Wrath Bearing Tree
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We publish fiction, poetry, and reviews that explore the impact of war and traumatic experiences associated with war. If you have contributed poetry, fiction, or essays drop us a note so we can tag you! https://www.wrath-bearingtree.com
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This poem in December's unofficial "Barabbas" issue has nothing to do with Barabbas save in the way Pontius Pilate must have approached the situation presented to him by a crowd demanding the release of Brabbas instead of Jesus. Hearts and Minds! www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Poem by Nathan Didier: "Hearts and Minds" - Wrath-Bearing Tree
New poem by Nathan Didier: "Hearts and Minds"
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December 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This poem in December's unofficial "Barabbas" issue has nothing to do with Barabbas save in the way Pontius Pilate must have approached the situation presented to him by a crowd demanding the release of Brabbas instead of Jesus. Hearts and Minds! www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
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The second story in December's informally-themed Barabbas Issue dealing with all things Barabbas — by David James, "The Infiltrators" is a delightful science fiction tale set on the third rock from the sun. www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Fiction by David James: The Infiltrators - Wrath-Bearing Tree
Barabbas walked hurriedly down a dusty side alley in the old city of Jerusalem, glancing side to side before furtively ducking into a low doorway of a house where he was finally able to drop his uncom...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The second story in December's informally-themed Barabbas Issue dealing with all things Barabbas — by David James, "The Infiltrators" is a delightful science fiction tale set on the third rock from the sun. www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
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"The Childhood of Barabbas," by Mike Carson, follows Barabbas as he wanders the Judean hills years before rising to prominence as the guy the crowd asked Pontius Pilate to pardon instead of Jesus. New in the December issue of Wrath-Bearing Tree www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Fiction by Michael Carson: The Childhood of Barabbas - Wrath-Bearing Tree
My first memories are of the hills outside Judea. A small lizard, with a black stripe and black eyes, staring at me and I at it.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The Childhood of Barabbas," by Mike Carson, follows Barabbas as he wanders the Judean hills years before rising to prominence as the guy the crowd asked Pontius Pilate to pardon instead of Jesus. New in the December issue of Wrath-Bearing Tree www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
Another in the Barabbas sequence from December's issue — "Calvary Hill," a piece of historical fiction set in ancient Cyprus. A Phoenician trader has occasion to remember an event he took part in a decade before, in Roman Jerusalem. www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Fiction by Adrian Bonenberger: Calvary Hill - Wrath-Bearing Tree
Captain Abibalus was troubled. Walking up the dusty, cypress-lined path from Kyrenia’s harbor, Abibalus’ practiced eye took in the worn marble buildings. Much had changed since the last time he’d been...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Another in the Barabbas sequence from December's issue — "Calvary Hill," a piece of historical fiction set in ancient Cyprus. A Phoenician trader has occasion to remember an event he took part in a decade before, in Roman Jerusalem. www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
This poem in December's unofficial "Barabbas" issue has nothing to do with Barabbas save in the way Pontius Pilate must have approached the situation presented to him by a crowd demanding the release of Brabbas instead of Jesus. Hearts and Minds! www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Poem by Nathan Didier: "Hearts and Minds" - Wrath-Bearing Tree
New poem by Nathan Didier: "Hearts and Minds"
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December 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This poem in December's unofficial "Barabbas" issue has nothing to do with Barabbas save in the way Pontius Pilate must have approached the situation presented to him by a crowd demanding the release of Brabbas instead of Jesus. Hearts and Minds! www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
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The second story in December's informally-themed Barabbas Issue dealing with all things Barabbas — by David James, "The Infiltrators" is a delightful science fiction tale set on the third rock from the sun. www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Fiction by David James: The Infiltrators - Wrath-Bearing Tree
Barabbas walked hurriedly down a dusty side alley in the old city of Jerusalem, glancing side to side before furtively ducking into a low doorway of a house where he was finally able to drop his uncom...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The second story in December's informally-themed Barabbas Issue dealing with all things Barabbas — by David James, "The Infiltrators" is a delightful science fiction tale set on the third rock from the sun. www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
"The Childhood of Barabbas," by Mike Carson, follows Barabbas as he wanders the Judean hills years before rising to prominence as the guy the crowd asked Pontius Pilate to pardon instead of Jesus. New in the December issue of Wrath-Bearing Tree www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
New Fiction by Michael Carson: The Childhood of Barabbas - Wrath-Bearing Tree
My first memories are of the hills outside Judea. A small lizard, with a black stripe and black eyes, staring at me and I at it.
www.wrath-bearingtree.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The Childhood of Barabbas," by Mike Carson, follows Barabbas as he wanders the Judean hills years before rising to prominence as the guy the crowd asked Pontius Pilate to pardon instead of Jesus. New in the December issue of Wrath-Bearing Tree www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/11/30/n...
