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Volume 11 #10: Wish Book

Previous / Next Wish Book Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “Gary Jordan!” Gary Jordan Burke flinched. He almost always flinched when Joyce got to screeching. It was an automatic response to her high-pitched, overly-loud voice. You’d think the woman thought everyone was deaf. “Gary Jordan!” “Yes, dear?” “Go downtown and get some more paper […]

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Volume 11 #9: Bootstrapping

Previous / Next Bootstrapping Written by Kerryn Offord Winter 1631-32, Jena Catherine Mutschler made her way carefully through the winter mud. She was tired and listless after being kept up most of the night by Maria, her three-year-old daughter. She’d finally managed to settle Maria only by feeding her the last of the bread mixed […]

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Volume 11 #8: Bathing with Coal

Previous / Next Bathing With Coal Written by Russ Rittgers Fall, 1633 “Barnabas Kitchner! Wake up! It’s Tuesday morning and you have to buy wood for the bathhouse fire.” The thirty-eight year-old man rolled over in bed and opened one eye. His wife, Margarete Lutsch, was already dressed and standing in the doorway with her […]

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Volume 11 #7: O For a Muse of Fire

Previous / Next O For a Muse of Fire Written by Jay Robison O for a muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention! —Shakespeare, Henry V Andreas Gryphius, born Greif, waited outside the door to Amber Higham’s office. He knew he hadn’t done anything wrong, knew that that was not why the high […]

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Volume 11 #6: The Treasure Hunters

Previous / Next The Treasure Hunters Written by Karen Bergstralh March, 2000 The librarian stamped the book and handed it across the desk. “This is a grown-up book, Mikey. It came all the way from a library in Richmond and you can only have one renewal on it. It must be back by April sixteenth.” Michael Arthur […]

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Volume 11 #5: A Gift of Blankets

Previous / Next A Gift of Blankets Written by Kerryn Offord and Vincent Coljee Quarantine House Alpha, Grantville, 1632 “How do we feel today?” Katharina Anna Schrey asked Quarantine House Alpha’s most important patient. John Thompson Sims looked up from his sick bed. “Lousy!” Katharina smiled down at the elderly doctor. He’d been her friend […]

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Volume 11 #4: Land of Ice and Sun

Previous / Next Land of Ice and Sun Written by Kim Mackey The match was tied at four games apiece when I looked up and saw the priest talking to Esteban’s navigator, Luke Foxe. He was a strange looking fellow. Oh, he wore the clothing of a priest, but his face was too dark and […]

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Volume 11 #3: Azrael’s Bargain

Previous / Next Azrael’s Bargain Written by Terry Howard Download this Podcast Episodehttp://www.grantvillegazette.com/img/pod/bargain.mp3 “Hey, Jimmy. Why don’t I ever see you down at the rail yard anymore?” It was a cold winter night and Club 250 had its every-night regulars and as many more folks who weren’t. The young man talking to Jimmy Dick was one […]

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Volume 11 #2: Lessons in Astronomy

Previous / Next Lessons in Astronomy Written by Peter Hobson “Your Eminence, I’m fluent in Latin, German and Italian. My French is passable. My Greek is a little weak and I’ve forgotten most of the smattering of Hebrew the seminary inflicted on me.” Father Scheiner knew he shouldn’t be taking that tone with a prince […]

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Volume 11 #1: Pilgrimage of Grace

Previous / Next Pilgrimage of Grace Written by Virginia DeMarce “They’re not taking what happened in Suhl last January out on Johnny Lee’s family because they can’t. His dad’s been dead for thirty years. His mother wasn’t from around here to start with and she moved back to Ohio after a while. Mary Fern–that’s his […]

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Volume 10 #19: The Feast

Previous THE FEAST by Anette Pedersen Guildmaster B in a fair-sized northern European town is giving a party to celebrate his second son’s engagement to the daughter of another guildmaster. Come and let me show you what’s going on. The Street The street leading past the house is not one of the main streets through […]

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Volume 10 #18: All Roads Lead to…

Previous / Next ALL ROADS LEAD. . . . By Iver P. Cooper A seventeenth-century visitor might well think that all roads lead to Grantville, not Rome, because down-time roads pale by comparison. “Captain Gars,” riding on Route 250, noted its “perfect flatness,” and considered it to be “the finest road he had ever seen in his life.” […]

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Volume 10 #17: Herd Immunity

