Hedgerows and Minefields

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Zine
Title: Hedgerows and Minefields
Publisher: Wyng-It Press
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Date(s): 2001
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Medium: print
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Fandom: Rat Patrol
Language: English
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Hedgerows and Minefields is a gen 134-page anthology by L.C. Wells. The art is by Wells with Chari Wessel doing the cover. Some fiction is original to this zine, some reprinted from others.

front cover, Chari Wessel

Fanworks in This Universe

Contents

  • Introduction of Characters and Worldview ("An introduction to the characters and chronology of L.C. Well's version of the RP universe.") (3)
  • The Future Raid ("What happened to keep the Rat Patrol together after North Africa? What lies in their future now?") (reprinted from Remote Control Goes to War #1) (5)
  • Introduction of The Norway Raid and Peter Alexander ("Synopsis of events of the RP story The Norway Raid.") (12)
  • The Christmas Over Berlin Raid ("In Berlin at Christmas, Dietrich is depressed at the state of the city and his country, when chance brings him a prisoner in the form of a downed pilot.") (reprinted from The Bunker and Christmas at the Front) (13)
  • Odds and Ends (28)
  • The Dietrich Raid ("Hans Dietrich, now a POW in a Kentucky POW camp, is in danger of his life from his fellow POWs already--and then he kills an American citizen--a man named Pettigrew.") (reprinted from Remote Control #11) (29)
  • The Stalag 13 Raid ("Hogan's Heroes crossover. The war is nearly over, and Hogan's band is faced with being evacuated inland, when a high-ranking Gestapo officer arrives in camp.") (71)
  • Bittersweet ("The four Rats are separated after the end of the war. What is back at home for them--and how do they feel about it?") (89)
  • Unexpected Mercies ("The Christmas Over Berlin Raid, written with original characters rather than RP characters. No RP characters appear; included as an intriguing alternative to a RP story"). (99)
  • Outtakes of the Last Ride Raid ("The fanzine The Last Ride Raid originally had a very different ending with characters from "The Norway Raid" and a wedding for a Rat. But it didn't tie up the loose ends the way the final ending did. Here are some of the outtakes from "The Last Ride Raid."") (113)