On a bright December morning, the lieutenant told me the news. An insurgent group in Latifiyah had executed about twe…
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David Blome
David Blome is a combat veteran of the US Marine Corps. He earned a PhD in history and taught at Stanford University before leaving academia for a career in urban education. He began writing fiction in 2019 after publishing a book on the ancient Greeks. To date, his work has appeared in As You Were, Line of Advance, and The Penman Review. A father of three, he lives and works in Philadelphia.