Previous / Next Herd Immunity By Vincent W. Coljee Life, disease and death in the 1630s Imagining life in a small town in Germany in the 1630s is difficult for the average twenty-first century dweller. Picture awaking from an interrupted night’s sleep, courtesy of the local swine brawling in the alley below your bedroom window. […]

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Volume 10 #16: Crude Peniccilin

Previous / Next Crude Penicillin: Potential and Limitations By Kim Mackey “That which we know frequently impedes us in acquiring new knowledge.” Claude Bernard (1813-1878), French physiologist. Background and Early History of Penicillin The Age of Disinfection began with the work of Pasteur and Lister in the 1860s and 1870s. While this initial work focused on […]

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Volume 10 #15: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 3

Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 3:Boris, Natasha . . . But Where’s Bullwinkle By Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “Order Kameroff to take his battalion to the west.” The barely bearded Russian wearing two stars on his collar moved his finger along the map, over a set of hills then northwest along a river. “He is […]

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Volume 10 #14: The Doctor Phil Chronicles: Doctor Phil’s Family

Previous / Next The Doctor Phil Chronicles:Doctor Phil’s Family By Kerryn Offord Dr. Gribbleflotz’ office, HDG Enterprizes, Jena Phillip took the next letter from his inbox. It was marked personal, and checking the back, he could see it was from his American friend, Jonathan Fortney. He broke the seal and started reading. He had to […]

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Volume 10 #13: Franconia! Part 1

Previous / Next Franconia! Part 1 by Virginia DeMarce Grantville,February 1634 “No, no, no, no, no, no, n-o-o-o-o.” Amber Higham threw both of her hands up in the air. The class came to a stop. “This unit worked last year. It worked like a charm. Why isn’t it working this year?” She glared at her […]

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Volume 10 #12: Little Angel

Previous / Next Little Angel By Kerryn Offord Grantville,January 1634 Maria Helena Kolb slowly searched the line of trees. Somewhere, hidden in the shadows, she was sure Benji Matheny was hiding in ambush. Time to send in the cannon fodder. “Daisy, Regina, when I give you the word, I want you to run around that tree over […]

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Volume 10 #11: The Prepared Mind

Previous / Next The Prepared Mind By Kim Mackey “Chance favors the prepared mind.” —Louis Pasteur Grantville, May 1632 When Amy Kubiak walked into the biology classroom, Lori Fleming had her head on her desk. Amy smiled. Pete Farmer had been a good biology teacher when Amy had had him in high school. But now […]

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Volume 10 #10: None so Blind

Previous / Next None So Blind By David Carrico MagdeburgJanuary, 1635 The slap knocked Willi sprawling, eyes watering with pain. He had to bite his lip hard to keep from crying out. “Five nothings!” Willi felt Uncle’s hand grab the back of his rags and haul him up. The hand shook him so hard he […]

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Volume 10 #9: Grand Tour

Previous / Next Grand Tour By Iver P. Cooper My name is Mister Thomas Hobbes. If you are one of the Americans from the future, you know me as a political philosopher, the praised and reviled author of Leviathan. If you are a fellow down-timer, in this Year of Our Lord 1633, then you probably don’t […]

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Volume 10 #8: Fiddling Stranger

Previous / Next Fiddling Stranger By Russ Rittgers August 1633 Dolf was the first in his farming village to notice the stranger. Not that strangers walking or riding past on their way to or from Aschersleben were unusual. He was ten, old enough to have finished his formal schooling, or so his father said. “Got […]

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Volume 10 #6: The Salon

Previous / Next The Salon By Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff “Ah . . .” The sound of a throat clearing drew Heather’s attention away from the paperwork on her desk at Trommler Records. “Hey, Jacob. What’s up?” “It is Thursday, Heather. I wanted to leave about three so I can attend the salon.” “Salon?” “The salon at […]

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Volume 10 #5: Twenty-eight Men

Previous / Next Twenty-eight Men by Mark Huston January, 1635 The cold wind cut through to the very core of the men as they walked to the entrance of the mine. It was dark, well before dawn, in the dead time of the night. The cold was complete, a January cold, dry, harsh and sharp. […]

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Volume 10 #4: NCIS: Lies, Truths and Consequences

Previous / Next NCIS: Lies, Truths and Consequences By Jose J. Clavell “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32 Naval HeadquartersMagdeburg Navy YardMagdeburg, USE 0900 Hours Local In the charming vernacular of his time, the admiral was ready to have kittens. The tension in his office was thick […]

