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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #7: Bang Versus Twang In North America

Previous Bang Versus Twang In North America John Deakins Throughout the seventeenth century, many personal missile weapons were in use. A particular problem with those occurred in North America. A French expedition had conquered the English settlements at Boston and Plymouth. English King Charles I had signed away his New World possessions to the French, […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #6: The North Atlantic Net

Previous / Next The North Atlantic Net Jack Carroll The original 1632 novel confronted our fictional friends with the Maunder Minimum, a unique period in early modern times when solar activity stayed abnormally low for decades. Ionospheric skip in the high frequency bands, between 3.5 and 30 megahertz (MHz), is how hams traditionally accomplish long-distance […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #5: Alice’s Place

Previous / Next Alice’s Place Bethanne Kim Note: Alice Blower and her family are historical characters. My apologies for having more than one Alice and more than one Thomasine, but I didn’t make up the names, and I can’t change them. I did my best to give nicknames to make this easier to read. Stanstead, […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #4: The Breitenfeld Extraction

Previous / Next The Breitenfeld Extraction David Hankins Saxony September 1631 Life on the run wasn’t glamorous, but everything is better when you’re with the woman you love. Dominik and Hildegard were working their way west from Dresden to Grantville. Unfortunately, Benedict Carpzov’s hunter was forcing them farther north than they wanted. Much farther. Apparently, […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #3: At The Mouth Of The Mekong

Previous / Next At The Mouth Of The Mekong Garrett W. Vance The Mekong River 1635 Blom sat at his stateroom’s oak table sporting a broad grin, which was not an uncommon expression for the ebullient sea captain. He was with his dearest friends, the Nishioka family, and addressed them in Japanese; his skills in […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #2: Have Rosary, Will Travel

Previous / Next Have Rosary, Will Travel Iver P. Cooper Ghent, Kingdom of the Low Countries 1635 Joseph ducked his head as he passed through the trademan’s entrance of the stately home to which he had been summoned. “Wait here,” the butler told him. “I will see if the Lady is disposed to see you.” […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #1: Ride For The Outfit

Previous / Next Ride For The Outfit Sarah Hays Somewhere In Pomerania 1637 “How’s your Spanish?” Alyse asked, very quietly. “In a textbook in Jena,” the constable’s wife responded. “I see you know whispers carry.” Katherina Müllerin, midwife and trauma nurse, let her head fall back on the rock she’d been leaning against, […]

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Volume 23 #1: Loose Canon

Previous / Next Loose Canon Written by Kirt Lee The insistent man at the rectory door turned out to be George Andrews, Magistrate, so Bartholomew set aside his complaints about the late hour, lit a candle, and opened the door. “Good evening, Bartholomew.” “And good evening to you as well, George. What brings you about […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 16 #5: Antwerp Antics

Previous Antwerp AnticsJohn Deakins Antwerp1636 Anthony Van Dyck was happy, but nervous. Things were going extremely well. Still, he kept waiting for the next black cloud to billow over the horizon. Antwerp was blooming like a springtime rose. King Ferdinand wouldn’t allow the Inquisition to establish itself in Antwerp again. Instead of being an uneasy […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 16 #4: Wild Flowers And Nailed Hearts

Previous / Next Wild Flowers And Nailed HeartsNatalie Silk Zaborstadt It was a perfectly sunny day for Dora and Anya to make their visits. Dora knocked on the rough-hewn door while her niece, Anya, stood three steps behind her. There was a click of the latch. Mira pushed a wayward, gray-streaked curl back into her […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 16 #3: A Shocking Development

Previous / Next A Shocking DevelopmentJack Carroll Coudenberg Palace Gardens, BrusselsSummer 1637 The patrol passed the end of a wall running along one side of the fish pond, and turned the corner. The sight that greeted them was far from normal. A saddled horse stood half across the path bordering the water, with its head […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 16 #2: Something New

Previous / Next Something NewBethanne Kim Grossliebringen, West Virginia CountyMarch 1633 Snap! Johan jumped back and Sibylle giggled. Snap! Sibylle stumbled back, knocking a basket of mending to the floor as Johan snickered. Sibylle crossed her arms, glaring in the general direction the towel had come from. “Mutti!” Smug, Else Müllerin’s eyes remained focused on […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 16 #1: House of Verbannen

