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Volume 12 #14: Grantville Police Department

Previous / Next Grantville Police DepartmentWritten by John ZeekIn 2000, the Grantville Police Department was a typical small town police department. It consisted of a chief and five patrolmen, and a sworn juvenile officer. A study of the books 1632 and 1633 and a visit to the Grid reveals their names and ages.Police:Dan Frost (47; chief of police)Ralph Onofrio, Jr. […]

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Volume 12 #9: Domestic Violence

Previous / Next Domestic ViolenceWritten by John ZeekJürgen Neubert was not a happy man. His promotion to patrolman first class at the end of last year had just added to his responsibilities. Now the grass was turning green and the flowers were starting to bloom and here he was, stuck in the office doing paper work. […]

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Volume 9 #15: The Minstrel Boy

Previous / NextThe Minstrel Boyby John ZeekSaturday morning, February 1634“Well, that’s that.” Bill Frank lowered the hood of the new rail engine. “Though I have no idea how we’re going to deliver it.”Hagen Filss, who had been handing him tools, responded, “Maybe when Sergeant Hatfield and Private Schultz get back they will know, Herr Frank.”Warrant […]

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Grantville Gazette 5 #12: What Replaces the SRG

Previous / Next What Replaces the SRG?Leonard Hollar, Bob Hollingsworth, John Rigby, Phillip Schillawski, Tom Van Natta and John ZeekThe SRG is the standard muzzle-loading rifle of forces allied with USE. SRG stands for “Struve-Reardon Gevar,” named after the manufacturer and designer of the weapon. “Gevar” is the German term for rifle.It is based on […]

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Grantville Gazette 4 #12: How to Build a Machine Gun in 1634

Previous / Next How to build a Machine gun in 1634 with available technology:Two alternate viewsEditor’s note: The firearms round table that produces these articles on firearms doesn’t always reach agreement on a specific issue. They didn’t on this one, and asked me how to proceed. Since I don’t see any reason the fictitious universe […]

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Grantville Gazette 4 #8: Elizabeth

Previous / Next ElizabethErnest Lutz and John ZeekFrank Jackson took a swallow of beer and settled back in to his chair. “Ah,” he said. “Nothing better than beer on a summer day. Now, about the transportation problem we were discussing, Dan, we’re going to have to support a larger army in the field. We’ve done […]

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Grantville Gazette #003

Volume 2 # 7: Bottom Feeders

Previous / NextBottom-FeedersJohn ZeekFreddy Genucci found the body lying on his front lawn. Freddy was a little shaken up. Some people might find that odd, since Freddy was a funeral director and was used to dead bodies. But his normal line of work didn’t involve bodies leaking on his front lawn. Besides, no one expects […]

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Grantville Gazette #002