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    Down Jersey Drive-shaft
    Down Jersey Drive-shaft
    WilliamJJackson
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    • Reads
      Reads 1,175
      1,1751.1K
    • Votes
      Votes 63
      6363
    • Parts
      Parts 35
      3535
    • Time
      Time 8h 51m
      8 hours, 51 minutes8h 51m
    WilliamJJackson
    Ongoing
    Ongoing, First published Apr 23, 2015
    Far away, World War Two ravages Europe and the Pacific. In Southern New Jersey, a more sinister war is unfolding. A crew running on empty. A secret weapon. An enemy beyond description. Welcome to Down Jersey. Cows are resting. Harvest has ended. Death is in the air...
    All Rights Reserved
    • dieselpunk
    • drama
    • history
    • mecha
    • retropunk
    • sciencefiction
    • warstory
    • wattys2017
    dieselpunkdramahistorymecharetropunksciencefictionwarstorywattys2017
    Table of contents
    • Chapter One: How They Met (or A New Job Awaits You in Sunny South Jersey)
      Thu, Apr 23, 2015
    • Chapter Two: The Way Back Up is Down
      Thu, Apr 30, 2015
    • Chapter Three: The Smell of Memory
      Sat, May 9, 2015
    • Chapter Four: Flight or Fancy
      Tue, May 26, 2015
    • Chapter Five: The Film Flim Flam
      Mon, Jun 8, 2015
    • Chapter Six: The Tough Get Going
      Thu, Jun 25, 2015
    • Chapter Seven: Slick Baby Blues
      Sat, Jul 18, 2015
    • Chapter Eight: Is This Trip Really Necessary?
      Sat, Aug 1, 2015
    • Chapter Nine: Your Life In Pictures
      Mon, Aug 17, 2015
    • Chapter Ten: The Left Turn on Questionable Lane
      Sat, Sep 5, 2015
    • Chapter Eleven : The Mechanics Of...
      Thu, Oct 22, 2015
    • Chapter Twelve: The Jazz Downstairs
      Mon, Dec 7, 2015
    • Chapter Thirteen: The Salem City Shuffle
      Wed, Jan 13, 2016
    • Chapter Fourteen: Men Don't Look Back
      Tue, Feb 16, 2016
    • Chapter Fifteen: That Same Old Feeling
      Sat, Mar 19, 2016
    • Chapter Sixteen: River Takes All
      Sat, Apr 2, 2016
    • Chapter Seventeen: Scratching Metallic Skin
      Sat, Apr 16, 2016
    • Chapter Eighteen: Surrender All Who Are Victorious
      Sun, May 1, 2016
    • Chapter Nineteen: Start Your Engines
      Sat, Jun 18, 2016
    • Chapter Twenty: Black Flak Snowflakes
      Sat, Aug 20, 2016
    • Chapter Twenty One: Broadway Bombing
      Sun, Oct 16, 2016
    • Chapter Twenty Two: Start Running
      Sat, Oct 29, 2016
    • Chapter Twenty Three: Bleeding Frequencies
      Thu, Feb 16, 2017
    • Chapter Twenty Four: Radio Frequency Negative
      Sat, Dec 31, 2016
    • Chapter Twenty Five: Rue the Skies
      Sat, Feb 25, 2017
    • Chapter Twenty Six: Pincer Movement
      Sat, Mar 18, 2017
    • Chapter Twenty Seven: A Crash Course in Doomsday
      Sat, Mar 25, 2017
    • Chapter Twenty Eight: Island Runaway
      Mon, Apr 24, 2017
    • Chapter Twenty Nine: Outflanking the Everywhere
      Sat, Apr 29, 2017
    • Chapter Thirty: The Scenic Route to the End Times
      Fri, May 12, 2017
    • Chapter Thirty One: War Machine, Full Tilt
      Wed, May 31, 2017
    • Chapter Thirty-Two: The Age of Mother
      Tue, Jun 6, 2017
    • Chapter Thirty-Three: Gasoline Whirlpool
      Sat, Jun 10, 2017
    • Chapter Thirty-Four: Bedside Manner at the End
      Sat, Jun 10, 2017
    • Epilogue
      Sat, Jun 10, 2017

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    Far away, World War Two ravages Europe and the Pacific. In Southern New Jersey, a more sinister war is unfolding. A crew running on empty. A secret weapon. An enemy beyond description. Welcome to Down Jersey. Cows are resting. Harvest has ended. Death is in the air...

    35 parts

    • Chapter Thirty-Three: Gasoline Whirlpool
      Sat, Jun 10, 2017
    • Chapter Thirty-Four: Bedside Manner at the End
      Sat, Jun 10, 2017
    • Epilogue
      Sat, Jun 10, 2017
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