Hey everybody,

Just dropping by to let you know that I’m working on my new short story, “The Green Cross”, which I’m hoping to complete by the end of the month. I announced the story last week and I said I would give updates before I finish the story. Well here goes…

“The Green Cross” is a literary historical fiction story set during World War I. I graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor’s Degree in History and a minor in Creative Writing. This story is a blend of two of my favorite things, and since the First World War is perhaps my favorite historical subject, I hold a great degree of interest in this story.  I feel that there isn’t a whole lot of media surrounding WW1, which is especially disappointing for me since WW1 started 102 years ago. This past week was also the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, which is one of, if not the, most devastating battles in human history.

Chemical warfare was prevalent during this war. Both sides used different forms of gas to attack their enemies. The Germans would mark their artillery shells that carried gas with crosses of varying colors, with each color representing a different type of gas that would target a specific part of the body. Green Cross shells would typically carry gas that targeted the lungs.

I don’t want to spoil everything, so that’s all I’m offering for today. “The Green Cross” is a literary historical fiction short story set during World War I, perhaps involving the use of chemical warfare in some shape or form.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more info.

Martin