Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

Volume 9 #28: Radio in 1632, Part 3

Previous / Next Radio in 1632, Part 3 by Rick Boatright In our two previous discussions of telecommunications in the 1632 series, we focused on radio communications uniquely available to up-timers (“Radio in the 1632 Universe,” Grantville Gazette, Volume One) , and to wired communications (“So You Want to do Telecommunications in 1633,” Grantville Gazette, Volume Two). In this […]

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Volume 9 #23: The Order of the Foot

Previous / Next The Order of the Foot by Richard Evans Grantville Police Department OfficesA Monday morning, early winter 1634 “We’ve had another complaint about Bigfoot, Chief. This time over by the fairgrounds where the locals store their flocks before they can be sold and then processed at the slaughterhouse.” Officer Ralph Onofrio looked up […]

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The Frontier Culture Museum

I have driven past signs for “this “The Frontier Culture Museum” off Interstate 81 in Virginia many times and have often thought about stopping there, but we were always in a rush to get somewhere. Finally, on the way home from DragonDon 2024, we had the time. As an added bonus, we had perfect weather. […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #5: Mail From Up-Time, Episode 2: Atlantic Giant

Previous Mail From Up-Time, Episode 2: Atlantic Giant By George Grant Editor’s Note:             “Mail From Up-Time” appeared in Issue 5.  The stories are connected by the discovered mail but do not share any characters. In “Mail From Up-Time”, the author established that some mail for people left up-time was set aside for later delivery […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #4: Summer’s Kitchen

Previous / Next Summer’s Kitchen Marc Tyrrell Editor’s Note:s Various combinations of Sandy, Summer, Bob, Paul, and Helmut previously appeared in: “Schrödinger’s Spouse,” Grantville Gazette 102 “A Meeting at Midsummer, Part 1,” Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond, Issue 2 “A Meeting at Midsummer, Part 2,” Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond, Issue 3 “Making Hay While […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #3: Stilettos

Previous / Next Stilettos Bethanne Kim Grantville High School CafeteriaOne Month Before Prom, Spring 1636 Ryan Bonnaro couldn’t help but grin. His friend looked like a lovelorn Italian straight out of a movie. The fact that the lovelorn Italian in question had become one of his best friends since he arrived in Grantville was the […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #2: Trudi’s Trenchers

Previous / Next Trudi’s Trenchers Gorg Huff Editor’s Note: Trudi von Bachmerin was previously seen in 1636: The Viennese Waltz. Grantville High SchoolMonday, November 3, 1631  Trudi von Bachmerin looked at the high school in something close to terror. This was her first trip to Grantville and the wide, blacktopped Route 250 had been only […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #1: Ceaseless the River Runs

Previous / Next Ceaseless, The River Runs By Garrett W. Vance Previously in this storyline: Retired samurai Nishioka Yoriaki and his wife Nishioka Momo fled fled the Nihonmachi Japanese enclave in Ayutthaya for Safety in Phnom Phen, Cambodia with help from their friend and Dutch captain Blom Coneliszoon. Five years later, Blom returns to take them […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #1: Passing Fair

Previous / Next Passing FairVirginia DeMarce Editor’s Note: References are given at the end of the story. Grantville, SoTFNovember 1636 “Where’s Master Marmion?” Renee Carson demanded The rest of the high school’s advanced drama class (elective; juniors and seniors only; may be repeated for credit a second year; non-mandatory option for participation with community theater […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #3: Cassini Runs Home

Previous / Next Note: The Cassini Plays Ball series consists of five stories: “Cassini at the Plate,” (Grantville Gazette 93);“Cassini Takes First,” (Grantville Gazette 96); “Cassini Slides to Second” (Grantville Gazette 101), “Cassini Rounds Third” (1632 & Beyond Issue 3), and “Cassini Runs Home” (1632 & Beyond Issue 6). Cassini Runs HomeRobert E Waters “Nothing’s ever been as fun as baseball.” […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #6: Inside Baseball

Previous Inside BaseballBjorn Hasseler Since Robert finished his Cassini cycle of baseball stories in this issue, I decided on a baseball name for this column. It’s the inside scoop, the nuts and bolts, perhaps a little of how the sausage is made. Most of the staff of Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond just got home […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #4: A Guest at the New Year

