Gunherder
From Anglo-American Cyclopaedia
"Gunherder" is a piece of flash fiction written by Frank Ballast about war.
The Story
The soldiers in the trench talked of home.
“Your family owns a ranch?”
“Sure,” he answered, cleaning his rifle.
“Like goats and shit? Sheep?”
“No… Land, trucks, guns, hunting. We hunt the wildlife.”
“Oh.”
“It’s a lot like here, really.”
“Except here we’re hunting people, not animals.”
“Hearts and minds.”