Previous / Next The House of VerbannenMarc Tyrrell Klempf Warehouse, ZülpichWednesday, June 11, 1631, 2:45 p.m. Alphons Verbannen looked at the bodies scattered on the floor like broken, discarded dolls. Shaking his head in disgust, he cleaned his blade on the clothes that Meester Klempf would no longer need before sheathing it. “Did you find […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #016

Welcome to our March 2026 issue. We hope you enjoy it! Next Table of Contents Introduction and Editor’s Notes Bjorn Hasseler Magdeburg Messenger (fiction) 1. House of Verbannen Marc Tyrrell 2. Something New Bethanne Kim 3. A Shocking Development Jack Carroll 4. Wild Flowers and Nailed Hearts Natalie Silk 5. Antwerp Antics John Deakins Introduction […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 15 #9: 1632Con

Previous 1632con Since 2003, the 1632 universe has gathered every year, in Mannington, within another convention, or online. Here’s where we’ve been the past few years: 2020 ROFCON virtual 2021 Capclave Rockville, Maryland 2022 Mannington […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 15 #8: Historic Gems Restorations

1632 & Beyond Issue 15 #6: The Brezelgeist Romance

Previous / Next The Brezelgeist RomanceDavid Hankins Summer 1631 So far, life as Herr Abrabanel’s spy primarily involved walking too many miles without a horse. As a career coachman, Dominik wasn’t used to traveling on his own feet over long distances. He missed his horses. He missed his coach. But he understood the need to […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 15 #5: Adieu Anvers

Previous / Next Adieu AnversMarc Tyrrell Adieu Anvers Adieu Anvers, adieu la noble ville. Contraint je suis, de toi me separer non pour mal faict, et non pour chose vile, mais las pour une’a qui point comparer on ne devroit Venus ni Helaine, tant est la grace, qui gist en elle dont le partir me […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 15 #4: The Grand Adventure Of Baron Münchhausen In The Land Of The Americans

Previous / Next The Grand Adventure Of Baron Münchhausen In The Land Of The AmericansRobert F. Lowell Friends, you have never known me, Hilmar Ernst Freiherr von Münchhausen, to lie or exaggerate. Indeed, while certain vile, slanderous calumnies portray members of my noble family as prevaricators and fabulists, we von Münchhausens have always held ourselves […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 15 #3: Dagnabit Belle!

Previous / Next Dagnabit, Belle!Chuck Thompson Belle had been wanting, for a long time, to go north of the cabin to see what happened there. Her best friend, a Burmese-Hound mix named Barry, lived about two miles away in that direction. Ever since the big flash, she had not been able to catch any scent […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 15 #2: Something Old

Previous / Next Something OldBethanne Kim Author’s Note: My all-new 1632 novel Red Shield is being released in January 2026 by Baen Books. The story of Harry and Betty Ruth in the post-RoF world is a minor story woven into the novel. This takes place after those events, but it tells their backstory from the […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 15 #1: When Jimmy Met Barbie

Previous / Next When Jimmy Met BarbieEdith Wild Downtown GrantvilleFebruary 6, 1636, Wednesday Jimmy rode his Harley up to Market on East Main just as the traffic light flicked from yellow to red. He cursed and braked, steadying the bike out of a skid into a stop, thankfully not entirely in the crosswalk. He glared […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #015

Happy Holidays!

Volume 19 #12: Wingless Wonders

Previous Wingless Wonders Written by Kevin H. Evans Lighter-than-air technology is a lot like the game Go. It is easy to learn, but very hard to master. Many countries tried the technology, but only a few managed to master it. By far the largest number of rigid airships were built by Germany. On the other […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 14 #7: Movies And Television The Year Before The Ring Of Fire

Previous Movies And Television The Year Before The Ring Of Fire Tracy S. Morris Sometimes, I’d like to time travel to the day that I came up with the idea for Betsy Springer with my co-writer Brad Sinor and make her a little less rooted in late ’90s pop culture. It wasn’t a problem when […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 14 #6: The Guardians of Germany

Previous / Next The Guardians of Germany Bjorn Hasseler This story pulls together Wilhelm Reuber (“The Slasher,” Grantville Gazette 61), Christoph von Hessler (“The Saale Levies,” Grantville Gazette 56), and Sunshine Moritz (Security Solutions). JenaJuly 1636 Johann Markus Schrön warily pushed open the door of the inn in Jena. It seemed clean enough. In fact, […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 14 #5: Green, Blue, and Bruises