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The fabulous @travisklempan.bsky.social let me shoot my mouth off about THE SURGE, share a little about the process of writing this novel, and the future of war literature. Check out the Q&A in the latest issue of @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social:
Interview I did with @boondock60mm.bsky.social author of THE SURGE is out now in Wrath-Bearing Tree:
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New Nonfiction: Interview with Adam Kovac - Wrath-Bearing Tree
So that's what I did. I sat down and attempted to write The Great American War Novel. I wouldn't have sent the manuscript out on submission if I didn't think I'd come as close as I was able to actuall...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The fabulous @travisklempan.bsky.social let me shoot my mouth off about THE SURGE, share a little about the process of writing this novel, and the future of war literature. Check out the Q&A in the latest issue of @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social:
"It was all bad vibes from the second we exited the Country Club." Excerpt from a new fiction novel set in Iraq, "The Baghdad Shuffle." In the August issue of Wrath-Bearing Tree.
New Fiction by Josh Bates: Excerpt from The Baghdad Shuffle - Wrath-Bearing Tree
The patrol was unsettling. The initial ‘liberation’ euphoria had soured. It was all bad vibes from the second we exited the Country Club. Hard brown faces casting the evil eye. Old men sitting in fron...
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August 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"It was all bad vibes from the second we exited the Country Club." Excerpt from a new fiction novel set in Iraq, "The Baghdad Shuffle." In the August issue of Wrath-Bearing Tree.
WBT editor Lauren Kay Johnson chatted with Karie Fugett about Fugett's debut memoir, Alive Day. We always love publishing interviews!
New Interview with Karie Fugett - Wrath-Bearing Tree
I think at the time I was just kind of following my orders. And then, by the time I was thinking something's wrong, I was so in it that I just kept following. It really took a couple of years before I...
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August 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
WBT editor Lauren Kay Johnson chatted with Karie Fugett about Fugett's debut memoir, Alive Day. We always love publishing interviews!
Powerful excerpt of Karie Fugett's debut Memoir "Alive Day," a story told from the perspective of a young military spouse whose husband, a Marine, is wounded in Iraq.
New Nonfiction by Karie Fugett: Excerpt from Alive Day - Wrath-Bearing Tree
Dillon crawled in circles on the carpet, the TV behind him glowing with reports of destruction and death. Though it had been only days since the boys left, it felt much longer.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Powerful excerpt of Karie Fugett's debut Memoir "Alive Day," a story told from the perspective of a young military spouse whose husband, a Marine, is wounded in Iraq.
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“Nothing to be but apathetic in this clime of ours;
nothing too great, too small, too precious for us.
War is a necessary casualty; and if said enough,
like magic, like hypnotism, the masses soon agree.”
Beautiful timely poems by Galen Cunningham in the July issue of @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social
nothing too great, too small, too precious for us.
War is a necessary casualty; and if said enough,
like magic, like hypnotism, the masses soon agree.”
Beautiful timely poems by Galen Cunningham in the July issue of @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social
Poetry from July's issue by Galen Cunningham. A couple wonderful finds. As always, Poetry Editor @amalieflynn.bsky.social doing amazing work.
New Poetry from Galen Cunningham: "Winter of Discontent" and "War Games" - Wrath-Bearing Tree
New Poetry by Galen Cunningham
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July 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Nothing to be but apathetic in this clime of ours;
nothing too great, too small, too precious for us.
War is a necessary casualty; and if said enough,
like magic, like hypnotism, the masses soon agree.”
Beautiful timely poems by Galen Cunningham in the July issue of @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social
nothing too great, too small, too precious for us.
War is a necessary casualty; and if said enough,
like magic, like hypnotism, the masses soon agree.”
Beautiful timely poems by Galen Cunningham in the July issue of @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social
Poetry from July's issue by Galen Cunningham. A couple wonderful finds. As always, Poetry Editor @amalieflynn.bsky.social doing amazing work.
New Poetry from Galen Cunningham: "Winter of Discontent" and "War Games" - Wrath-Bearing Tree
New Poetry by Galen Cunningham
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July 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Poetry from July's issue by Galen Cunningham. A couple wonderful finds. As always, Poetry Editor @amalieflynn.bsky.social doing amazing work.
Great piece of post apocalyptic fiction. Short, powerful, and beautifully written. Just some kids kicking around, having fun, exploring their world. In July's issue of WBT.
New Fiction by Neil Allen: The Scar - Wrath-Bearing Tree
The two boys creep towards the edge of the crater and stare across.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Great piece of post apocalyptic fiction. Short, powerful, and beautifully written. Just some kids kicking around, having fun, exploring their world. In July's issue of WBT.
New short fiction in July's issue: a young officer stationed in Italy navigates Army society and the ancient town in which he finds himself unexpectedly stationed.