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Volume 10 #3: Star Crossed

Previous / Next Star Crossed By Terry Howard “Yoo hoo! Manuel!” When Emmanuel Onofrio heard Verlinda Fritz yoohooing down the hall, his mind yelled, “Run!” He was looking forward to a quiet, restful lunch in the teacher’s lounge. Keeping the rowdy kids in line so the others could learn seemed to get harder year by […]

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Volume 10 #2: A Filthy Story

Previous / Next A Filthy Story by Aamund Breivik Daniel Pedersson cursed, and swung the entrenching tool again. It went splat instead of crack, again, and he cursed some more. Not that swearing helped; he was already covered in filthy sewage slush beyond all imagination. The supply depot’s jury-rigged sewer system had worked fine all summer, but now […]

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Volume 10 #1: On The Matter of D’Artagnan

Previous / Next On The Matter of D’Artagnan by Bradley H. Sinor “Charlton Heston or Tim Curry?” mused Cardinal Richelieu. Since there was no one else in the room, the chief minister to His Majesty Louis XIII of France was speaking for his own benefit. Richelieu sat in a large chair behind the huge desk […]

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Writing Reed & Kathy Sue Burroughs

November 14, 2024 1632 & Beyond, 1632verse, From the Editor, Grantville Gazette, Uncategorized, Writing Advice by Bjorn Hasseler 1 Comment

By Bjorn Hasseler The one hard and fast rule about a story is “don’t bore the reader.” The rest are recommendations—because you can find exceptions to all the other “rules.” But if you’re just starting […]

Volume 9 #32: White Gold

Previous White Gold by Kerryn Offord As the gentle winds blow, you look out from the veranda of your plantation house over the acres of sugar cane. What you see isn’t fields of cane. What you see is fields of gold. The white gold called sugar, slowly growing to maturity. In Pernambuco in the early […]

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Volume 9 #31: The Daily Beer

Previous / Next The Daily Beer by Anette PedersenThe Importance of Beer Beer was food. Before the potato arrived in Northern and Central Europe, barley, rye and oats were the main sources of nutrients. Of these, barley was the easiest and most robust crop. Barley isn’t that good as bread or porridge, so almost the […]

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Volume 9 #30: A Tempest In a Baptistry

Previous / Next A Tempest In a Baptistry by Terry Howard The question of re-baptism and the distress it caused in the sixteen hundreds, including what has at times been described as bloody murder, is still with us. In 1965, President Johnson’s daughter Luci was re-baptized into the Roman Catholic Church. While most of the […]

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Volume 9 #29: The Sound of Mica

Previous / Next The Sound of Mica by Iver P. Cooper It is the year 1634, and the Voice of America is on the air. Since the VOA is an AM (amplitude modulation) radio station, speech and music are encoded as fluctuations in the amplitude (intensity) of a radio-frequency carrier wave. The radio waves, emanating […]

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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 #27: Butterflies In The Kremlin, Episode 2, A ‘Merican in Moscow

Previous / Next Butterflies In The Kremlin, Episode 2A ‘Merican in Moscow by Gorg Huff and Paula GoodlettSpring, 1633 “Home,” Boris sighed then waved at the white stone walls of the Kremlin which stood sixty feet tall and dominated the mostly wooden city of Moscow. Bernie Zeppi, after the long trip, didn’t care if it […]

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Volume 9 #26: At the Cliff’s Edge

Previous / Next At the Cliff’s Edge by Iver P. Cooper Friedrich Adelsohn, Captain of the Third Company of the Mounted Constabulary of the State of Thuringia-Franconia, stared at the ox. The ox stared right back. After a moment, it lowered its gaze, and resumed its attempts to convert the roadside into a nicely trimmed […]

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Volume 9 #25: The Essen Chronicles, Part 3: Trip to Paris

Previous / Next Note: The Essen Chronicles series consists of several parts, Crucibellus (Grantville Gazette #7), Louis de Geer (Grantville Gazette #8) and Trip to Paris (Grantville Gazette #9) The Essen Chronicles, Part 3: Trip to Paris by Kim MackeyChapter One October 1632 was an eventful month for Josh and Colette Modi. Their first wedding anniversary prompted Colette […]

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Volume 9 #24: The Transmitter

Previous / Next The Transmitter by Gorg Huff “But the article says that Monsieur Bell’s selenium cells had a resistance of one hundred to three hundred oms!” Piair La Corrian pointed imperiously at a pile of papers on his desk. “That’s a variation of two hundred watts. With one positive and the next negative, four […]