Previous / Next Green, Blue, and Bruises Natalie Wood Zaborstadt Dora shifted the heavy basket on her left arm to be more comfortable and looked over at Anya, her niece—who was obediently standing behind her—before knocking on the simply made door. She tucked a wayward black curl back into her cap just as she heard […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 14 #4: Artists from Afar

Previous / Next Artists from Afar John R. Deakins This story is the sequel to “Chiaroscuro” in Grantville Gazette 89 1635 It always seemed to be damp in Venice. Giorgio Fabrini, the former Father Benedetto, clambered from the gondola. The boat’s rocking would have bothered anyone new to the city, but he was sufficiently used […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 14 #3: More MacDonalds

Previous / Next More MacDonalds Terry Howard This story follows “Bremen or Bust” in Issue 9 and “Clan MacDonald” in Issue 11. Officer Lyndon Johnson walked through the green front door of Club 250 in the middle of the lunch rush. The bar was not half as full as it used to be. More and […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 14 #2: The Arabian Queen

Previous / Next The Arabian Queen Virginia DeMarce This story begins right after “The Play’s The Thing” in Issue 11. Butzbach, Province of the MainApril 1637 “Are you going to start mining The Black Rose pretty soon, Master Massinger?” Dick asked. “You really should,” Tom urged. “We can get another ‘noble evil; common man good’ […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #014

Essen Chronicles

Essen Chronicles Kim Mackey Essen Chronicles, Part One: Crucibellus (Grantville Gazette #7) Essen Chronicles, Part Two Louis de Geer (Grantville Gazette #8) Essen Chronicles, Part Three Trip to Paris (Grantville Gazette #9)

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Puritan Voice

A Puritan Voice by Michael Lockwood A multi-part saga of travel and betrayal by Michael Lockwood that eventually finds its way, as so many things do, to Grantville. A Puritan Voice, Part 1 (Grantville Gazette 86) A Puritan Voice, Part 2 (Grantville Gazette 87) A Puritan Voice, Part 3 (Grantville Gazettee 88) A Puritan Voice, Part 4 (Grantville Gazette […]

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Aethers of Magdeburg

The Aethers of Magdeburg (series) David Carrico and Mark Huston A tale of radio, industrial espionage, and love set in post-Ring of Fire Magdeburg. The Aethers of Magdeburg, Part 1 (Grantville Gazette Volume 90) The Aethers of Magdeburg, Part 2 (Grantville Gazette Volume 91) The Aethers of Magdeburg, Part 3 (Grantville Gazette Volume 92)

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Nihonmachi

Nihonmachi (series)Garrett W. Vance The first part of this was published in a Baen anthology and is not available online, so we are providing a slightly longer summary of that story. This is essentially a tale of three friends. Retired samurai Nishioka Yoriaki, now a humble boatman selling his wife’s delicious bento lunches up and […]

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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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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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1632 & Beyond Issue #012

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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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #8: Available Now

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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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #7: Economics Are Not Abstract

Previous / Next Economics Are Not Abstract Gorg Huff We act like they are. We assume that they are. But they are not. The economics of Grantville are not the economics of Amsterdam. The principles are the same, but the details are different, and the devil, the weather, and economics are in the details. In […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #6: Johan and the Purple Pencil

Previous / Next Introduction: Baen Books will publish the novel Red Shield sometime next year. In it, the up-time Scouting organizations merge (mostly to keep down how many volunteers they need) into a single down-time organization called Pioneer Scouts, after the American pioneers. Among other changes, the top award is named the Golden Eagle Award, […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #5: A Troubled Journey

Previous / Next Marianne previously appeared in “Marianne,” Grantville Gazette 97 and “Finding Her Way,” Grantville Gazette 101. A Troubled Journey Mark Roth-Whitworth Paris Late Spring, 1637 A very young woman loitered in an alley by the street crossing, turned so as not to show the muck-spattered side of her dress, watching the squad of […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #4: Cittadino In Villa Or The Economy Of The Citizen In The Country

Previous / Next Cittadino In Villa Or The Economy Of The Citizen In The Country Lancelot Schaubert Vincenzo Tanara was currently stuck in a tree trying to not get caught stealing said tree. He liked growing wealth through stealth, preferably long-term stealth wealth. So he was stuck in the tree he was stealing, waiting for a […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #3: Clan MacDonald

