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Tagged … and Bagged by James C. Clar

Paige, sensing something wrong, stopped and bent over briefly.
“What’s he doin’ man, he’ll have blisters.”
The soldier stood and, limping slightly, rejoined his squad. They continued their patrol through the jungle.
… After the ambush, Paige’s was the only body they could identify. His dog tags were in his boot.




James C. Clar teaches and writes in the wilds of western New York. His work has been published extensively in print as well as on the Internet. His story “Starbuck” was chosen story-of-the-year for 2008 by the editors of Long Story, Short.