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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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Volume 9 #22: Safe at First Base

Previous / Next Safe at First Base by Mark H Huston “I tell you, I saw it in the movie. Plain as the nose on your face. And you have a large nose, Johan. The up-time device looked just like this—” “Heinrich. Listen to yourself. Movies are like dreams; they are not real. This is reality.” With […]

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Volume 9 #21: Little Jammer Boys

Previous / Next Little Jammer Boys by Kim Mackey The terrified servant handed the message to Johnny von Sachsen as he and his younger brother, Augi, entered the elector’s palace in Dresden. It was terse and to the point. Come to my bedchambers. Now. In their father’s handwriting. John George I, Elector of Saxony, was […]

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Volume 9 #19: Waves of Change

Previous / Next Waves of Change by Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff “I WANT TO LISTEN!!!” Joseph screamed, making it impossible for anyone to listen. “For God’s sake, girl. Let your brother listen to the damned thing.” “But, Papa . . .” Marie couldn’t help the whine in her voice. Papa raised his hand. Marie […]

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Volume 9 #20: Try Try Again

Previous / Next Try, Try Again by Paula Goodlett “It isn’t right.” Marie lowered her eyes so that her employer wouldn’t see the glare she couldn’t suppress. “Ma’am, I did what the package said to do. Twice.” She picked up the container of Spirits of Hartshorn and tried to get Frau Werrin to look at […]

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Volume 9 #18: If at First You Don’t Succeed . . .

Previous / Next If at First You Don’t Succeed . . . by Paula Goodlett “That will never work.” Margaret looked up at her younger brother, Nathan, and stuck her tongue out at him. “Says you. And what do you know, what with all your years of experience?” “Pa says it won’t work. And you’ve […]

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Volume 9 #17: Tool or Die

Previous / Next Tool or Die by Karen Bergstralh Late January, 1632 Martin Schmidt walked briskly down the Tech Center hallway, his mind full of plans. The thread rolling machine was working well and he was eager to take the next step and build a drop forge. A drop forge needed a source of power […]

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Volume 9 #16: Ultralight

Previous / Next Ultralight by Sean Massey Wismar, GermanyMarch, 1635 Flight had taken hold of Johann Rommel. Since the thirty-something merchant from Wismar first saw the American air force in action last October, he had decided he wanted one of their strange flying beasts, something they called an air craft, for himself. After several months of […]

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Volume 9 #15: The Minstrel Boy

Previous / Next The Minstrel Boy by John Zeek Saturday morning, February 1634 “Well, that’s that.” Bill Frank lowered the hood of the new rail engine. “Though I have no idea how we’re going to deliver it.” Hagen Filss, who had been handing him tools, responded, “Maybe when Sergeant Hatfield and Private Schultz get back […]

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Volume 9 #14: Moonraker

Previous / Next Moonraker by Karen Bergstralh The black hull towered above Monsieur De Roche. It was the pinnacle of his dreams and the final blow to his shipyard. Copper cladding gleamed in the late afternoon sun. The loans to buy that alone would sink him. The ship hung above his head, supported for a […]

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Volume 9 #13: Pocket Money

Previous / Next Pocket Money by John and Patti Friend Kloee glared at Emery, as Dakota held up a dried cob. “So this is the big deal you found to get us some extra money?” Kloee and her kin were meeting in Papaw Murray’s barn because it was the one place they could go without […]

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Volume 9 #12: Wings on the Mountain

Previous / Next Wings on the Mountain by Terry Howard The regulars left the table nearest the fire when the strangers came in. At the base of the Matterhorn summer nights are chilly, so a fire is welcome starting in the late afternoon. Strangers paid much higher prices for everything and the whole village, not […]

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Volume 9 #11: Under the Tuscan Sun

Previous / Next Under the Tuscan Son by Iver CooperNovember, 1633 Curzio Inghirami had learned a great deal during his visit to Grantville, but he now was back home at Villa Scornello, the family seat. It was a few miles outside of Volterra, a town in the grand duchy of Tuscany. He beckoned to one […]

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Volume 8 #10: Water Wings

Previous / Next Water Wings by Terry HowardSomewhere in the North Sea The line arcing off the boat kinked between deck and water. Eric, watching for just that, yelled to the crew uncoiling the stiff hose, “Hold it! Back it up!” Then the kink swelled a bit. Eric screamed, “Back it up! Back it up […]

