Kim Hester – Author

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• “After He Fell”

  By Kim Hester on June 29, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  The clump of battle fatigues fell, The retort of the AK-47 soaring into the sky. My fellow Marine and comrade’s chest Gaped open with a red river gushing out. His open eyes were arrows into my psyche, Piercing through life… Read More ›

• Tribute to Fallen Marines

  By Kim Hester on March 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Platoon inspection was set for 1300, and I knew that I had to do a thorough and good job at preparing my M-14 for the inspection. First Lieutenant Mark would be doing the inspection, and he is not the type… Read More ›

• Journey to Karachi

  By Kim Hester on February 8, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  I arrived in Karachi with the stomach bug I picked up from the roadside-stand greasy samosas I ate near Lahore. I had trouble in keeping anything down and needed a hotel room fast to get some rest for fear I… Read More ›

• A Bit of Frankincense

  By Kim Hester on November 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Sitting in my studio apartment here in Al Khobar on the shores of the Persian Gulf is a small plastic box measuring 4 inches long by 3 inches wide by 1½ inches deep and weighing 4 ounces. In it is… Read More ›

• An Anecdote for Your Amusement

  By Kim Hester on November 16, 2012 • ( 12 )

  

  It has occurred to me that some of my posts on the blog are about quite serious matters, so perhaps I should lighten up in a new blog and tell you about the writing I have produced that is on… Read More ›

• Greetings!

  By Kim Hester on November 15, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Greetings and salutations to all my readers. Am keeping busy at the end of the year working on the novel Beyond the Abyss (which is set in the Fiji Islands, Paris, Washington, D.C., Saudi Arabia, and Diego Garcia, among other… Read More ›

• Essay on Middle East

  By Kim Hester on November 15, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  The following is an essay I wrote recently on society and conditions in the Middle East. — Kim Hester The Abqaiq-Dammam Road by Kim Hester Beware all ye innocent ones who venture onto the Abqaiq-Damman road, for on it roam… Read More ›

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