Previous / Next One Fine Day Written By John Zeek Dec. 23, 1633 “Where is it? It’s late,” Heinrich muttered under his breath as he waited impatiently for the tram. Soon he would be out of this nest of heretics. Soon he would far away from this cursed city, this Grantville, the so-called city from […]
Previous / Next Dark as a Dungeon Written by John Zeek Henry Johnson was happy to see the three horses the family owned in the field. That meant that Anse and Hagen were back from the medical center. Maybe, just maybe the waiting was over. Henry pointed the horses out to Wendel Schultz and Suse […]
Previous / Next The Whippoorwill Written by John Zeek “I’m getting too old for this shit.” Anse Hatfield swung off his horse, the dull pains in his back and legs reminding him that camping rough and riding all day was a young man’s game. He waved to Sergeant Albrecht. “Hold off making camp. Now that […]
Previous / Next Grantville Police Department Written by John Zeek In 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 […]
Previous / Next Domestic Violence Written by John Zeek Jürgen 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 […]
Previous / Next The Minstrel Boy by John Zeek Saturday 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 […]
Previous / Next What Replaces the SRG? Leonard Hollar, Bob Hollingsworth, John Rigby, Phillip Schillawski, Tom Van Natta and John Zeek The 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 […]
Previous / Next How to build a Machine gun in 1634 with available technology:Two alternate views Editor’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 […]
Previous / Next Elizabeth Ernest Lutz and John Zeek Frank 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. […]
Previous / Next Bottom-Feeders John Zeek Freddy 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, […]
