@function ballistic-slice($list, $min: 1, $max: length($list)) {
  $output: ();
  $length: length($list);

  @if $min < 0 { $min: $length + $min + 1 }
  @if $max < 0 { $max: $length + $max }

  @if $min > $length { $min: $length }
  @if $max > $length { $max: $length }

  @if $min <= 0 { $min: 1 }
  @if $min <= 0 { $min: 1 }

  @for $i from $min through $max {
    $output: append($output, nth($list, $i), comma);
  }

  @return $output;
}