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Volume 18 #5: The Bloody Baroness of Bornholm

Previous / Next The Bloody Baroness of Bornholm Written by Kerryn Offord May 1634, 0430 hrs, in the shadow of HammershusCastle, Island of Bornholm, the Baltic “Get ready to jump,” the man at the rudder called. Jesper Hansen tugged his cap down tight and slung his duffle bag over his shoulder. There was a gentle […]

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Volume 17 #14: Scraps of Fashion

Previous / Next Scraps of Fashion Written by Lisa Satterlund Something to keep in mind when writing fashion into your 1632verse stories is that the down-timers don’t think their fashions are ugly. From the point of view of the twentieth century, the up-timers will see many of the garments the highest classes wear as stiff, […]

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Volume 17 #13: Food Preservation in 1632

Previous / Next The Importance of Having a Pig: Food and Preservation in 1632 Written by Anette Pedersen The Importance of Storage Self-sufficiency was the alpha and omega of housekeeping in the 1632 era, and no matter how rich or poor a household was, it was the responsibility of the housewife or housekeeper to ensure […]

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Volume 17 #12: The Steam Car

Previous / Next The Steam Car Written by Kevin H. Evans The day approaches, more quickly than we may think, that the demand for automobiles will far surpass the supply that arrived with the Ring of Fire. Also many of the cars from the future will have un-repairable breakdowns. A solution to the transportation gap […]

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Volume 17 #11: Sonata, Part Three

Previous / Next Note: This is a story of Marla Linder, Franz Sylwester, and their music. It consists of Sonata, Part One (Grantville Gazette Volume 15), Sonata, Part Two (Grantville Gazette 16), Sonata, Part Three (Grantville Gazette 17), and Sonata, Part Four (Grantville Gazette 18). This touching story is part of 1635: Music and Murder, published by Baen. Sonata, Part […]

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Volume 17 #10: Homage to Etruria, Part One

Previous / Next Homage to Etruria,Part One: The Patron’s Plight Written by Jay Robison I. May 1635, Outside Rome Giulio Gentileschi paused to re-tie the kerchief around his nose and mouth to keep out the dust. His companion, a hulking lefferto named Carlo Belzoni did the same. If only cloth could keep the smell of panic out […]

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Volume 17 #9: Comedy of Error

Previous / Next Comedy of Error Written by Mark H. Huston “Oh. My. God. They have those damned things down-time too?” “What things Flo?” Anna followed Flo’s icy glare toward a temporary stage erected in the Grantville market. On it, a group of Italian traveling players were performing a broad, ribald and highly improvised show. […]

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Volume 17 #8: Lost In Translation

Previous / Next Lost In Translation Written by Iver P. Cooper Spring 1634Grantville “Hans, you fool, where are you!” Hans hurriedly entered the room. The master’s face was red, and his eyes were bulging, making him look rather like a choleric bullfrog. Uh-oh, he thought. What is it this time? He lowered his eyes. “Yes, Master?” […]

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Volume 17 #7: Golden Corn

Previous / Next Golden Corn—A Tale of Old Joe on the Mountain Top Written by Terry Howard “It’s the first of May and there’s snow on the ground.” Old Joe had talked to himself all of his life. Now with his wife gone he was living alone in a house accustomed to keeping two or […]

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Volume 17 #6: Ghosts on the Glass

Previous / Next Ghosts on the Glass Written by Tim Roesch The first time Mary saw the ghosts she was transfixed. In the beginning, they had frightened her, the ghosts. Now she found them before they found her. She knew where to look and how. With a clever smudge here or a bit of pigment […]

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Volume 16 #5: Feng Shui for the Soul

Previous / Next Feng Shui for the Soul Written by Kerryn Offord Grantville, 1633 Kurt Stoltz ignored the rumbling of his stomach and continued his careful scanning of the pages of the newspaper. He well knew that they censored everything. So one had to read everything to detect the tiny inconsistencies that hinted at what they had removed. He […]

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Volume 16 #4: Silver Age

Previous / Next Silver Age Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, March 1635 Pam Hardesty squatted down next to a set of encyclopedias in the National Research Center. Tuesday. Cross-training for would-be librarians. Someone, somewhere up the food chain, had decided that they would be better-prepared to help researchers in the future if they had some […]

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Volume 17 #3: Bunny B. Goode

