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I decided to put this together because many of the stories intertwine, sometimes tightly, some times loosely. There are also several independent stories.
The second list is dated as to when they were written. Writing the stories built on each other and provided more background.
Many of these stories were published in the print fanzine “Remote Control,” and my anthologies “Wadis & Oases” and “Hedgerows & Minefields.” Print fanzines tended to come out once a year so while more than one story may have been written in a year, they would appear separately.
Finally, I have quite a few outtakes or unfinished stories. They are not listed.
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THE BECKMANN RAID: Sam Troy meets German Colonel Beckmann for the first time. The flashback frame is from the mid-North African campaign,) but the main story is Troy becoming part of the Long-Range Desert Patrol.
THE FIRST MEETINGS RAID: The Rat Patrol comes together and meets Dietrich for the first time.
THE LOST LETTERS RAID: When Capt. Hans Dietrich intercepts the Rat Patrol's mail from home, he finds out more than he wants about his irritating enemies.
THE BARGAIN RAID: Hitch is trapped in a cellar when a truck crashes into a building. It’s up to the Rat Patrol to save him from Capt. Dietrich, and from the truck, before it falls.
THE BOMBER'S MOON RAID: Jack Moffitt and Tully are trapped in an ancient temple by Capt. Dietrich and his commander, Preget.
THE DIE OASIS RAID: Dietrich’s newspaper clips fall in the hands of the Rat Patrol
THE GREY-EYED GODDESS RAID: Jack Moffitt is kidnapped by Capt. Dietrich to assess some ancient relics.
THE ERYINES RAID: Moffitt is attacked by Grecian Furies unleased by his mother.
THE NORWAY RAID: (novel) The Rat Patrol is broken up, and Sgt. Moffitt is thought dead. But nothing is what it seems as Troy and Hitchcock escape, along with mystery man, and head for Norway, not knowing that other forces are also in play.
THE FUTURE RAID: After their escape from Norway, the Rat Patrol has been given a chance to continue being commandoes or going back to the US.
THE CHRISTMAS OVER BERLIN RAID: Sam Troy mourns his missing brother, David Troy, shot down over Berlin, not knowing that Hans Dietrich has saved him from being stoned to death by civilians.
THE NORMANDY RAID: (novel) The Rat Patrol is at work at sabotage behind the enemy lines in the first weeks after D-Day.
THE FREEDOM RAID: In early 1945, the RP meet up with Hogan’s Heroes before the prisoners, including David Troy, are moved further into a failing Germany
THE DIETRICH RAID: Dietrich's adventures in a POW camp in Kentucky, where he meets Tully Pettigrew’s sister-in-law, Laura, on an apple picking mission.
THE LAST RIDE RAID: (novel) (Co-authored with Kathy Agel) Dietrich and the Rats all come together in New Jersey in 1945
BITTERSWEET: the war is over.
INDEPENDENT STORIES
UNEXPECTED MERCIES: The Christmas Over Berlin Raid rewritten as an original story.
THE ROVING REPORTERS RAID: Ever wonder what the Rat Patrol looks like from the outside? A war correspondent takes a look at them.
WHY MOFFITT'S MOTHER DREADS GETTING MAIL: (Co-authored with ACSmith)
THE CAGE OF THE INQUISITOR RAID: The Rat Patrol in the time of the Inquisition in the Netherlands.
CHRISTMAS IN THE DESERT – an Indiana Jones / Rat Patrol crossover with a very young Jack Moffitt, his father, and the Jones.
Chronology by date of writing:
THE NORWAY RAID: (novel): 1994 (Co-authored with Kathy Agel)
THE LAST RIDE RAID: (novel) 1995
THE FUTURE RAID: 1996
Why Moffitt's Mother Dreads Getting Mail (Co-authored with ACSmith): 1996
THE CHRISTMAS OVER BERLIN RAID: 1997
THE GREY-EYED GODDESS RAID: 1998
THE BOMBER'S MOON: 1998
THE BARGAIN RAID: 1999
THE DIETRICH RAID: 1999
THE BECKMANN RAID: 2000
THE FIRST MEETINGS RAID: 2000
THE LOST LETTERS RAID: 2000
THE ERYINES RAID: 2000
THE FREEDOM RAID: 2001
THE DIE OASIS RAID: 2001
BITTERSWEET: 2001
THE ROVING REPORTERS RAID: 2001
THE CAGE OF THE INQUISITOR RAID: 2001
THE NORMANDY RAID: (novel) 2002
Christmas in the Desert – an Indiana Jones / Rat Patrol crossover with a very young Jack Moffitt, his father, and the Jones. 2002/ rewritten 2016