The Jihaddiverse

The Jihaddiverse is the "Shared Reality" aspect of the newsgroup alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die. The group is a forum for bashing the most hated of kids shows, "Barney and Friends". A side-reel aspect is the inclusion of Saban's Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers as "allies" of Barney. The term "Jihaddiverse" comes from the primary anti-Barney force, "The Jihad to Destroy Barney the Purple Dinosaur". I used to be a member, retiring from the group in '97.

Listed below are a number of the stories I and others have written for the Jihaddiverse:

A Dip at La Brea

This will be posted when I find it. In it, my Jihaddiverse character, Arsenal, responds to an alert at the La Brea tar pits.

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Return to La Brea

The sequel to "A Dip at La Brea", in which Arsenal discovers what Baby Bop and the Loved Ones were after. Guest appearance by RACC's own Dvandom Stranger.

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Fall of the Power Rangers

Ah... the Saga to End the Rangers. In it, the Pink Ranger discovers the truth about the Ranger's benefactor, and quits the team.

1. Postcards from the Dark Side
2. Assault on the Dark Side
3. Defection from the Dark Side
4. A Light in the Dark Side
5. Fall of the Dark Side

Shadow Ranger: Return to Angel Grove - The Shadow Ranger (the Pink Ranger from Fall of the Power Rangers), has found herself in the mainstream Jihaddiverse timeline, and a member of the Jihad. Can she go back to her roots? And does she even want to?

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Operation: Rio

The magic-wielding alien Lyrans, backed by their ally B'Harne and his Sponge-Minion followers, have taken control of Argentina, giving them a strategic position in South America. While the rest of the world is shocked into inaction, the Jihad steps in to clean up the mess.

• Prelude to War by Arsenal.
• Preparations by Patrick Stewart.
• The Calm Before the Storm by Arsenal.
• Welcome to the War by Patrick Stewart.
• First Strike by Arsenal.
• Termination: 3, 2, 1, 0 by UpLink Station-Boomer.
• Baptism by Fire, Part 1 by Patrick Stewart.
• Evening's Dawn by Kapella.
• Dead Space by Michael Davis.
• Baptism by Fire, Part 2 by Patrick Stewart.
• A Nasty Surprise by Arsenal.
• Touchdown by Kapella.
• Target Locked by UpLink Station-Boomer.
• In Brightest Day, In Darkest Night by Arsenal.

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Departure

For myself, Pat Stewart (not the bald guy), and Mike Davis, this is our final Jihaddiverse writing. It's still in progress. Many of you will note similarities between this and my novel-in-progress, The Andromeda Venture. This is not exactly coincidental. It's not uncommon for those of us writing in the Jihaddiverse to use items from other writing venues in our Jihaddiverse stuff.