Previous / Next Bunny B. Goode Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “These Americans,” Don Alfredo de Aguilera said with a sigh. “They have no idea of the effects they have.” He cast a sardonic look out the window, then sighed and turned back to his letter. The best he could do was the […]

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Volume 17 #2: The Anaconda Project, Episode Six

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Six Written by Eric Flint When Jozef finished with his presentation, the immediate reaction of his two listeners was about what he’d expected. Silence. Total, complete silence. After a few seconds, Lukasz Opalinski sighed faintly and leaned back a little further in his heavily-upholstered armchair. He gave the […]

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Volume 18 #4: Dark as a Dungeon

Previous / Next Dark as a Dungeon Written by John Zeek Henry Johnson was happy to see the three horses the family owned in the field. That meant that Anse and Hagen were back from the medical center. Maybe, just maybe the waiting was over. Henry pointed the horses out to Wendel Schultz and Suse […]

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Volume 18 #3: Too Late for Sunday

Previous / Next Too Late for Sunday Written by Michael Badillo December, 1633, Grantville “Roberta Allene Haggerty! Come here for a minute, please.” “What is it, Momma?” Allie answered, entering her parents’ room. The “please” didn’t fool her a bit. Nobody called you by your full name unless you were in trouble. “We need to […]

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Volume 17 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Five

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Five Written by Eric Flint As he watched the archer bringing his horse around again for another run at the target, Lukasz Opalinski leaned toward the man standing next to him. “So, tell me, Jozef. Is Grantville as exotic as its reputation?” Jozef Wojtowicz didn’t answer immediately. He […]

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Volume 18 #2: Quintessentially Blonde

Previous / Next Quintessentially Blonde Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, January 1635 “Why are you asking, Missy?” Debbie Jenkins asked. “You know Pam Hardesty. In the going-to-be-a-librarian-someday classes with me. She’s thinking about when she comes to get married. If she does. And what she’s going to tell a respectable down-time man about that blank […]

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Volume 18 #1: Gifted with Pascal

Previous / Next Gifted with Pascal Written by Tim Roesch Mary Timm hated church steeples. There was no glass in them. They blocked the light in odd ways, cast shadows where shadows had no place being. They stabbed the sky and mocked the sun. They interfered with her art. Having a boy hanging from one […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 13 #4: Grantville Gumshoe in a 17th Century World’s Fair

Previous Grantville Gumshoe in a 17th Century World’s FairTom Kidd Spring 1637 What was once a fleeting dream is now a reality. I have an office with my name burnished in gold foil on the door: Schinkenspeck & Mackie Investigations. I’m tickled pink at being an accomplished private eye with many extraordinary tales. Not to […]

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1632 & Beyond 13 #3: The Young Lady of the Lake

Previous / Next The Young Lady of the LakeEdith Wild It was the summer of 1636, I think in late June, maybe in early July. I believe the framework of events leading up to what happened might have been as long as several weeks. The edges blur and memories of events change. Even so, I […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 13 #2: Miss Redbird

Previous / Next Miss RedbirdBethanne Kim The Bridal SaloonEarly November 1635 “Look, Carole, I’m not saying the Miss West Virginia pageant isn’t great. It is! We have rented a lot of dresses over the years and you got a nice bump in business for doing hair, but the truth is we’re both stuck. In a […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 13 #1: Life List

Previous / Next Late May 1636 Riding the cog rail up to the Redbird Institute, USE Dorothea Weise breathed in the cool spring air, savoring the sweet scents of lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots, daisies, and cowslips growing in the open space alongside the cog rail’s steep tracks and spiced by the resinous aroma of […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #013

Welcome to our September 2025 issue. We hope you enjoy it! Next Table of Contents Note: You can open a copy of the Redbird Map with this link. Redbird Reader (fiction) 1. Life List Garrett W. Vance 2. Miss Redbird Bethanne Kim 3. The Young Lady of the Lake Edith Wild Paris Post (more fiction) […]

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Volume 16 #13: Unintended Consequences: Dealing with the Population Density Explosion

Previous Unintended Consequences: Dealing with the Population Density Explosion Written by Walt Boyes The reconstruction of Magdeburg brings to mind issues in population density. Although relatively large cities existed in 1634 in OTL, none of them qualifies as a really modern city, as the up-timers would recognize them. The up-timers will cause an unparalleled population […]

