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Two Special Christmas Issues of Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond, published 4 November and December 2024. By buying the bundle through us, you save $2 versus buying them individually.
THIS IS A REISSUE OF A 1632 CHRISTMAS published in 2022 by Ring of Fire Press in two issues.
1632 & Beyond Issue #001
Preface
Introduction
A Christmas in the Wonderland Isles
It’s Tradition
The Gift of the Puppet
A Weimaraner Christmas
A Christmas For Kjell
The Glad Game
A Christmas Letter
Nobody’s Going Home
A Krampus Christmas
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This is a reissue of the first half of A 1632 Christmas, one of the last Ring of Fire Press books Eric worked on. The second half is Special Issue 2, December 2024. These stories range from Grantville, through Germany, to Sweden and even farther.
Garrett W. Vance’s “A Christmas in Wonderland Isles” takes us back to Pam Miller and all the other wonderful people working to save the dodo bird in Wonderland Isles. In George Grant’s “A Christmas for Kjell”, we celebrate Saint Lucia in Sweden.
Closer to home in Germany, Virginia DeMarce’s “Nobody’s Going Home” sees a group of college students spend the holiday at school. Walt Boyes’ “Weimeraner Christmas” finds a new dog breed in Germany, and in Joy Ward‘s “A Krampus Christmas”, a kindly storekeeper spreads Christmas joy.
Back in Grantville, Anne Keener’s “It’s Tradition” sees a young Jewish boy learn about up-time Jewish holiday traditions. Bethanne Kim’s “The Glad Game” sees a young mercenary find a new path in life. “The Gift of the Puppet” by Tracy Morris sees a precious Christmas tradition saved. Bjorn Hasseler’s Kathy Sue Burroughs make a return with her kids in “A Christmas Letter.”
1632 & Beyond Issue #002
Preface
Introduction
Grantville’s Secret Santa
The Gift
At Christmas Time
Christmas at the Schickelmans
No Proper Carol
Santa’s Lapp
Natala
A Christmas Stollen
One Night Only
Sad Spectacles of Deceitful Iniquity at Christmastime
The View From Nakatomi Tower
Connect with Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond
This is a reissue of the second half of A 1632 Christmas, one of the last Ring of Fire Press books Eric worked on. The first half is Special Issue 1, November 2024.
Jackie Britton Lopatin’s “Grantville’s Secret Santa” tells how Grantville changed one woman’s once-bleak future to fulfillment. In Chuck Thompson’s “The Gift,” Inez Wiley convinces her down-time friends not to leave her. Mark Huston’s “At Christmas Time” follows a simple letter and its impact. Sarah Hay’s “No Proper Carol” follows a search for hard to find up-time music. Edith Wild’s “A Christmas Stollen” tells more of Amalia’s story.
Leaving Grantville, John Deakin’s tale “At the Schickelmans’” follows their first Christmas celebration in the New World. In “Santa’s Lapp” by George Haberberger, a man tells his people what he learned of their future up-time. “Natala” by Iver Cooper sees a Christmas play in Califonia. “One Night Only” by Michael Lockwood tells of a special performance at the Magdeburg Opera House. “Sad Spectacles” by Eric Flint and Lucille Robbins shows how new ideas can blow up even the most entrenched paths.
The final tale addresses one of the key questions of modern Christmas: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Spoiler: yes, it is.
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