Serialized Stories Archives - Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond

Volume 12 #12: Stretching Out, Part Two

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part Two, Amazon AdventureWritten by Iver P. CooperBelem do Para, Estado do Maranhão (northern Brazil), Late 1632Like an arrow falling from heaven, the cormorant plunged into the waters of the Para. For a few seconds it was lost from sight. Then it emerged triumphantly, a fish in its mouth. Two gulls […]

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Volume 12 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode One

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode OneWritten by Eric FlintChapter 1. The Map“This is absurd,” said Morris Roth, as forcefully as he could. He had a bad feeling that wasn’t very forceful at all, given that he was wearing an absurd costume—he thought it was absurd, anyway, although it was just standard seventeenth century courtier’s […]

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Volume 11 #12: Butterflies in the Kremlin Part Four

Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part FourWritten by Gorg Huff and Paula GoodlettYaroslavich Dacha, outside of MoscowA Dissertation on the Valueof Freedom and Security“Those that give up their freedom for a little temporary security deserve neither freedom or security and ultimately will lose both.” So goes an up-time quote. This humble writer doesn’t […]

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Volume 11 #11: Stretching Out, Part One: Second Starts

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part One: Second StartsWritten by Iver P. CooperGrantville, May 2, 1632“Race time ten minutes,” blared the speaker. The murmur of the fairground crowd rose, and then subsided.“I can’t believe you talked me into this,” Maria Vorst said. Maria had come to Grantville with her brother Adolph, the curator of the […]

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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 BullwinkleBy 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 to take […]

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

Previous / NextThe Doctor Phil Chronicles:Doctor Phil’s FamilyBy Kerryn OffordDr. Gribbleflotz’ office, HDG Enterprizes, JenaPhillip 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 smile. Jonathan could be […]

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Volume 10 #13: Franconia! Part 1

Previous / NextFranconia! Part 1by Virginia DeMarceGrantville,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 students. “So, tell me! We’re using […]

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

Previous / Next Ceaseless, The River RunsBy Garrett W. VancePreviously 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 to the greater […]

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Volume 89 #3: A Puritan Voice, Part 4

Previous / NextA Puritan Voice, Part 4by Michael LockwoodChapter 4: Outside AmiensPhillippe 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. Phillippe would openly […]

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Volume 87 #6: A Puritan Voice, Part 2

A Puritan Voice, Part 2by Michael LockwoodPrevious / NextChapter 2: RouenNicholas 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 looked about. It […]

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Volume 86 #5: A Puritan Voice Part 1

NextA Puritan Voice Part 1by Michael LockwoodChapter 1: Le HavreNicholas 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 his cloak tighter […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #3: Cassini Runs Home

Previous / NextCassini Runs HomeRobert E Waters“Nothing’s ever been as fun as baseball.” – Mickey MantlePerinaldo, Italy1636Giulia Crovesi held the letter from Grantville, written by her brother Antonio, in her hand. She wanted to tear it up and use it as a cloth to dry her teary eyes, but she refrained. For now, anyway.“Read it […]

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

Previous / NextMail From Up-TimeGeorge GrantGrantville 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 was due to be […]

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Volume 2 #3: EUTERPE, Episode 1

Previous / NextEUTERPE, Episode 1Enrico M. ToroEditor’s note: Giacomo Carissimi and Girolamo Zenti are historical characters. They each gave important contributions to classic music. The first is considered the most important composer of the Roman baroque movement, an innovator of the era; the second was a well-traveled harpsichord maker, renowned for the invention of the […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 3 #4: Disturbance at the Nishioka House

Previous / Nextby Garrett W. VanceThe second in a three-story series. See Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond Issue 1 for “Ill-Met in the Marshes.”Phnom Penh docks The day beforeBlom Corneliszoon leaned on the rail of his ship Groenevisch as he watched a small army of dockworkers load cargo aboard. He had done well this trip, […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 3 #1: Cassini Rounds Third

Previous / NextRobert E WatersAuthor’s Note: This story is the fourth in the Cassini Plays Ball series. It follows the events in the previous three stories which were published in the Grantville Gazette: “Cassini at the Plate,” (Grantville Gazette 93);“Cassini Takes First,” (Grantville Gazette 96); and “Cassini Slides to Second” (Grantville Gazette 101).“Never allow the […]

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Serialized Stories

Cassini Plays Ball

Cassini Plays Ball (series)Robert E. WatersPlay Ball! This is a fun story about a young boy who falls in love with baseball instead of science, much to the dismay of his loving uncle. It’s not that he doesn’t like science, it’s just that he baseball has truly captured his heart. Cassini at the Plate (Grantville […]

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Volume 99 #6: Time Spike: The First Calvary of the Cretaceous, Part 9: The Road Forward

Previous by Garrett W. VanceA mysterious place . . .Gonzalo awoke, slowly rising into consciousness from a deep slumber. He had been dreaming, but whatever it was about was now slipping away. It was probably just as well, since the last fleeting shreds of it seemed unpleasant, perhaps more of a nightmare than a dream. […]

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Volume 96 #7: Time Spike: The First Cavalry of the Cretaceous, Part 8: The Righteous and the Wicked

Previous / Nextby Garrett W. VanceThe Stone Wall Village battlefieldThe riders of The First Cavalry of the Cretaceous sang songs of victory as they harassed the enemy’s pikemen, dodging between their long lances, sowing chaos among their broken ranks. Lieutenant Tohbi-Oka’ grinned at the sight from the back of his sturdy mesa cayuse, but his […]

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A Meeting at Midsummer: Part I

Previous / Nextby Marc TyrrellSee Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond Issue 3 for “A Meeting at Midsummer, Part 2.”Outside Morgantown, WV Tuesday, March 21, 2000“The Circle is open, but unbroken!” The voice rang through the wooded dell.“Merry meet!” More voices joined the leader. “And merry part. And merry meet again!” The sound echoed throughout the […]

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Ill-Met in the Marshes

Volume 97 #10: Ill-Met in Space-Time, Part 3

Previous / NextPart 1 / Part 2 by Edward M. LernerWhat has gone before . . .In “On the Shoals of Space-Time” (Grantville Gazette 91, September 2020 issue), the interstellar passenger ship Greater Good, after a near-catastrophic accident, limps at sub-light velocity to a nearby solar system. Its few surviving crew (four Doltan) and passengers […]

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Volume 96 # 9: Ill-Met in Space-Time, Part 2

PreviousPart 1 / Part 3by Edward M. LernerWhat has gone before . . .In “On the Shoals of Space-Time” (Grantville Gazette 91, September, 2020 issue), the interstellar passenger ship Greater Good, after a near-catastrophic accident, limps at sub-light velocity to a nearby solar system. Its few surviving crew (four Doltan) and passengers (one Doltan, two Vol’taki) are:—LARROK, […]

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Volume 95 #10: Ill-Met in Space-Time, Part 1

Previous Part 2 / Part 3By Edward M. LernerWhat has gone before . . .In “On the Shoals of Space-Time” (Grantville Gazette 91, September, 2020), the interstellar passenger ship Greater Good, after a near-catastrophic accident, limps at sub-light velocity to a nearby solar system. Its few surviving crew (four Doltan) and passengers (one Doltan, two Vol’taki) are:—LARROK, […]

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