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Voume 16 #12: Seeing the Heavens

Previous / Next Seeing the Heavens Written by Iver P. Cooper “The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope,” according to Henry Ward Beecher. In the seventeenth century, solar system astronomy lay at the center of the debates as to place of mankind in the universe, and the relationship of […]

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Volume 16 #11: The High-Stepping Beauties

Previous / Next The High-Stepping Beauties Written by Kevin H. Evans Joseph stood on the platform, his eyes tightly shut, straining with his whole self to hear the whistle. It was time. The schedule said it was time, the whistle would tell. There it was, the distant chime. It was the first notes of a […]

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Volume 16 #9: Tell Me What You Eat, and I’ll Tell You Who You Are

Previous / Next Tell Me What You Eat, and I’ll Tell You Who You Are Written by Anette Pedersen Food and Cooking According to Class in 1632 Introduction In the Germany of 1632 the difference between the food available to the rich and to the poor was immensely bigger than it is today. Not so […]

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Volume 16 #8: Sonata, Part Two

Previous / Next Note: This is a story of Marla Linder, Franz Sylwester, and their music. It consists of Sonata, Part One (Grantville Gazette Volume 15), Sonata, Part Two (Grantville Gazette 16), Sonata, Part Three (Grantville Gazette 17), and Sonata, Part Four (Grantville Gazette 18). This touching story is part of 1635: Music and Murder, published by Baen. Sonata, Part […]

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Volume 16 #8: Stretching Out Part Four Beyond the Line

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part Four:Beyond the Line Written by Iver P. Cooper Trinidad, April, 1634 It was a lake, but one unlike any other they had seen. This was the famous Pitch Lake of Trinidad. A hundred acres of tar. David Pieterszoon de Vries, captain of the fluyt Walvis, studied it for a few […]

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Volume 16 #7: Hunting Traditions

Previous / Next Hunting Traditions Written by Garrett W. Vance Walt Dorrman looked up at the cold blue skies of an early October morning and knew that it was time to go hunting. He went to his small but well loved gun collection and held them one by one, as if greeting old friends. He […]

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Volume 16 #6: Sure Thing

Previous / Next Sure Thing Written by Kerryn Offord Sunrise, Monday, March 13, 1634,Magdeburg Elisabetha Schmelzer was sure the shadow walking behind her was a man, and that he was following her. Every time she stopped, he stopped as well. She wasn’t quite ready to panic just yet, but a woman alone in this area […]

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Volume 16 #5: The Galloping Goose

Previous / Next The Galloping Goose Written by Herbert and William Sakalaucks “Okay, guys, very carefully, peel the logo stencils and coverings off the doors and I’ll get the big one on the back end,” Arlen instructed. The sharp smell of drying paint hung in the air, a fine mist shrouding the gathered crowd, as […]

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Volume 16 #4: Doc

Previous / Next Doc Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “Get out of the goddamned way, Little Ferdie!” Ferdinand Bader got out of Sergeant Sandler’s way as quickly as he could. Not that he was really in the way, but it was typical of Sandler to shout, just as it was typical of Captain […]

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Volume 16 #3: Wedding Daze

Previous / Next Wedding Daze Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, August 1634 Velma Hardesty took a good look at herself in the mirror. Jacques-Pierre Dumais came to the trailer and talked to her for an hour or two at least three or four times a week and gave her ideas on which she was to […]

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Volume 16 #2: E. Coli: A Tale of Redemption

Previous / Next E. Coli: A Tale of Redemption Written by Terry Howard Ken paused in front of Jimmy Dick barely long enough to say, “Incoming,” before moving down the bar and taking shelter in the back room. Jimmy glanced in the mirror to see his ex-wife, Bina Rae, framed by the early afternoon sun, […]

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Volume 16 #1: Duty Calls

Previous / Next Duty Calls Written by Karen Bergstralh March, 1634 The room was packed with villagers happy to see visitors and hear the latest news and gossip. Rob Clark, stretching his legs, found two young boys under the table. It seemed to him that every inch of space was crammed with people. Some youngsters […]

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Volume 15 #15: Tennis: The Game of Kings

Previous Tennis: The Game of Kings Written by Iver P. Cooper Many of the stories of the 1632 Universe relate to the flow of ideas—technological and social—from the up-timers to the down-timers. But the flow can be in the other direction, too. My story “The Chase” (Ring of Fire 2) relates how the up-timers learn […]

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Volume 15 #14: The Theobroma Shell Game

Previous / Next The Theobroma Shell Game Written by Karen C. Evans Chocolate, that magical substance that smoothes out the rough parts of our lives. Those of us who have been living with the Grantville “disaster” these past years are reconciled to the fact that we will never have chocolate again. It isn’t available in […]

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Volume 15 #13: The Geared Locomotive or What Wood You Shay To?