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Volume 8 #9: Gearhead

Previous / Next Gearhead by Mark H Huston It was quiet. Way too quiet. Of all the things Trent Haygood hated about the seventeenth century, the quiet was the worst. He missed the sounds of engines. Internal combustion engines. Hell, he’d be happy with some noise from a steam engine. As he sat on the […]

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Volume 9 #8: Fly Like a Bird

Previous / Next Fly Like a Bird by Loren Jones Paul Meinhart left Grantville in the autumn of 1632, but not before he spent several months in the Grantville jail. He’d been imprisoned for such a stupid little thing, yet the Americans had treated him like a murderer. The one good thing that came out […]

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Volume 9 #7: Anna the Baptist

Previous / Next Anna the Baptist by Terry HowardDecember, 1634 Julio stacked clean glasses under the bar. “Damn it Ken! I don’t know what’s got you riled but I’m sick of it! Back off or I’m goin’ home. I don’t have t’ have this job. I only took it to help you out.” Julio didn’t […]

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Volume 9 #6: Those Not So Daring

Previous / Next Those Not So Daring by Rick Boatright BANG!!! Karen leaned her head towards the cellar. No more explosions were forthcoming. “The boards worked.” “Yes. It appears that one doesn’t shatter another now.” “Four dozen bottles all at once. But now that we’ve got a better judge of the amount of sugar to […]

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Volume 9 #5: A Matter Of Taste

Previous / Next A Matter Of Taste by Kerryn OffordThe dining hall of a military leased house, Magdeburg, 1634 Cory Joe Lang looked down at his empty place mat. He had a bad feeling about the group’s latest action. There had been mutterings about the food before, but this time they’d sent it back untouched. […]

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Volume 9 #4: Those Daring Not So Young Men

Previous / Next Those Daring Not So Young Men by Rick Boatright “Thank you for coming.” “Of course we came, lass.” “At least it’s over now.” “Over? What’s over?” “This steam nonsense.” “Tisn’t nonsense, lass. Your grandfather died because he got the last bit working.” “It’s still nonsense, Mr Iverson.” She pointed at the “monster” in […]

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Volume 9 #3: NCIS -Young Love Lost

Previous / Next NCIS -Young Love Lost by Jose J. Clavell People sleep peaceably in their beds at nightonly because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell I rode to the crime scene in the early morning calm of Magdeburg’s streets. It was not difficult to find. The area, surrounded […]

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Volume 9 #1: Mail Stop

Previous / Next Mail Stop by Virginia DeMarce Home, Sweet HomeFrankfurt am Main, March 1633 Martin Wackernagel drew up his horse, first looking back at the route he had just completed and then forward toward the walls of Frankfurt am Main. Via regia. Die Reichsstraße. There would never be anything to equal the Imperial Road. […]

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Volume 8 #18: Aluminum: Will O’ the Wisp?

Previous Aluminum: Will O’ the Wisp? by Iver P. Cooper There is no doubt that aluminum is a wonder metal. Pure aluminum has a density only about one-third of iron, it is as reflective as silver, and a good conductor of heat and electricity. When exposed to air, it quickly acquires a protective coating of […]

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Volume 8 #17: New France in 1634 and the Fate of North America

Previous / Next New France in 1634 and the Fate of North America by Michael Varhola 1634 was a pivotal year for the indigenous peoples of North America. It was in that year that the French Jesuit missionaries, in spite of their highest motives, set in motion a series of events that led ultimately to […]

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Volume 8 #16: Refrigeration and the 1632 World

Previous / Next Refrigeration and the 1632 World: Opportunities and Challenges by Mark H. Huston Barflies have an amazing working knowledge on a lot of subjects. They are, on the whole, a bunch of pretty bright people, having great fun playing at this “what-if” exercise that is Eric Flint’s 1632 universe. Hanging out in cyberspace, […]

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Volume 8 #15: Butterflies in the Kremlin: Part 1

Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin: Part 1A Russian Noble by Gorg Huff and Paula GoodlettSpring, 1632 Boris Ivanovich Petrov pulled the horse to a stop and looked around. “This place is almost worth the trip. See the cuts in the earth where the land was changed. Look at these hills. The structure is […]

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Volume 8 #14: The Essen Steel Chronicles, Part 2

