Thank You

Words By David Abrams, Art By Travis Mercer

Thank you Thank you for your service Thank you for going Thank you for coming back Thank you for not dying Thank you for taking the bullet, the mortar round, the shrapnel that is making its way to your heart by micromillimeters every year Thank you for eating that god-awful food gritted with sand so we…

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David Abrams

David Abrams is the author of Fobbit (Grove Atlantic, 2012), which was a New York Times Notable Book of 2012, an Indie Next pick, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and a finalist for the L.A. Times’ Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Abrams’ short stories have appeared in Fire and Forget and Home of the Brave: Somewhere in the Sand, anthologies of short fiction about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Other stories, essays and reviews have appeared in Esquire, Narrative, Salon, Salamander, Connecticut Review, The Greensboro Review, Consequence, and many other publications. He lives in Butte, Montana. Visit his website at: www.davidabramsbooks.com.

Travis Mercer

Travis was born and raised outside of Denver, Colorado. He loves comic books and everything related to the comic world. Travis believes that great art is achieved by a mixture of natural ability and self-discipline. Hard work and commitment must never be overlooked! You can find more of his contact information artwork on Instagram @Travisty17 and on Twitter @travisty1017.

First Featured In: No. 2, summer 2015

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