Previous / Next A Guest At The New YearTim Sayeau Bramall Hall, EnglandJune 1635 Sir William Davenport stared at the oilskin packet held in the mercenary captain’s hand. Behind that worthy was another mercenary holding the reins of his captain’s horse. When the troop appeared in the lane leading to Bramall Hall, Sir William had […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #5: Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe Part 2

Previous / Next Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe, Part 2 Iver P. Cooper Transplanting Bees The European honey bee has been deliberately transported to regions outside its native range, notably North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, and Japan. There are obvious problems with shipping bees overseas on sailing ships. The voyages are […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #006

Welcome to our July 2024 issue. We hope you enjoy it! Next Introduction and Table of ContentsBjorn Hasseler Introduction Magdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction) 1. Passing Fair Virginia DeMarce 2. From Cramps to Matrimony Terrry Howard 3. Cassini Runs Home Robert E. Waters 4. A Guest at the New Year Tim Sayeau 5. Buzz! Beekeeping in […]

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Volume 4 #1: Poor Little Rich Girls

Previous / Next Poor Little Rich Girls Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff “Will you two just give it up?” Heather asked, exasperated. “What good is that valley girl impersonation going to do you? No one here in Badenburg has ever heard of a valley girl.” “For sure, Heather, for sure,” Vicky Emerson answered. “We’re just […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 5 #7: Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe

Previous Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe, Part I Iver P. Cooper Honey is the oldest sweetener; there is an eight thousand-year-old rock painting in Spain that shows someone climbing a tree to gather honey from a bee hive. By ancient Egyptian times, humans had learned to manage honey bee hives to ensure a reliable […]

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1632 & Beyond 5 #5: Among the Faithful

Previous / Next Among the FaithfulBob Finegold “What have I done unto thee?” – Numbers 22:28 Worms, Rheinpfalz (Rhineland Palatinate) June 1635 “Grandfather! A Korrespondenzausschüsse column occupies Mainz!” Christian burst into his grandfather’s study, the horrible news of protestors being shot and summary hangings trembling on his lips. At the sight of the dour-faced men […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 5 #3: Mail From Up-Time

Previous / Next Mail From Up-TimeGeorge Grant Grantville Post Office May 1635 “Shit!” Bernita Jenkins’ day had started normally. The work had even been rather light. She and Selma had sorted the flats and letters, thrown parcels, sorted and distributed the accountables, and gotten a start on putting up the box mail before the window […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 5 #1: A Rose By Any Other Song

Previous / Next A Rose By Any Other SongVirginia DeMarce Grantville, SoTFSeptember 1635 “And now, we bring you News from the Netherlands.” The general manager of the Voice of America pondered as he listened. “It’s a good skit.” The VOA disk jockey grinned. “Tom and Dick Quiney are, if nothing else, reliably irreverent,” John Grover […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 4 #2: A Knight’s Tale – Therapies

Previous / Next Down the road from Leahy Medical Center, GrantvilleFebruary 2, 1637 Amalia had slammed the closet door down the hall. She’d searched the closet for her proper gloves, and that broke her mood. My better gloves, she realized, ARE A CRUMPLED MESS! “Arrrrghhh! These are disgusting!” She held up a glove, glared at […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 4 #3: Another Country Heard From

Previous / Next General Electronics laboratory, GrantvilleDecember 1634 John Grover gave in to the urge to swing by the lab building for a look at the lumpy-looking prototype tube before going to his desk to start the day’s work. Much to his relief, it looked good, and it was still perking along after three weeks […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 4 #4: The Birds of the Muses

Previous An Alexander Inheritance Story AthensJanuary 21, 319 BCE The cart bearing Melissa Hoffman and her precious cargo heaved up and down as the cart’s owner and driver bore down the dirt road to the port of Piraeus. From the back, there was an angry buzz, which slowly subsided. “Slower, you idiot!” she hissed. “You’ll […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 4 #1: Fire on the Mountain

Previous / Next This story takes place between chapters six and seven of Security Threats, the third NESS novel. It is also a sequel to “Clique, Clique, Boom” (Grantville Gazette 82). Calvert HillTuesday, May 8, 1635 When the three o’clock bell rang, Amalia Ramsenthalerin packed up her books and papers and joined the exodus of […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 3 #5: Something Old, Something New: A Materials of Construction Survey

Previous Iver P. Cooper What we can construct—whether it be a building, a boiler, or a toaster—and how well it performs its function depends on the materials incorporated into it. One of the effects of the Ring of Fire will be an ever-expanding palette of materials of construction for the engineer. Depending on their properties […]

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