Vietnam Veteran's War Fiction Collection _Somewhat Difficult to Put into Words_ Released

Palmetto Publishing has released Somewhat Difficult to Put into Words, a collection of short stories and short plays by Vietnam War veteran and Purple Heart recipient Anthony Hall Seed. The book, a winner of the Hackney Literary Awards and a finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwright Conference, draws on Seed's firsthand experiences as a reconnaissance soldier during the Tet Offensive.

The collection spans decades and theaters of conflict, from the beaches of the Pacific in World War II to the jungles north of Hue during the Vietnam War. Seed depicts young soldiers thrust into combat before they could grasp its cost. The stories and plays are set in locations such as field hospitals in Japan and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., exploring the permanent scars left by war.

Central to the work is the question of how a person carries the memory of the dead into ordinary life. Seed's characters grapple with intrusive memories, guilt, and what was lost in the chaos of battle. The cost of survival is measured not in medals but in invisible wounds that are harder to treat than shrapnel or burns.

Author Anthony Hall Seed is himself a combat veteran and served as a reconnaissance soldier with the First Air Cavalry Division. His background lends the work a unique authority. Somewhat Difficult to Put into Words is now available for purchase online through Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com.