The Siege of New Hampshire
Episodes
A Little Morning Tour
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While giving the survey a little more time for results, Mic takes you along on a little morning audio tour of his New Hampshire homestead. Photos to ...
Book 2: Epilogue & 2 Questions
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A brief review of Book 2 and The Power of Community. Also, announcing a short survey about Book 3. That survey is at: https://freeonlinesurveys.com...
Book 2: Chapter 18: Return Home
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The people of Cheshire take stock after the first big test of their mutual defense groups. They repelled the attack, stopping all of the robbers, thou...
Book 2: Chapter 17: A Call to Arms
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amid a background of daily life and still trying to get the bigger gasifier working correctly, a call comes in. Trouble, in the form of several carloa...
Book 2: Chapter 16: Recalculating
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret confronts Martin over his volatile behavior since returning from Canterbury. He has no clear idea just what's upset him. With the Perez famil...
Book 2: Chapter 15: Cauloff’s Farm
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The caravan of trucks and trailers arrive at Cauloff's farm. All in all, the group survived the gang ambush with relatively minor damage. Martin remai...
Book 2: Chapter 14: Canterbury Tails
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The convoy arrives in Canterbury to pick up the cows. While at the dairy farm, Martin becomes upset over Eric Emulari's untoward attentions to Susan a...
Book 2: Chapter 13: To Concord
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The convoy of trucks and trailers depart Cheshire, bound for Canterbury to fetch some cows. En route, they stop in the state's capital, Concord, for a...
Book 2: Chapter 12, part 2: Difficult Meeting
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The second half of Chapter 12: During the town meeting, an opportunity arises for the town to adopt some milk cows in Canterbury. Several folks raise ...
Book 2: Chapter 12, part 1 -- Difficult Meeting
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Martin and Dustin manage to get Tin Man to run their little generator. Feelings of success are tempered by a town meeting in which the residents vote ...
Book 2: Chapter 11: Seeing Red
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Dunans become difficult houseguests, displeased at the limited meals and duties around the house. Martin helps his neighbor, Nick, secure a little...
Book 2: Chapter 10: Tin Man
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While hunting for squirrels, Martin encounters Andy in the woods again, to find out that the Utopians were beginning to starve. Dustin and Martin star...
Book 2: Chapter 9: Questionable Calculus
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The next FEMA truck fails to arrive. The town's shelter runs out of fuel, prompting the selectmen to place all of the sheltered folks into peoples' ho...
Book 2: Chapter 8 Dark Day
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An unexpected turn for the worse. Ruby dies in her sleep. Now what? There's no one to call to come deal with it. The Simmons household has to deal wit...
Book 2: Chapter 7 Temperamental Saviors
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The promised FEMA truck arrives in Cheshire. A long line of residents turned out to get whatever aid was being handed out. Some people receive the pro...
Book 2: Chapter 6 Temper
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Martin loses his temper over wasteful uses of precious, limited resources. To make amends, he takes Judy to listen in on one of Walter's radio session...
Book 2: Chapter 5: Sobering News
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The townsfolk of Cheshire grapple with the reality that they are on their own and just what that means. A bold FEMA man comes to town promising to be ...
Book 2, Chapter 4: Ruby Arrives
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Simmons' household gets an unanticipated additional strain on their food supplies when they take in an elderly lady from their church. She arrives...
Book 2: Chapter 3: The Pancakes of Damocles
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Martin navigates the minefield of faux pas between Margaret and Susan. Martin's son, Dustin and his wife Judy arrive seeking refuge, telling a tale of...
Book 2: Chapter 2: The Lineman
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On their way to a town meeting, Martin and Susan encounter what appears to be a dead utility worker at the damaged electrical substation. At the meeti...
Book 2: Chapter 1: Awakening
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Martin made it home but the power is still out. He, his wife Margaret, and their new houseguest try to get as ready as they can to face the prospect o...
Book Two, starting soon
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up soon will be the start of Book Two in the Siege of New Hampshire Series: Siege Fall. This little kick-off podcast is an introduction: a very...
Book One: Final Thoughts
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Epilogue -- Some final (?) thoughts on Book One and a bit of talk about the start of Book Two after a break for Christmas.
Chapter 14: Walnut Hill and Homecoming
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final chapter of Book 1. Martin and Susan climb the last big hill and meet an old ham operator. Via Walter's radio they get help to the old couple...
Chapter 13: Deadly Problem
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While following now-familiar roads toward his house, Martin and Susan discover an old man sitting in his living room while a generator is running in h...
Q & A with Todd Sepulveda
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Sepulveda, host of ThePrepperWebsitePodcast.com interviews Mic with some questions about the Siege story. If you're a subscriber to Todd's podcas...
Chapter 12: Captured as Looters
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Martin and Susan emerge from the woods, only to be held at gunpoint by an edgy homeowner. He is convinced that the pair are the first of a wave of a '...
Chapter 11: Escape into the Void
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Martin and Susan escape the carjackers by fleeing into a vast woods, playing an audio version of hide-and-seek. Martin's street map isn't of much use ...
Chapter 10: Kevin and the carjackers
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After waking up under the bridge, Martin observes soldiers tasked to guard the bridge. He also encounters a boisterous refugee named Kevin. The three ...
Chapter 9: Evasion and Camping in the Rain
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Riding with Isabel, the pair manage to slip past or get around some of the official roadblocks intended to keep the populace in place. That is, until ...
Chapter 8: Roadblocks
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Martin and Susan narrowly escape the would-be muggers but Martin does not escape unscathed. Walking north hits a snag when the pair run into police ro...
Chapter7: Thugs and Doom People
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Martin and Susan travel north through Stoneham, they get to know each other a little better. Susan begins to have second thoughts about agreeing to...
Author‘s Notes: Two Questions
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A pause in the story to answer two of the questions sent to the author. One: Why isn't Martin carrying a gun? A few notes on why. Two: What's up with...
Chapter 6: For Lack of Easy Options
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Martin and Susan travel north, making their way through suburban Stoneham, they find a little food by dumpster diving. Susan begins to limp from a ...
Chapter 5: New Dawn, New Direction
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a night of sleeping in the woods, Martin and Susan venture through Stoneham looking for food and water but find little. What they do find is a p...
Chapter 4: A Ride to the O.K. Corral
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stalled traffic on the highway becomes an opportunity for criminals to rob the stranded motorists. Martin hoped to avoid the trouble by walking throug...
Chapter 3: No Room At The Inn
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Martin tries to find a hotel room for Susan before continuing his trek home. The trouble is, all the other people stuck in Boston by the outage have a...
Chapter 2: Good Deed Quagmire
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While on his way to North Station, Martin encounters Susan, the bank teller. He escorts her home through the gridlock. Once there, her apartment house...
Chapter 1: Trying to Get Out of Town
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One Monday morning in October, the power goes out in Boston and apparently all across the nation. Martin decides to go home rather than get stuck in d...