Hen House by Mary Lowry

Yesterday, I got an email from author Mary Pauline Lowry. No, I’d never heard of her either until her email. But she was hawking a short story she’d written by the title of “Hen House“. She told me that she’s an aspiring writer and she’s trying to attract an audience. Would I please read her short fictional story and honestly evaluate it and tell you folks about it. So, I agreed to read it. She sent me a copy of it, but, I can only read my Kindle anymore, and yesterday was pay day so I coughed up the $.99 for the Kindle version on Amazon.

I’ll tell ya, I was blown away by the story. It was about two male soldiers in Iraq and their relationship and how the war affected them, physically and mentally. Mary tells me that she was a forest firefighter, but it’s hard to believe she was not a soldier. She captured the essence of how soldiers relate to each other. Those of you who’ve been to war will recognize the disconnect between troops on the ground and their superiors and how the guidance that gets passed down to the ranks isn’t always the best idea and how it affects the actual mission and sometimes interferes with the Big Picture.

But, if you’ve got some time to fill this weekend, and you’ve got a Kindle, you might want to fork over the $.99 and read this great story. You won’t be sorry. Here’s the link again.

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