Previous / Next Note: The Essen Chronicles series consists of several parts, Crucibellus (Grantville Gazette #7), Louis de Geer (Grantville Gazette #8) and Trip to Paris (Grantville Gazette #9) The Essen Steel Chronicles, Part 2Louis de Geer by Kim MackeyJuly, 1631 Louis de Geer refolded the letters from his niece in Grantville. Interesting information, he thought. But he […]

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Volume 8 #13: The Doctor Gribbleflotz Chronicles Part 3

Previous / Next The Doctor Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 3Doctor Phil’s Distraction By Kerryn OffordApril 1635, The rectory, St. Martin’s in the Fields. South of Rudolstadt Yesterday I helped Stepmama turn Papa’s old Geneva gown. We unpicked the seams, darned threads to reinforce the worst worn spots and re-dyed the fabric before hand sewing it back […]

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Volume 8 #12: Three Innocuous Words

Previous / Next Three Innocuous Words by Russ Rittgers White vapor was blowing out of Hudson’s nostrils that frosty mid-morning in late December. Chip Jenkins rode his horse around the small snow-covered copse of trees and saw the von Ruppersdorf manor that Katerina had finally finished building this year. He’d been looking forward to this […]

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Volume 8 #11: Rolling On

Previous / Next Rolling On by Karen BergstralhJanuary 1632 “Master Ritterhof, Master Eisenbach, may I present my staff?” Martin asked, conscious of the scuffling sounds behind him. He heard Max hiss something at Jakob followed by a ‘thwack.’ “Certainly, Master Schmidt. Certainly.” Master Blacksmith Bruno Ritterhof smiled in return, politely ignoring the apprentices’ bustle. “Master […]

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Volume 8 #10: Flight 19 to Magdeburg

Previous / Next Flight 19 to Magdeburg by Jose J. Clavell PrologueLiving RoomCaptain and Frau McIntosh’s quartersFormerly 1SGT and Mrs. Hudson’s residenceGrantville, SoTF, USESpring 1635, 0955 hours local Britt Strausswirt was bored. A day after being released from the Leahy Medical Center, she rested her badly sprained left ankle on the ottoman that her host’s […]

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Volume 8 #9: Capacity for Harm

Previous / Next Capacity For Harm by Richard EvansBelfort, Franche Comté, 1633 “So, Herr Doctor Lebenenergie. You designed this yourself?” “Not exactly, Commissioner Vaden.” Tomas cursed himself for ever thinking that coming to Belfort would be profitable. He knew that Franche Comté was rife with witch hunts again, but he just needed some extra copper […]

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Volume 8 #8: I Got My Buck

Previous / Next I Got My Buck by Barry C. Swift Herman sat at the fire, obviously enjoying its heat. When Wili sat beside him, he looked over at his friend. “What’s tomorrow going to be like, I wonder. I hear these Swedes have some help from that Grantville place.” Wili twisted the stick he […]

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Volume 8 #7: A Question of Faith

Previous / Next A Question of Faith by Anette PedersenGrantville, June 1633 “Could I have a word with you, Father Johannes?” Johannes Grunwald jumped up from the table with a gasp and spun around quickly, sending several maps and notes to the floor. “Sorry, I wasn’t expecting anybody. It’s rather late.” He looked at the […]

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Volume 8 #6: Prince and Abbot

Previous / Next Prince and Abbot by Virginia DeMarceThis Troublesome MonkFulda, December 1632 “Maybe they should have held the battle of Luetzen last month after all,” Wes Jenkins said. “Just have kept Gustavus Adolphus out of it. Up-time, it seems to have cleared a whole batch of people off the playing board that we could […]

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Volume 8 #5: The Sons of St. John

Previous / Next The Sons of St. John by Jay Robison The wind blowing in from the Atlantic was cold. It often was on the west coast of Scotland, even in summer. The crude stone shepherd’s hut where Brother Aidan and his three fellow monks sat kept the wind out for the most part, but […]

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Volume 8 #4: Dear Sir

Previous / Next Dear Sir by Chris Racciato Dear Sir: You do not know me, but a mutual acquaintance has assured me that you are a man of superior integrity and utmost discretion. It is because of this that I approach you in my hour of most desperate need. My name is Kent Ketchum, and […]

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Volume 8 #3: The Painter’s Gambit

Previous / Next The Painter’s Gambit by Iver P. Cooper Birgit’s mother had warned her not to take any food or drink from boys, not to answer any of their questions, and, most especially, not to smile at them. Birgit had dutifully agreed. Unfortunately, she broke all three rules the same day. Birgit and her […]