Previous / Next The Geared Locomotive or What Wood You Shay To? Written by Kevin H. Evans Geared locomotives were developed to handle rough track industrial applications. Most notable were logging short lines, and mining short lines. The traditional steam locomotive has cylinders parallel to the ground with the effort of those cylinders transferred to […]

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Volume 15 #12: Soundings and Sextants,Part Two

Previous / Next Soundings and Sextants,Part Two, Celestial Navigation Methods Written by Iver P. Cooper According to Marx’s book on the Spanish flota, ship’s navigators were regarded with scorn and, on many occasions, the denouement to the stranding of a ship’s crew was the assassination or execution of the navigator (71). Up-time celestial navigation methods may […]

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Volume 15 #11: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Six

Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin,Part Six: The Polish Incident or The Wet Firecracker War Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Third Lieutenant Boris Timrovich, Tim to his friends, was savoring the victory. Right up to the time he was called into the commandant’s office. He had beaten Third Lieutenant Igor Milosevic in […]

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Volume 15 #10: Sonata, Part One

Previous / Next Note: This is a story of Marla Linder, Franz Sylwester, and their music. It consists of Sonata, Part One (Grantville Gazette Volume 15), Sonata, Part Two (Grantville Gazette 16), Sonata, Part Three (Grantville Gazette 17), and Sonata, Part Four (Grantville Gazette 18). This touching story is part of 1635: Music and Murder, published by Baen. Sonata, Part […]

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Volume 15 #9: Dog Days

Previous / Next Dog Days Written by Richard Evans Spring 1632, Grantville, Thuringia, Germany, early morning Old Pete sat in his favorite spot and huffed out a breath of air that made his mouth flap comfortably. He laid his head down onto his paws and watched the streets through the white wooden pickets of the […]

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Volume 15 #8: The Whippoorwill

Previous / Next The Whippoorwill Written by John Zeek “I’m getting too old for this shit.” Anse Hatfield swung off his horse, the dull pains in his back and legs reminding him that camping rough and riding all day was a young man’s game. He waved to Sergeant Albrecht. “Hold off making camp. Now that […]

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Volume 15 #7: A Falcon Falls

Previous / Next A Falcon Falls Written by Kerryn Offord Saturday Morning, December 31, 1633, Grantville “Swan Lake! How does she expect us to do Swan Lake? And in Magdeburg. The woman is raving.” Harvey Matowski glanced back up the road. Nearly half a mile away, just outside the high school, he could see the headlights […]

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Volume 15 #6: Breakthroughs

Previous / Next Breakthroughs Written by Jack Carroll General Electronics laboratoriesMarch 1634 Something didn’t fit, and it looked important. Else Berding had gone to the break room for a cup of coffee. She came out to see Jennifer Hanson in the hallway, carrying on a conversation through a ham walkie-talkie. It was a little bit […]

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Volume 15 #5: The Old Gray Goose

Previous / Next The Old Gray Goose Written by Terry Howard GrantvilleThanksgiving, 1635 “Why are you not happy, Herr Benito? We have a half day off.” The new butcher’s helper, Hans Knefler, glanced over at the man he’d been assigned to work with out of the corner of his eye as they walked home from […]

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Volume 15 #4: A Pirate’s Ken

Previous / Next A Pirate’s Ken Written by Iver P. Cooper The lookout squinted. In the east, a horizon-hugging bank of clouds glowed red, heralding the imminent sunrise. In the west, the sky was a deep azure, with only a few stars still glimmering. Below his perch was a dark skeleton of masts and spars. […]

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Volume 15 #3: The Summer of Our Discontent