New Fiction by David James: Oxenstone - Wrath-Bearing Tree
Dark clouds were building over the mountains to the north, like Giorgione’s Tempest. I bought a glass of red at the rooftop bar and stayed to enjoy the view. The tour was over.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New short fiction in July's issue: a young officer stationed in Italy navigates Army society and the ancient town in which he finds himself unexpectedly stationed.
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THE INTERPRETERS (2018) documents this struggle. I reviewed it for @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social at the time. seeing this headline now is physical painful.
New Movie Review: In “The Interpreters,” Home Is No Place At All - Wrath-Bearing Tree
“The Interpreters,” a new documentary film by directors Sofian Khan and Andres Caballero, is a raw, emotionally vigorous, and, only too often, devastating look into the lives of Iraqi and Afghan inter...
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July 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
THE INTERPRETERS (2018) documents this struggle. I reviewed it for @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social at the time. seeing this headline now is physical painful.
Review of Sheila Dietz's debut poetry collection in the July issue of WBT — Sheila published a poem with us, "They Gave Their Lives," which appears in the collection.
Review of Sheila Dietz's The Berry and the Bee - Wrath-Bearing Tree
Her poetry is rarely sentimental or wildly emotional, but rather steady, wise, and quietly observational.
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July 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Review of Sheila Dietz's debut poetry collection in the July issue of WBT — Sheila published a poem with us, "They Gave Their Lives," which appears in the collection.
Beautiful fiction in June's issue about pandemic era relationships, masks, and navigating southern California as an Afghan refugee.
New Fiction by J. Malcolm Garcia: Pleasantries - Wrath-Bearing Tree
The gauze bandage had come off in his sleep, and he touched a bare patch of warm skin and the tight line of ten stitches with the tips of his fingers. He was conscious of the wound, its need for prote...
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June 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Beautiful fiction in June's issue about pandemic era relationships, masks, and navigating southern California as an Afghan refugee.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Powerful, imagistic poetry by Benjamin Bellet about places familiar to many Army officers — West Point, the haze of deployment, the haze of training in garrison — in June's issue of Wrath-Bearing Tree.
New Poetry by Benjamin Bellet: "What Was It Like?"; "Zero Five Thirty"; "West Point" - Wrath-Bearing Tree
New poems by Benjamin Bellet
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June 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Powerful, imagistic poetry by Benjamin Bellet about places familiar to many Army officers — West Point, the haze of deployment, the haze of training in garrison — in June's issue of Wrath-Bearing Tree.
Nearly 10 years ago @bonenberger.bsky.social reviewed "Preparation For the Next Life" by Atticus Lish; among other things he talks about the fitness and workout culture that is such an important setting for the novel, and has since become prevalent among veterans and American men
Preparation For The Next Life - What We Want Is Not What We Will Get - Wrath-Bearing Tree
Preparation for the Next Life is Atticus Lish's debut novel, and an exceptionally fine one at that. Should be on everyone's reading list, full stop.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Nearly 10 years ago @bonenberger.bsky.social reviewed "Preparation For the Next Life" by Atticus Lish; among other things he talks about the fitness and workout culture that is such an important setting for the novel, and has since become prevalent among veterans and American men
In the June issue: a review by frequent contributor Larry Abbott of a Vietnam War memoir by the son of a scrupulous officer who died in 1965. Great piece and interesting interview, as always.
New Review and Interview by Larry Abbott: James Wells' Because - Wrath-Bearing Tree
He was 39 years old at the time of his death, and left a wife, Betty and three children, Ora, Kathleen, and the youngest, nine-year old James.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In the June issue: a review by frequent contributor Larry Abbott of a Vietnam War memoir by the son of a scrupulous officer who died in 1965. Great piece and interesting interview, as always.
Here at WBT, we stopped using SEO after a brief and annoying experiment with it in 2015, and never depended on search results to boost readership, instead relying on word-of-mouth and native sharing and boosting. One advantage of poverty? Can't lose what you don't have!
News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools
Chatbots are replacing Google’s traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Here at WBT, we stopped using SEO after a brief and annoying experiment with it in 2015, and never depended on search results to boost readership, instead relying on word-of-mouth and native sharing and boosting. One advantage of poverty? Can't lose what you don't have!
New issue out this week for June — half a dozen pieces, including this Q&A with author of the novel "Freelance" (also excerpted in this issue) Kevin M. Kearney.
New Interview with Kevin M. Kearney - Wrath-Bearing Tree
But on a personal level, I don’t think there is an easy way out. I think the real answer is you need to go the other way—you need to change your mind. If you believe that tech is intentionally trying ...
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June 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New issue out this week for June — half a dozen pieces, including this Q&A with author of the novel "Freelance" (also excerpted in this issue) Kevin M. Kearney.