Book
Saddam Hussein and the Dark Princes of Love
The third of my three novellas about the Iraq War on Amazon!
“A subtle and utterly convincing portrait of manhood and friendship. Skaskiw knows the lures of war to be as innocent and concrete as they are dark and amorphous. In exploring a terrain of the intimate and familiar, he deftly reveals it to hold the same capacities for violence and betrayal found behind enemy lines.” – Katie Chase, author of Man and Wife
A Novelette about three Iraq War veterans on a camping trip, and those feelings of betrayal and relief when you leave the military.
Television – a novella about the Iraq War
The second in a series of three novellas about the Iraq War is up on Amazon!
(fiction based on my experiences)
The second in a series of three novelette about the Iraq War. Television is about the day to day grind of combat operations, a mission to visit the parents of a civilian casualty, and the murky realities of war.
“This story shows us another side of war where routine and duty go side by side with tragedy and valor.” — Andrii Drozda, Literary Critic, LitAkcent
Convoy Home
The first in a series of three novellas about the Iraq War is up on Amazon!
(fiction based on my experiences)
A novellette (~9000 words) about the Iraq War, and the exhilaration and heartbreak of leaving it behind, based on the author’s experience. The first in a series of three.
“An honest look at the everyday realities of war — a must read.”
– Nolan Peterson, conflict reporter, The Daily Signal
“Skaskiw’s story about a man coming home from Iraq mirrors Hemingway and Tolstoy’s stories about men dying. Convoy Home is almost intolerably sad, beautiful, honest, and true.”
– Adrian Bonenberger, author of Afghan Post
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War
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Fire and Forget — a discussion of soldiering, military culture, story telling, and my story in this anthology of military fiction