Previous / Next The Summer of Our Discontent Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, May 1634 Susan Logsden sat in the front pew of Grantville’s rebuilt Presbyterian church, flanked on one side by Grampa Ben and Grandma Gloria and on the other by her half-sister Pam Hardesty and half-brother Cory Joe Lang. She couldn’t stop the […]

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Volume 15 #2: Letters of Trade

Previous / Next Letters of Trade Written by David Dingwall October 1630Downham Market, Norfolk To John Paulet, Winchester To my good friend John, and to your lady wife Jane, we congratulate you at the glad news of the birth of your first son, Charles. We hope both mother and child are well, and his auspices […]

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Volume 15 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Four

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Four Written by Eric Flint Krzysztof Opalinski was obviously puzzled by Morris’ reference to himself as Gandalf. But, to Melissa’s surprise, his companion Jakub Zaborowsky grinned. “Not exactly, Herr Roth—at least, not from our viewpoint. You are more in the way of our Elrond. Perhaps Galadriel.” Morris gaped […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 12 #8: To Kill A Redbird

Previous To Kill A Redbird Marc Tyrrell A townhouse in Hamburg Monday, February 11, 1636, 8:25 p.m. “So, that is my proposal, meine Herren. What do you think?” Hans Geisel looked around the well-lit, wood paneled room at the five other men seated there, watching their body language. Predictably, Wilhelm van den Berg was relaxed, […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 12 #7: That Old Chestnut

Previous / Next I used to be a stately tree, tall and straight, dominating my neighbors in the forest. Until Grantville came to town. My name is Chris, and I used to be a European chestnut tree, but Grantville brought the chestnut blight with it when it came back from the year 2000. I had […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 12 #6: A Flask and a Handshake

Previous / Next A Flask and a Handshake Natalie Silk Spring 1636 “Wife!” Danel Nahon rushed through the door of his small home and saw that Dora wasn’t there. Dora’s favorite stool by the hearth had her mending basket resting on top of it. With three young growing children, the basket was always filled with […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 12 #5: Escaping The What-Ifs

Previous / Next Escaping The What-Ifs Mike Knopp Redbird Institute Construction Site North of Röblitz, West Virginia County, Thuringia-Franconia October 6, 1635 Pierre Petit stood at the top of the hill, watching the train steadily move up the incline. A metallic pinging of the pinion on the rack and safety catches rang distinctively under the […]

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1632 & Beyond 12 #4: Renamed

Previous / Next Renamed Bethanne Kim Redbird Institute Early July 1635 Phil Bartolli fished a plain red handkerchief out of his pocket to wipe his brow. Reconsidering, he wiped his whole face. “I keep hearing that we’re in the middle of the Little Ice Age, but it sure doesn’t feel like it on a day […]

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1632 & Beyond 12 #3: But Will It Play In Peoria?

Previous / Next But Will It Play In Peoria? Tracy S. Morris March 1635 “Eeeeh, what’s up, Paul?” Betsy Springer held a carrot between two fingers like Bugs Bunny pretending to hold a cigar as she pingponged into Managing Editor Paul Kindred’s office at the Grantville Times with her usual high energy. Today, his star […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 12 #2: Chautauqua, Disney, And The World’s Fair

Previous / Next Chautauqua, Disney, And The World’s Fair Bjorn Hasseler Rudolstadt, Rudolstadt-Schwarzburg County, SoTF August 1634 Countess Emelie of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst was nineteen, six months pregnant, and distracting herself with the most marvelous idea. She and her fifty-three-year-old husband Count Ludwig Guenther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt had returned to Rudolstadt from Magdeburg just a few days ago. […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 12 #1: What is Redbird?

Previous / Next What is Redbird? Bethanne Kim Why is this in nonfiction when Redbird is fictional? It’s not a story. It’s the story behind the story. Most of what is written in this universe is solidly built on the foundation of what is real. Grantville isn’t real, but Mannington (the town Grantville is based […]

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Volume 14 #17: Soundings and Sextants, Part One, Navigational Instruments Old and New

Previous Soundings and Sextants, Part One, Navigational Instruments Old and New Written by Iver P. Cooper In Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, the tyrannical senior midshipman, Mr. Simpson, given a navigation problem by the sailing master, computes the ship’s position as being in Central Africa. The captain acidly praises him for discovering the source of the Nile. Poor […]

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Volume 14 #16: Second Hand Help

