Bullet Points 9

Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The April 2025 issue (Volume 9) presents stories on an artificial intelligence theme:

Stories:

Marc A. Criley, "Bullets for Peace": Smart munitions go rogue.

Mandi Jourdan, "Brief Candle": Samantha sees the AI performance of a lifetime.

Kimberly G. Hargan, "Cher Ami": G9-7 receives critical mission orders.

Jessica Brook, "The Bee Wrangler": Ines wrangles bees to deal with the war.

Carol Willis, "Face of Humanity": Under enemy fire, two brothers must bury one of their own.

Jen Frankel, "The Expert": Sergeant Strophy gets a new munitions expert on her team.

Don Money, "Greater Good": Stankowski and Haskell interpret orders from Olympus Battle AI.

Matthew Ross, "Fortunate One": Rho38-G wakes up and his squad is dead.



Bonus Material:

Susan Jane Bigelow, "The Radio": A rebel blast strands an AI soldier on a strange planet (bonus story).

Walter Jon Williams, "Wolf Time": A mercenary takes a job that goes very, very wrong (bonus story).

Nathan W. Toronto, "The Distant Singularity": The stories in this volume focus on AI, but thankfully the singularity seems far off.