Ten Kliks South
“Ten Kliks South” is a short stoy by National Book Award Winner and Veteran of the Iraq War, Phil Klay. The narrative follows a Marine assigned to the Artillery Gun Six Crew in the Iraq War. His crew is on its first “arty mission” with human targets, which triggers the narrator’s complex emotions about the abstract reality of modern warfare—an increasingly virtual landscape. Over the course of the story, Klay makes clear the ever-growing dissonance between acts of warfare and their violent consequences.
“Ten Kliks South” was included in the Thornwillow Dispatch in October 2021. To support and subscribe to future publications like this one, visit https://thornwillow.com/thornwillow-dispatch
“Ten Kliks South” was published in September 2021 in an edition of 600 Classic Edition copies bound in letterpress printed paper wrappers; 150 Patrons’ Edition copies bound in handmade paste papers; 15 Centaur Patron copies hardbound in cloth and handmade paste paper boards; and 15 half-leather copies bound in Moroccan leather with handmade paste paper boards. Patron, Centaur Patron, and Half-Leather copies are each individually numbered and signed by the publisher and Phil Klay.
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