Fred Patten

Dogs of War Fred Patten

Men have made war for gold, for land, and to put others in chains for millennia. No invention or philosophy has changed that, not gunpowder, not airplanes, not democracy, or even splitting the atom. Whatever the era, whatever the weapon, man has made war on his neighbors. The nature of conflict never changes, because human nature has not changed.

But how might that change if it were no longer just humanity going to war--if animal instincts, strengths and skill were to join the battlefield?

Dogs of War is an anthology exploring what warfare looks like when the combatants are no longer fully human. It contains twenty three stories about how war changes when those who do the fighting have changed, and how much it stays just the same.

Table of Contents

Nosy and Wolf by Ken MacGregor
After Their Kind by Taylor Harbin
Succession by Devin Hallsworth
Two If By Sea by Field T. Mouse
The Queens' Confederate Space Marines by Elizabeth McCoy
The Loving Children by Bill McCormick
Strike, But Hear Me by Jefferson P. Swycaffer
End of Ages by BanWynn Oakshadow
Shells On the Beach by Tom Mullins
Cross of Valor Reception for the Raccoon, Tanner Williams, Declassified Transcript by John Kulp
Last Man Standing by Frances Pauli
Hunter's Fall by Angela Oliver
Old Regimes by Gullwulf
The Shrine War by Alan Loewen
The Monster in the Mist by Madison Keller
Wolves in Winter by Searska GreyRaven
The Third Variety by Rob Baird
The Best and Worst of Worlds by Mary E. Lowd
Tooth, Claw and Fang by Stephen Coghlan
Sacrifice by J. N. Wolfe
War of Attrition by Lisa Timpf
Fathers to Sons by MikasiWolf
Hoodies and Horses by Michael D. Winkle

Edited by Fred Patten, Cover art by Teagan Gavet