Previous / Next This story follows “Bremen or Bust,” in 1632 & Beyond Issue 9. It originally appeared in The Legend of Jimmy Dick from Ring of Fire Press. Clan MacDonald Terry Howard A Tale of Charles and Charles March 1635 Lyndon Johnson entered Club 250, the most infamous bar in Grantville, across the street […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #2: The Play’s the Thing

Previous / Next The Quiney brothers have previously appeared in: “Franconia! Part 1,” Grantville Gazette 10 “Franconia! Parts 2 and 3,” Grantville Gazette 25 “Ya’ Gets Yer Money and Ya’ Gets Yer Choice,” Grantville Gazette 26 “Et Docere Et Rerum Exquirere Causas,” Grantville Gazette 92 “One To A Customer,” Grantville Gazette 95 “If You Want […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #1: Waving Goodbye

Previous / Next Rural Grantville October 1636 George McClenannan Grant It was a cool day for October. Of course, October days tended to be cool since the Ring of Fire. That was fine with Curtis Maggard. He was used to being outdoors in worse. He spent as much time hunting, fishing, and trapping as he […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #011

1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #6: Available Now

1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #7: Coming Soon

1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #5: Here or There?

Previous / Next Here or There? Virginia DeMarce Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, USEMarch 1637 “I liked Amberg better.” Paolo Fucilla stared nostalgically across the Danube toward the left bank. “Regensburg may grow on you.” Carlo Rugatti heaved a sigh. “It may grow something on us.” Paolo persisted in his gloom. “It’s a low-lying site, with a […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #4: Come Dig My Earth

Previous / Next Amalia & Maggie Stories “A Christmas Stollen” in 1632 & Beyond Special Christmas Issue #002 “Leftovers” in Grantville Gazette #100 “A Knight’s Tale— Therapies” in 1632 & Beyond Issue #004 “Rites of Passage” in 1632 & Beyond Issue #008 Come Dig My Earth By Edith Wild Jimmy Wild’s Place, Grantville4:50 p.m., February […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #3: Our Man Hiuchi

Previous / Next This story is part of a set of interconnected stories, the continuing saga of the Nihonmachi Japanese diaspora that began when they were driven from their enclave in Ayutthaya, Siam to Phnom Penh, Khmer, and which will eventually have them reach Grantville, USE. The first part of this episode is a direct […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #2: Driving Force

Previous / Next Alyse Ballantine Stories “For Want of a Nail” in Grantville Gazette #59 “WWJD Is the Wrong Question” in Grantville Gazette #74 “Before the Barbed Wire’s Strung” in Grantville Gazette #91 “One Woman’s Treasures” in Grantville Gazette #98 Driving Force Sarah Hays GrantvilleFebruary 1636 Alyse Ballantine stopped suddenly. “‘Scuse me, miss. Are you […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #1: Grantville Gumshoe in the Pre-enactor Murder

Previous / Next Grantville Gumshoe in The Pre-enactor Murder Tom Kidd 1637 Their lies no longer fool me: superheroes, flying cars, antigravity, matter transportation, human-like mechanical beings, space travel, Dick Tracy and his talking wrist-clock, the Worldwide Web of infinite knowledge—it’s all baloney. Their hyena grins and poison ivy handshakes itch at my suspicious mind. […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #010

Special Issue 2 #11: The View from Nakatomi Tower

Previous The View from Nakatomi Tower Walt Boyes and Bjorn Hasseler December 24, 1635 The last strains of the soundtrack played, and the credits rolled. The very old, squeaky VHS tape cassette managed to make it through another showing. Out in the auditorium, first the up-timers in the audience started to cheer, then the slightly […]

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Special Issue 2 #10: Sad Spectacles of Deceitful Iniquity at Christmastime

Previous / Next Sad Spectacles of Deceitful Iniquity at Christmastime Eric Flint and Lucille Robbins Nuremberg Nadler’s Apothecary November 21, 1637 Hearing the bell on the door of his apothecary ring, Ulrich Nadler came out of the workroom to see who had entered. He was still working the pestle in the mortar because the concoction […]

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Special Issue 2 #9: One Night Only

Previous / Next One Night Only Michael Lockwood Magdeburg Opera House December 24, 1635 Gunther Wagner nervously popped his knuckles as he paced behind a dropped curtain. On the other side of the curtain, a mindless buzz droned from the audience as they made their way to their seats. He pulled the curtain open just […]

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Special Issue 2 #8: A Christmas Stollen