Previous / Next Second Hand Help Written by Vincent W. Coljee In Grantville Gazette, Volume 10, vaccinations in the 1632 universe were discussed as something Grantville would introduce to early modern Europe and beyond. Vaccinations are an extremely useful and beneficial healthcare innovation both from the societal and personal perspective. Widespread use of vaccinations can prevent […]

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Volume 14 #15: Metallic Fusion: Putting it Together in 1632

Previous / Next Metallic Fusion: Putting it Together in 1632 Written by Kevin H. Evans The construction of machines and devices requires that sections of material be attached to each other. This can be accomplished by friction, adhesives, mechanical connections, and welding. Down-time fastening methods were mostly mechanical. That is the methods depended on adhesion […]

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Volume 14 #14: Radio Killed the Video Star: Mass Communication Development in the 1632 Universe

Previous / Next Radio Killed the Video Star: Mass Communication Development in the 1632 Universe Written by Jay Robison As we have seen so far in both fiction (“Waves of Change” Grantville Gazette, Volume 9) and non-fiction (articles by Rick Boatright and others), the mass media of radio and television are bringing big changes to seventeenth […]

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Volume 14 #13:Stretching Out, Part Three: Maria’s Mission

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part Three: Maria’s Mission Written by Iver P. Cooper Grantville, September 1633 “You’ve heard the news, Mevrouw Vorst?” David de Vries brandished a folded copy of the Grantville Times. Maria Vorst turned to face him. “Who hasn’t, Captain? Is it really as bad as the papers say?” “Probably worse. Over sixty […]

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Volume 14 #12: Joseph Hanauer, Part Three: All Creatures Stand in Judgment

Previous / Next Joseph Hanauer, Part Three: All Creatures Stand in Judgment Written by Douglas W. Jones 10th of Tamuz, 5391 ( July 10, 1631 ) The trip by cart from Grantville to a wooded hillside above Magdala had only taken a day. Seen from the hillside, the village looked large. Yossie had expected Magdala to be […]

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Volume 14 #11: Cinco de Mayo . . . er, der Fünfte Mai

Previous / Next Cinco de Mayo . . . er, der Fünfte Mai Written by Edith Wild “So what the heck is a taco, really?” asked Maria, David’s girlfriend. It was with great fanfare that the owners of the Thuringen Gardens added real honest-to-god tacos to their menu in May of 1634. May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, was to be […]

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Volume 14 #10: School Days, School Days, Dear Old Golden Rule Days

Previous / Next School Days, School Days, Dear Old Golden Rule Days Written by Terry Howard February, 1635, Grantville It all started on the first day of school. Chaim was in the hallway when he heard a kid say, “Hey, Hans. Look! A Shirley Temple haircut!” “What are you talkin’ about?” “The banana curls, just […]

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Volume 14 #9: Stepping Up

Previous / Next Stepping Up Written by Jack Carroll American Electric WorksThe president’s office7:30 PM Gottfried voiced an untranslatable grunt of frustration. “How on earth do they come up with this?” Landon looked at the page. “Hmm. Yes. You have every right to be confused, the author should have shown some intermediate steps. Well, let’s walk […]

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Volume 14 #8: The New Romantics

Previous / Next The New Romantics Written by Kerryn Offord Grantville, February 1634 Hazel Patton couldn’t stand not knowing what the giggling was all about a moment longer. She poked her head around the corner to find three of her teacher trainees giggling over a book. Walking over to them she held out a hand […]

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Volume 14 #7: Songs and Ballads

Previous / Next Songs and Ballads Written by Virginia DeMarce Judith Roth claimed no expertise at the piano—only lessons from the seventh through the sixteenth years of her life. She had been profoundly grateful when the last teacher to whom she had been assigned at the Levine School of Music had concurred with her own […]

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Volume 14 #5: Gearing Up

Previous / Next Gearing Up Written by Sean Massey Happy AcresOctober 1633 “Du dummes, undankbares Stück scheiße!” Jost Neubert screamed. He waved his arms and hit the old John Deere Model B tractor with his hat. The tractor hadn’t seen this much work in decades, and steam now poured out of the radiator. “Warum jetzt??” Jost […]

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Volume 14 #5: A Matter of Unehrlichkeit

