This is an original work of historical short fiction by The Tactical Hermit. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations of persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. (Author’s Note: This story is…
Category: Short Stories
Dispatches from the Hermit Memory Hole #1
A collection of random memories from my youth. ‘Ma-Maw Loretta’ In the summer Grandma Loretta (aka Ma-Maw) always sat on her screened-in front porch in a rocking chair with an old dingy, coffee stained sofa pillow for a seat cushion shelling purple hull peas and extrapolating on various topics ranging from geo-politics to home…
A Rebel Stand
This is a work of Short Fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. “Like my father before me I will work the land And…
Note to my Three Loyal Readers Out There…
(That was a joke, I know there are a LOT of you guys and gals out there who enjoy my musings.) I will be retreating to the Hermit Cave for an unspecified period of time to “Continue pitched battle with the blank page.” As such, post will be minimal to non-existent until that time. Hopefully…
Timely FUSA Fiction Collection
Note from TTH: With Matters growing Worse by the Day regarding gun rights, I wanted to put together a small collection of Fiction stories from around the inter-web that would definitely be worth your time to read and heed and then pass on to somebody you care about. Time is Short. Prepare Accordingly! …
The Last Good Chance
The Last Good Chance This is a work of short fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Tuesday Detective First Grade…
A Border Redemption
Part Two of the Border Trilogy Read Part One, A Border Reckoning HERE This is a work of Short Fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead, is entirely…
The Purebloods
“The Purebloods” This is a work of Short Fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Somewhere in the mid-west in the not too…
Welcome to 2022
My Short Fiction Story Thank You for your Service was influenced heavily by this 70’s Dystopian classic.
Of Kith and Kin
(Artwork: “Confederate Reconnaissance” by Keith Rocco) This is an original work of historical short fiction by The Tactical Hermit. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in this short story are entirely fictional and are of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations of persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental. …