olympus Battle AI.Matthew Ross, "Fortunate One": Rho38-G wakes up and his squad is dead.
Bonus Jane Bigelow, "The Radio": A rebel blast strands an AI soldier on a strange planet (bonus story).Walter Jon Williams, "Wolf Time": A mercenary takes a job that goes very, very wrong (bonus story).Nathan W. Toronto, “The Distant Singularity”: The stories in this volume focus on AI, but thankfully the singularity seems far off.
116 pages, Paperback
Published April 15, 2025
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Nathan W. Toronto
17 books11 followersNathan W. Toronto loves words because they give meaning to life. He believes that everyone has a great story to tell, and his passion is finding stories that achieve a more peaceful world, whether he writes them or someone else does. He is the author of Rise of Ahrik, Revenge of the Emerald Moon, and Redemption of the White Planet (forthcoming), a trilogy about the meaning of love, gender, and war in society. He also edits and publishes Bullet Points, a print and digital magazine of military science fiction, and is the author of How Militaries Learn: Human Capital, Military Education, and Battlefield Effectiveness, an academic book about how armed forces become professional.
Nathan holds a PhD in international relations from The Ohio State University and speaks Arabic, Spanish, and Hebrew. He has taught military operations, decision-making, and strategy for over a decade. He has lived in ten countries and visited some two dozen others, developing a firm belief that Mexican food is the best, at least for lunch and dinner.
Nathan holds a PhD in international relations from The Ohio State University and speaks Arabic, Spanish, and Hebrew. He has taught military operations, decision-making, and strategy for over a decade. He has lived in ten countries and visited some two dozen others, developing a firm belief that Mexican food is the best, at least for lunch and dinner.
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