Book Mention: Wyrd Warfare

Yet another fun-filled short story anthology from Raconteur Press, this one highlighting what would happen when the supernatural crosses paths with armies.  It's in the same vein as David Drake's Arclight (TLDR: What to do when a bunch of soldiers in Vietnam stumble upon a crypt of unspeakable horror?  The name of the short story provides a hint).  In fact, the entire book is dedicated to Drake.  So what do we have in store?  Here you go:

• Full-on GWOT dueling wizard warfare, circa 2005.
• Undead trouble in the Philippine jungle, circa 1945.
• There are worse things than nukes or anthrax to put in an SLBM warhead, far worse.
• Camping out in Count Chockula's forest on a mission to observe and report.
• Napoleonic wizard warfare, circa 1800.
• A tale from the Valley of the Cursed Goats in Afghanistan, post-2021.
• A super-secret lab and its quirky inhabitants, looking into a minor dragon problem.
• Trouble in the Fulda Gap, worse than WWIII, 1987.  Positively Lovecraftian trouble.
• More GWOT action, this time with Marines and werewolves.  You know, the usual.
• A young grandson reaches back through time to help his grandfather, circa 1944.

That was a lot of fun, and I don't think I gave anything away in these one-liner descriptions.  If it appeals, it appeals.  My favorite?  Probably the Fulda Gap story.  Weakest?  I'll go with the dragon story, mostly because it reminded me too much of work (yes, I once worked in a very strange place).  But they're all good-to-excellent, so jump right in.

Finished the collection before getting out of bed this morning, then read about these happenings over coffee this morning (the creepy part is towards the end).  Yeesh.