Previous / Next A Christmas Stollen Edith Wild Grantville High School 1636 The bell rang as Amalia skidded into the locker room. She rushed over to her assigned locker. She quickly undid her padlock, opened her locker, pulled out her PE uniform and sneakers. Amalia placed them on the bench that ran between the rows […]

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Special Issue 2 #7: Natala

Previous / Next Natala Iver P. Cooper Kodachi Machi (Santa Cruz), Monterey Bay November, 1634 “Hold up the child,” said Yamaguchi Takuma. He dipped the pitcher into the water of the San Lorenzo River, then lifted it up again, a few droplets scattering as he did so. “I baptize thee Luis Goto, in the name […]

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Special Issue 2 #6: Santa’s Lapp

Previous / Next Santa’s Lapp George Haberberger North of the Ume River, Sweden December, 1633 The sun came up in a different place than yesterday, Erik was sure. He was sitting on a pile of reindeer pelts, sitting so that a rock and a pine were aligned on his left, and two pine trees were […]

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Special Issue 2 #5: No Proper Carol

Previous / Next No Proper Carol Sarah Hays November 29, 1638 “Mama,” Marty Haag Ballantine said. “Have you ever heard the song about the herd of haunted cattle?” Alyse Ballantine, surprised at the breakfast table, asked, ” ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’?” He nodded. “Sure,” Alyse said. “I like Roy Clark’s instrumental best, but my […]

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Special Issue 2 #4: Christmas at the Schickelmans

Previous / Next Christmas at the Schickelmans John Deakins 1637 The misplaced Pequot/Englishman Eliezer St. Clair had homesteaded as a blacksmith on a creek short of West Point. The Dutch patroon Kiliaen van Rensselaer had given his family more than a dozen acres on the river’s north side. Gerhard Schickelman and his wife Anke Janssen […]

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Special Issue 2 #3: At Christmas Time

Previous / Next At Christmas Time Mark Huston Based on the Anton Chekov story “What shall I write, old woman?” “A letter to my daughter. And her husband,” replied Hilde. They were sitting in the smoky common room of the village inn. “For Christmas,” she added with a stiff nod to the young man who […]

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Special Issue 2 #2: The Gift

Previous / Next The Gift Chuck Thompson Grantville December, 1636 Most mornings, before rising, Inez Wiley liked to warm her brain by going over her plans for the next few days. She had gotten halfway through tomorrow when a sound interrupted her thoughts. Skritch skritch. Skritch skritch. “Better be that tabby alley cat scratching at […]

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Special Issue 2 #1: Grantville’s Secret Santa

Previous / Next Grantville’s Secret Santa Jackie Britton Lopatin “Oh, I remember my first Grantville Christmas.” The elderly woman spoke to her large audience from the podium. “It was amazing.” “I had recently started working part-time at the newspaper office so I was able to earn some rent money while learning more about journalism. The […]

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1632 & Beyond Special Issue 002

Welcome to our Special Issue #2, Christmas 2024. We hope you enjoy it! Next Introduction and Table of ContentsBjorn Hasseler Introduction Magdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction) 1. Grantville’s Secret Santa Jackie Britton Lopatin 2. The Gift Chuck Thompson 3. At Christmas Time Mark Huston 4. Christmas at the Schickelmans John Deakins 5. No Proper Carol Sarah […]

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Special Issue 1 #8: Nobody’s Going Home

Previous / Next Nobody’s Going Home Virginia DeMarce Amberg, Upper Palatinate December, 1636 “I didn’t expect that I wouldn’t be able to go home for Christmas this year.” Madeline Clinter pouted, half-serious and half-not-so-serious. “The way things have turned out, we’d have been better off if they’d left the normal school in Grantville.” “Nope.” Lizzy […]

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Special Issue 1 #6: The Glad Game

Previous / Next The Glad Game Bethanne Kim Croat Raid, Grantville August, 1632 Adam Holst fought to keep his horse under control. At twenty-four, Adam fancied himself hardened to battles and their aftermath, but his horse was a different story. Storm just didn’t have the instincts, or personality, of a war horse in spite of […]

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Special Issue 1 #4: A Weimaraner Christmas

Previous / Next A Weimaraner Chrismas Walt Boyes Weimar End of November, 1638 Adolph Graube, jagdmeister to Duke Albrecht of Weimar, looked up as someone came into his tiny office in the stables. It was his former boss, Gerhard Schmidt. There was barely enough space in the office for a table and a chair, so […]