Previous / Next A Matter of Unehrlichkeit Written by Kim Mackey The breeze along the Rhine was beginning to freshen again when Philipp Hainhofer glanced once more towards the gates of Cologne. Where are you Georg? It’s been over an hour! His youngest daughter, Sophie, noticed his look. “He’s probably in a beer tavern somewhere with […]

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volume 14 #4: Bats in the Belfry

Previous / Next Bats in the Belfry Written by Garrett W. Vance Late May, 1634 Pam Miller walked briskly down Grantville’s main street, hoping to avoid the friendly looking fellow heading her way from the Freedom Arches. It looked like he may be trying to get her attention; she had no idea why and was […]

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Volume 14 #3: Mrs. Schumacher

Previous / Next Mrs. Schumacher Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “Lena! Lena! It’s here!” Helena looked up from the pot she was stirring to see her cousin Dorothea Kellerin pushing open the door. The girl was barely able to hold on to the basket of food she’d bought at the market, considering the […]

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Volume 14 #2: Jenny and the King’s Men

Previous / Next Jenny and the King’s Men Written by Mark Huston And thus a mighty deed was done by Jenny’s valiant hand,Black Prelacy and Popery she drove from Scottish land;King Charles he was a shuffling knave, priest Laud a meddling fool,But Jenny was a woman wise, who beat them with a stool! The column […]

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Volume 14 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Three

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Three Written by Eric FlintChapter 3 Fortunately, they were hungry—or James might have spent half an hour instead of three minutes making wisecracks about Lord and Lady Roth and the way they bid fair to make pikers out of any European aristocrats barring maybe the odd emperor here […]

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Volume 13 #19: Turn, Turn, Turn

Previous Turn, Turn, Turn Written by Virginia DeMarce July 1634 Father Nicholas Smithson, S.J., cleared his throat for the third time. Crossing his arms over his chest, he leaned back against the wall of St. Mary’s rectory. After a pause, he cleared his throat for the fourth time. With obvious reluctance, Father Athanasius Kircher, S.J., […]

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Volume 13 #18: Sunday Driver

Previous / Next Sunday Driver Written by Laura Runkle GrantvilleJuly, 1634 Father Nicholas Smithson stood by the side door and shook hands after early mass at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church. Father Athanasius Kircher was greeting parishioners coming out of the main door, but some always left by the quicker route. He smiled as he saw […]

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Volume 13 #17: The Spark of Inspiration

Previous / Next The Spark of Inspiration Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Neil O’Connor looked over at Johan. “Say what ever you like, man, that girl is fine.” He continued to turn the spark plug wrench as he talked. “She may be pretty but she is too forward, I think,” Albrecht Knopf said. […]

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Volume 13 #16: Plugging Along

Previous / Next Plugging Along Written by Kerryn Offord The Saale Industrial Zone, winter 1633-34 Larry Karickhoff turned the key of the pickup. The engine fired a few times, backfired, and stopped. “What’s the hold up, Larry? Day’s over, everyone wants to get home,” Johann Rademacher said. Larry tried the engine again, with the same result. […]

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Volume 13 #15: Supply and Demand

Previous / Next Supply and Demand Written by Rick Boatright Tink tink tink… The little yellow screwdriver rang against the side of the Cora’s mug as Father Nicholas Smithson sat silently in the rectory kitchen. “Why so glum, Nick?” Father Nicholas Smithson looked up from staring into his coffee mug to see his good friend […]

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Volume 13 #14: The Doodlebugger

Previous / Next The Doodlebugger Written by Iver P. Cooper Wietze Oil Field, near Celle, in the Duchy of CalenbergEarly, 1634 “Hans, dammit! Where’s the report on the new mine cars?” “In a moment, sir.” Hans started rummaging through the files, at first calmly, then more frantically. “I am sure it’s here somewhere.” “Perhaps it’ll […]

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Volume 13 #13: Guilds 101

Previous / Next Guilds 101 Written by Karen Bergstralh Guilds had a long history. Depending upon your exact definition, a form of guilds can be traced back over 4,000 years. By the twentieth century all but a few guilds had disappeared and the handful that remain had altered greatly. A major factor in their disappearance […]

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Volume 13 #12: The Wooden Wonders of Grantville