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Volume 8 #2: Not a Princess Bride

Previous / Next Not a Princess Bride By Terry Howard James Richard, or Jimmy Dick, Shaver (known to his close associates, and almost everyone else, as Dickhead) was in the grocery store. The old drunk was not there buying food. Most of his calories came from beer, followed by pretzels. Yes, believe it or not, […]

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Volume 8 #1: Joseph Hanauer Into the Very Pit of Hell

Previous / Next Joseph Hanauer: Into the Very Pit of Hell By Douglas W. JonesFifteenth of Iyyar, 5391 (May 17, 1631) The congregation for the Saturday evening service at the close of the Sabbath filled the small synagogue in Hammelberg. Several out-of-town visitors brought the number well above the minimum of ten men required for […]

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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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Volume 7 #11: Essen Steel, Part 1: Crucibellus

Previous / Next Note: The Essen Chronicles series consists of several parts, Crucibellus (Grantville Gazette #7), Louis de Geer (Grantville Gazette #8) and Trip to Paris (Grantville Gazette #9) Essen Steel, Part 1: Crucibellus By Kim Mackey Chapter One By early morning they had passed beyond the siege lines and lay hidden in a copse of woods four […]

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Volume 7 #10: Dr. Phil Zinkens A Bundle

Previous / Next Dr. Phil Zinkens A Bundle By Kerryn Offord Jena, 1633 The new chemical “battery” was most interesting. Just by adding two electrodes of different metal into a glass container of weak oil of vitriol one could generate enough of the new electricity to light the small light bulb. Dr. Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz […]

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Volume 7 #9:The Dr. Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 2

Previous / Next The Dr. Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 2Dr. Phil’s Amazing Essence Of Fire Tablets By Kerryn Offord and Rick Boatright 1633, Jena, Dr. Gribbleflotz’s office Dr. Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz took another look at the bill. He was spending that much on candles? Surely not. “Frau Mittelhausen. This bill for candles. Who has been using wax candles […]

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Volume 89 #3: A Puritan Voice, Part 4

Previous / Next A Puritan Voice, Part 4by Michael Lockwood Chapter 4: Outside Amiens Phillippe looked around him trying to gauge if Gerard was where he needed to be before Phillippe could begin his part of the plan. Gerard was to circle quietly around the Englishman’s campsite to intercept him should he try to flee. […]

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Volume 87 #6: A Puritan Voice, Part 2

A Puritan Voice, Part 2by Michael Lockwood Previous / Next Chapter 2: Rouen Nicholas ducked into a random shop door just as the skies opened up with a sudden icy blast of sleet. Sharp, familiar smells wafted into his nose on swirling eddies of warm air mixing with the cold from the door as he […]

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Volume 86 #5: A Puritan Voice Part 1

Next A Puritan Voice Part 1by Michael Lockwood Chapter 1: Le Havre Nicholas Knapp, known aboard the ship by the stolen name of Jean-Marc Crevier, stood at the bow of the ship, enjoying his first taste of freedom from his cramped cabin in months. His first taste of cold freedom, he thought as he wrapped […]

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Volume 6 #16: The Jews of 1632

Previous The Jews of 1632Douglas W. Jones Foreword With Jewish characters occupying such a prominent place in the 1632 story universe, it is important to accurately recreate the Jews of that era. What I have written in the following is intended as a handy resource for anyone contemplating using Jewish characters in fiction they set in this […]

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Volume 6 #15: On the Design, Construction and Maintenance of Wooden Aircraft

Previous / Next On the Design, Construction and Maintenance of Wooden AircraftJerry Hollombe, Private Pilot (ASEL), Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic Introduction This essay started out to be about what it takes to build an airplane using wood, wire, dope and fabric. It’s still about that, but it’s also about why there shouldn’t be a down-time […]

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Volume 6 #14: Bouncing Back: Bringing Rubber to Grantville

Previous / Next Bouncing Back: Bringing Rubber to GrantvilleIver P. Cooper Chemistry Professor Joe Schwarcz writes, “It’s hard to fight an effective war without rubber. Fan belts, gaskets, gas masks, and tires are critical to the war effort.” While he had modern warfare in mind, Grantville’s war machines—modified cars and trucks—need rubber to remain functional. […]

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Volume 6 #13: Exegesis and Interpretation of Up-timer Printed Matter