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Special Issue 1 #3: The Gift of the Puppet

Previous / Next The Gift of the Puppet Tracy S. Morris Denis paused mid-step as he walked through the door of the apartment that he shared with Betsy above her mother’s garage. It looked like the North Pole exploded across their tiny home. Bits of tinsel, wrapping paper, and ornaments lay scattered across the floor […]

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Special Issue 1 #2: It’s Tradition

Previous / Next It’s Tradition Anne Keener Grantville December, 1633 Joseph Kantor sank into his chair as his homeroom teacher started talking about holiday traditions, presentations, and a class party. She means a Christmas party, he thought. I wonder if I can leave school early that day. Otherwise, I’ll have to decide if it is […]

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Special Issue 1 #1: A Christmas in the Wonderland Isles

Previous / Next A Christmas in the Wonderland Isles Garrett W. Vance Port Looking Glass, Dodo Island Early December, 1637 Pers watched the sunrise over the Indian Ocean. Sol’s bloated red orb glistened as if wet from crawling out of the tepid waters. Port Looking Glass’ sprawl of diverse structures, nearly all painted in rich […]

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1632 & Beyond Special Issue 1

Issue 9 #7: Available Now and Coming Soon

Issue 9 #6: X-Rays!

Previous / Next X-Rays! Iver Cooper X-rays may be used for medical imaging and treatment, metallurgical examination, and chemical characterization. How soon will this be possible in the 1632 Universe? X-Rays X-rays are a high-energy form of electromagnetic radiation. On the electromagnetic spectrum, they lie in between ultraviolet and gamma rays. Surprisingly, there isn’t an […]

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Issue 9 #5: Rose-Hip & Red Velvet

Previous / Next Rose-Hip & Red Velvet Tim Sayeau Grantville August, 1637 Adina Daoud surveyed her family sitting around the kitchen table. Joe Russo, her husband, still in his EMT uniform, sat next to their adopted son, Lorenz Buechner Russo. Seated catty-corner from the guys were the two Daoud-Russo daughters still at home, Elizabeth Suzanne […]

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Issue 9 #4: The Rice Farmer’s Daughter And The Samurai

Previous / Next The Rice Farmer’s Daughter And The Samurai Garrett W. Vance Nishioka House, Nihonmachi, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Khmer, Indochina 1635 The stoic people of Nihonmachi worked mostly in silence as they went about the grim task of cleaning up after a brief, brutal pitched battle. A relatively small number of Ishida’s samurai […]

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Issue 9 #3: Family Matters

Previous / Next Family Matters Marc Tyrrell Chapman House, Grantville Friday, June 4, 1632, 6:15 p.m. “Do you know what that idiot brother of mine just did?!?” Gerald Chapman’s voice was loud enough that everyone in the house, and probably most of the neighbors, could hear him. His wife, Leah, rolled her eyes as she […]

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Issue 9 #2: Bremen or Bust

Previous / Next Bremen or Bust Terry Howard Grantville Friday evening, December 23, 1634 On Christmas Eve, white-haired, skinny as a rail Asa, and gray-haired, frail, and nearly emaciated Dory, dressed in their pajamas, were ready for bed. Wrapped in bathrobes, they sat on the French Provincial couch in front of the fireplace with its […]

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Issue 9 #1: Unintended Consequences

Previous / Next Unintended Consequences George Grant Boston May 1635 Mr. Roger Ludlow looked around his new office with satisfaction. While cruder than anything he would have inhabited in England, as far as he was concerned it was the best there was in the New World. He had achieved his highest ambition. Last year he […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #009

Issue 8 #6: Available Now and Coming Soon

Issue 8 #6: Stilettos, Part 2

Previous / Next Stilettos, Part 2 Bethanne Kim In up-time West Virginia, a stiletto was a type of women’s shoe with an exceptionally high, exceedingly thin heel. By 2000, most people had forgotten the 1950s origins of the name. Stiletto high heels were named for a specific type of Italian knife with an unusually long, […]

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Issue 8 #5: Emancipation and Education

Previous / Next Emancipation and Education Terry Howard Grantville September 1636 Reverend Mary Ellen Jones had a dilemma. It was Wednesday evening after the midweek service and choir practice, early in September 1636. A nervous young man named William Schmid was waiting until he could speak to her alone. “Reverend Jones, I need your assistance. […]

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