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Life with Bob

A Sordid But Instructive Interval At Soldier of Fortune Magazine

Fred Reed • March 1, 1984

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I came into the weird mercenary vortex of Soldier of Fortune magazine when the phone rang in 1980. The voice on the other end was low and conspiratorial, the vocal cords sounding as if they had been ravaged by gargling gravel. Something in it whispered of far places and dark secrets too evil to be... Read More

About Fred Reed

Fred, a keyboard mercenary with a disorganized past, has worked on staff for Army Times, The Washingtonian, Soldier of Fortune, Federal Computer Week, and The Washington Times.

He has been published in Playboy, Soldier of Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Harper's, National Review, Signal, Air&Space, and suchlike. He has worked as a police writer, technology editor, military specialist, and authority on mercenary soldiers.

Personal Classics

YouSSR, MeSSR

Not What Tom Jefferson Had in Mind

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Up Periscope

Quick and Dirty

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Eighth Grade In Mexico

Sounds Like A Low-Ranked American University To Me

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