Previous / Next Non-fiction Exegesis and Interpretation of Up-timer Printed MatterFrancis Turner Derived from my Hobson’s Choice story, this article is about a subject that I think people frequently think is simpler than it actually is. It is my belief that down-timers who get their hands on purloined up-time books will generally have a hard […]

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Volume 6 #12: Dr. Phil’s Aeolian Transformers

Previous / Next Dr. Phil’s Aeolian TransformersKerryn Offord and Rick Boatright Jena It had been a hard day of almost wasted discussions with the scholars at the university. John Grover and Ken Butcher, accompanied by Derrick Mason, a young radio operator on loan from the army, had been trying to identify the materials and skills […]

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Volume 6 #11: Dr. Phil’s Amazing Lightning Crystal

Previous / Next Dr. Phil’s Amazing Lightning CrystalKerryn Offord Jena, Freedom Arches Tasha Kubiak tried to tune out the pompous ass who was still pontificating. Somehow both Tracy Kubiak and Danielle Kowach, the two other members of the Kubiak Country partnership who could speak competent German, had managed to be needed elsewhere when this trip […]

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Volume 6 #10: The Doctor Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 1: Calling Dr. Phil

Previous / Next CONTINUING SERIALS The Doctor Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 1: Calling Dr. PhilKerryn Offord Sunday. After Church Lunch, Drahuta Property Deep in the middle of “Kubiak Country” the extended Kubiak clan had gathered at the home of Belle and Ivan Drahuta for Sunday lunch. Grown men and women were messing about playing touch football […]

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Volume 6 #9: The Dalai Lama’s Electric Buddha

Previous / Next Publisher’s Note: This story held the record for shortest published story in the 1632 universe until George Grant’s “The Small Crisis” was printed in Issue 5 of “Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond” in May 2024. This story was published in March 2006. The Dalai Lama’s Electric Buddha by Victor Klimov “Respectful greetings […]

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Volume 6 #8: Live Free

Previous / Next Live FreeKaren Bergstrahl Tom Musgrove peered carefully around the door. This close to midnight few of the staff should be around. Down at the end of the hallway he could hear moaning. “That’s the way, Stan, get the nurses’ attention,” Tom muttered under his breath before he remembered that Stan Zaleski had […]

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Volume 6 #7: The Woman Shall Not Wear That

Previous / Next THE WOMAN SHALL NOT WEAR THATVirginia DeMarce Summer, 1634 No. Pastor Ludwig Kastenmayer put it out of his mind. His eyes must have deluded him. The cleaning woman at Countess Katharina the Heroic Lutheran Elementary School, here on the outskirts of Grantville, could not have been wearing . . . that. He put it out […]

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Volume 6 #6: Grantville is Different

Previous / Next Grantville is DifferentRuss Rittgers It was late August, 1632, when Georg Bauer climbed out of the ditch he’d been digging for Jena’s new sewer line. Sweat was still pouring off him when he first heard about Grantville. Almost twenty-two, with dark hair and a strong build, Georg was the fourth son of […]

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Volume 6 #5: Mightier Than the Sword

Previous / Next Mightier than the SwordJay Robison Magdeburg, Early winter, 1634 Frank Jackson looked out across Magdeburg from the window of his office. Under a blanket of snow, the capital of the months-old United States of Europe looked deceptively tranquil. Underneath the blanket, though, Frank knew there was a dynamic city, still growing, still […]

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Volume 6 #4: Old Folks’ Music

Previous / Next Old Folks’ MusicGorg Huff and Paula Goodlett July 1, 1633 “You reckon we could afford to do something special for the Fourth?” Ella Mae Jones was sipping iced chamomile tea and making faces at it at the same time. “Lord above, I wish a person could afford sugar,” she muttered. Nancy Simmons […]

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Volume 6 #3: Recycling

Previous / Next RECYCLINGPhilip C. Schillawski and John Rigby “Hey! Watch it with that broom.” Officer Preston Richards hastily pulled his feet back away from the stiff bristles that threatened the shine of his newly polished shoes. He glanced up from the night sheets he was going over, and looked over the unprepossessing figure before […]

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Volume 6 #2: Federico and Ginger

Previous / Next Federico and GingerIver P. Cooper Federico Ballarino stopped his mule and studied the guards at the roadblock. They were too well uniformed to be brigands, but it wasn’t unheard of for a local lord to decide to boost his income by imposing a toll. Or even robbing travelers outright. Indeed, it was […]

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