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Project Grandpa

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I hope you enjoyed my High Castle fan tale, The Prathra Project Files —It was a rare opportunity for fun! I don’t know if I’ll be able to come up with something like that again. A lot of work was involved in creating that, but it was all a labor of love. I cannot wait to see what Season 3 has in store for us. ★ ★ ★ ★ The Man in the High Castle  rekindled my interest in WWII. My paternal grandfather (a good man and a shining example of the Greatest Generation) joined the Navy during WWII and served aboard a ship in the Pacific. On a whim one haunting night in October, I googled his ship. I saved the few black and white photos of it I could find (including a wonderful shot of the crew) and had them printed. On Veteran's Day, I hung a framed dedication to him in the living room. After I stepped back and gazed at his black and white face, I decided I wanted to learn more about his time during WWII. My aunts say he never spoke about the war. What started out as curiosity ...

The Prathra Project Files: A High Castle Fan Tale

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Don't forget to read the disclaimer at the end! The year was 1962, Kennedy was president, and the Cubin Missile Crisis was just around the corner. Deep within the darkest corner of the CIA’s science and technology division, The Prathra Project was in full swing. Deputy Director Klemm was about to cut the project from the budget and end it entirely when he saw something that rocked him to the very core. Enter File 02365 On the frigid morning of 3 February, 1962, Klemm received an emergency call regarding the Prathra Project. He felt a sense of annoyance as he headed down the stairwell that would take him into the basement level of redacted . He had always kept a wary eye on wild, conspiracy-theory ridden experiments like this one. So long as the higher ups insisted on studying ridiculous notions like telepathy, alternate dimensions, and alien life, Klemm had no choice but to keep the projects running—unless, of course, there was a sudden need to reallocate funds el...