Previous / Next The Wooden Wonders of Grantville Written by Iver P. Cooper The “Wooden Wonder” (or “Timber Terror”) of World War II was the De Havilland Mosquito, a highly successful aircraft, made primarily from wood, used in both fighter and bomber configurations. The fact that it competed effectively with aluminum-based aircraft shows that it […]

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Volume 13 #11: The Music of the Spheres . . . er, Ring

Previous / Next The Music of the Spheres . . . er, Ring Written by David Carrico A lot has been said in the various 1632 discussion threads on Baen’s Bar, as well as in print, about how early modern Europe’s populace really weren’t too different from people of today. They were technically adept, given the tools that they […]

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Volume 13 #10: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 5

Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Five,The Dog and Pony Show Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Natasha alighted from the carriage at her family’s dacha outside of Moscow, along with her aunt, Sofia Petrovna. Both were wearing full regalia, “dressed to the nines,” as Bernie put it. Aunt Sofia served as […]

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Volume 13 #9: Joseph Hanauer, Part Two

Previous / Next Joseph Hanauer, Part Two:These Things Have No Fixed Measure Written by Douglas W. Jones 12th of Sivan, 5391 ( June 12, 1631 ) As Yossie walked down the road Thursday morning, he was struck by an unlikely fact. His surroundings no longer shocked him. When he’d arrived in Grantville, the well-painted houses […]

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Volume 13 #8: Sailing Upwind

Previous / Next Sailing Upwind Written by Kevin and Karen Evans Late September 1633 “Sally, did Mr. Pridmore say where he was going?” Reva leaned toward the young receptionist, to keep the conversation a little more private. Reva worried about Marlon. He hadn’t been eating or sleeping well for the last week. Just like he […]

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Volume 13 #7: The Truth According to Buddha

Previous / Next The Truth According to Buddha Written by Terry Howard “Hey, Jimmy Dick.” Bubba sidled up to the bar and waited for Jimmy to order him a beer. It was Thursday and Bubba was broke. “You hear about the horrible way the school treated preacher Wiley’s kid?” “No. What happened?” “He was up […]

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Volume 13 #6: Out of a Job?

Previous / Next Out of a Job? Written by Iver P. Cooper I am no ordinary assassin. As one of the foreign agents of the Most Serene Republic, it is my task to bring our wayward glassmakers back into the fold. I prefer the carrot to the stick, and the stick to the dagger. But […]

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Volume 13 #5: The Ear of the Beholder

Previous / Next The Ear of the Beholder Written by Terry Martin “No way, man, I thought they were Brits!” “Way, dude. They were Brits. But their first record was in German.” Danny grunted to signify that was settled. “Not only that, but it was recorded in Paris.” “France?” “Is there any other?” “Well, not […]

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Volume 13 #4: Nothing’s Ever Simple

Previous / Next Nothing’s Ever Simple Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, December 1633 “That’s probably about the best we can do.” Roberta Sutter looked at the stacks of paper on the table in front of her with considerable dissatisfaction. “We’ve interviewed everyone in town,” Sandra Prickett said. “We’ve made them look for family Bibles and […]

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Volume 13 #3: A Tinker’s Progress

Previous / Next A Tinker’s Progress Written by Terry Howard Jack Jones made his way into the sleepy little town of Elstow, about a mile south of Bedford in Bedfordshire, home to perhaps five hundred souls—give or take half a hundred. There was a notable stone cross in the center of town where he stopped […]

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Volume 13 #2: Protected Species

Previous / Next Protected Species Written by Garrett W. Vance Summer of 1634 “All right everyone, hold real still!” The small group of third graders froze, looks of excitement on their faces. What great kids! There was movement in the tall reeds along the edges of the narrow inlet; once a West Virginia hollow, now an arm […]

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Volume 13 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Two

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Two Eric Flint Chapter 2 “You look tired, Melissa,” said Judith Roth sympathetically. She gestured to a luxurious divan in the great salon of the Roth mansion. “Please, have a seat.” Melissa Mailey went over to the divan, hobbling a little from the effects of the ten-day journey […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #7: The Impact Of Mannington On Grantville And Grantville On Mannington

Previous / Next The Mannigton Minute: The Impact Of Mannington On Grantville And Grantville On Mannington Jackie Britton Lopatin My husband, Leonard Lopatin, and I feel so blessed to be living in historic Mannington, a small town in the West Virginia mountains on Highway 250. When people here would ask us how or why we […]

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