Border Dogs

SEAL Team 666 #0.5

by Weston Ochse

Sent to Southern Arizona to investigate rumors of chupacabra running rampant, SEAL Team 666 becomes embroiled in Mexican cartel politics, the loss of one of their own, and the machinations of an American patriot group who wants to lock down the border at any cost.
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Genres: Monsters, Short Stories, Horror, Military Fiction, Action

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 12, 2013

About the author

The American Library Association calls Weston Ochse “one of the major horror authors of the 21 st Century.” He has been praised by USA Today, The Atlantic, The New York Post, The Financial Times of London, Publishers Weekly, Peter Straub, Joe Lansdale, Jon Maberry, Kevin J. Anderson, David Gerrold, William C. Dietz, Tim Lebbon, Christopher Golden, and many more of the world’s best-selling authors. His work has won the Bram Stoker Award, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and won multiple New Mexico Arizona Book Awards.

A writer of nearly thirty books in multiple genres, his military supernatural series SEAL Team 666 has been optioned to be a movie starring Dwayne Johnson and his military sci fi trilogy, which starts with Grunt Life, has been praised for its PTSD-positive depiction of soldiers at peace and at war.

Weston has also published literary fiction, poetry, comics, and non-fiction articles.
His shorter work has appeared in DC Comics, IDW Comics, Soldier of Fortune Magazine, Cemetery Dance, and peered literary journals. His franchise work includes the X-Files, Predator, Aliens, Hellboy, Clive Barker’s Midian, and V-Wars. Weston holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and teaches at Southern New Hampshire University. He lives in Arizona with his wife, and fellow author, Yvonne Navarro and their Great Danes.

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

SEAl Team 666 tackling supernatural threats on behalf of America. This is a short story in the series, involving Chupacabra being used by the cartels and neo-Nazi border patrol groups. It certainly rattles along, although that might be to it's detriment - it does feel rushed, but you can't argue with the action quotient.

[John R. Dailey Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

THE TRIPLE SIXERS VERSUS THE EL CHUPECABRA IT IS...

Hello, this is another great tale of said unknown military unit on a a mission that may or may not have happened. It seems to be a little earlier in the time frame than the previous stories. Great stuff. Thanks.

[Jason Golomb · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Border Dogs" is a short story that fills some space between Ochse first and second books in his "Seal Team 666" series. The story follows an undercover operation chasing down a series of what appear to be Chupacaba attacks along the Mexican border. Ochse is a terrifically descriptive writer and seems to know his military stuff very well. A few characters from his novel appear in this story, but none stand out.

You'll enjoy this story if you like Ochse's military-supernatural themes.

[Kimikimi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another Tor.com short story

This one had way too much military jargon and such for me to properly enjoy it. Kind of like watching some one play COD or something. Still I was really rooting for Rosa and I'm glad she made it.

[rick incremona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story. I read this after reading the other Triple 6 books. I liked seeing Fratty and Ruiz again, but wish they had larger roles. It was interesting seeing our GAFE friend again as well. Not at all a bad quick prequel.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short story full of action and adventure, but definitely need to have read the rest of the series to understand everything.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't enjoy this as much as the first novel. It was a decent story, but nothing special.

[Cmoore · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it... Chupacabra's and Seal Team 666 make for a fun read. So far I've only read a couple of Weston Ochse short stories but I plan to check out the rest of his work.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick short story prequel to the SEAL Team 666 series that takes place prior to the first novel. Fun with chupacabras!

[Robert Giambo · Rating 2 out of 5]

A short story - not very good at all. His novels are better.