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The Phantom’s Last Ride

Fiction Week By Karl Flynn March 13, 2026 “Grandpa, there’s a car coming up the driveway!” “OK, I’ll be right...

Perspective

Fiction Week By Daniel Lee The following takes place between the hours of 1000-1100 SMT on the surface of the...

Fit to Print

Fiction Week By Ben Van Horrick  15 April 2027, 2354 EST 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY “Who else has...

Lawsuit: Royal Caribbean Passenger Dies after Being Served 33 Drinks, Pepper-Sprayed, Physically Restrained, and Injected With Sedative

A Royal Caribbean passenger, Connie Aguilar, is suing the cruise line on behalf of her fiancé who died after he...

The Henry Protocol

Fiction Week By LCDR Joe Huskey He leaned against the table, bent over at the waist. His breathing ragged, his...

No Fly Zone

Fiction Week By Bryan Williams RAMONA, CALIFORNIA. 1416R hours. 25 MAY 2029. Go figure, it all starts when he’s in...

Over 100 Crew and Passengers Sick with Norovirus on AIDAdiva

AIDA Cruises reported to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that 95 passengers and 6 crew members are...

Habeas Corpus

Fiction Week By Jay Turner The ocean was calm off the coast of Virginia as Jake settled into his captain’s...

Locks and Shadow Swarms

Fiction Week By Philip Kiley The pilot boat’s horn cut twice, a warning that flattened chatter across the lock wall....

Phantom Cable

Fiction Week By Sandro Carniel The bridge of the offshore patrol vessel Frosch smelled of diesel and wet steel —...

Friendly Fire Isn’t

Fiction Week By Paul Viscovich, CDR, USN (Ret.) “What if the People’s Liberation Army lures us to the wrong landing...

Decapitation

Fiction Week By Malcom Reynolds Undisclosed Location Eastern Theater Command 3 March 2027 2125 local time  “Comrade General, welcome,” said...

Sea Control 591: Maritime Statecraft and Its Future with Steve Brock and Hunter Stires

Host Brian Kerg talks with Steve Brock and Hunter Stires to discuss their CIMSEC article, “Maritime Statecraft and Its Future.”...

The Narco Sea: Three Headings to One Target

Fiction Week By Till Andrzejewski Act 1 – Opening Moves February 11, 2050. Today would not be the first time...

Anna palaa!

Fiction Week By Ben Plotkin  /ˈɑnːɑ pɑˈlɑː/ — Finnish, idiomatic interjection Literal: “let it burn” (anna = “give/let,” palaa =...

Sea Control 590: Drone Carriers and Salvo Equations with Colton Byers

Host Walker D. Mills interviews Marine Corps Captain Colton Byers about his article for the War Quants substack, “Carrier 2.0:...

Search Suspended for Missing British Man Who Fell from Marella Explorer 2

The search for a missing 76-year-old British man has been suspended according to the Spanish Coast Guard. The man, who...

Task Force Rust Bucket

Fiction Week By Tyler Totten February 5th – 0340 Amphibious Strike One Palanan Bay, Philippines “Handshake confirmed,” Lieutenant Parodi reported...

Annual Fiction Week Kicks off on CIMSEC

By Dmitry Filipoff For the next two weeks, CIMSEC will be featuring short stories submitted in response to our Call...

Write, Fight, Win: Please Donate to CIMSEC this Holiday Season!

At CIMSEC, we believe victory in the maritime domain starts with great ideas communicated compellingly — Write, Fight, Win. CIMSEC is...