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Military Diorama
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San Meng is a simple man. A retired veteran who works the mines to provide for his family and takes each day one at a time. So why does he continue to have dreams of a non-existent enemy threatening his family? Dreams that are whispered into his mind by a him that never existed? A chilling short-story that looks at mankind’s tendency to dehumanize even what it makes as human.
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David Kitson
David Kitson has worked in corporate and government environments as a security analyst and technical network architect, as well as a print and TV journalist focusing on video games and technology news. His love of science stems back to a childhood spent climbing trees and building rocket launchers. He lives in Western Australia with his wife and four children.
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Military Diorama - David Kitson
Military Diorama
by David Kitson
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The sound of something crashing through the tree canopy set San Meng on edge. He dropped instinctively into a crouch behind a small grass tree and peered out from the side to see what had caused the noise.
He wouldn’t normally be so jumpy but the appearance of a convoy of soldiers in his village that morning felt ominous. Like a premonition of his own death, it left him uneasy.
A sudden rushing sound grew out of the silence. The wing of a low-altitude insertion craft flicked overhead, just visible through the canopy as it flashed by at tree-top level. A glimpse of dark blue with white lettering giving away it's allegiance. Another
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