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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #5: Mail From Up-Time, Episode 2: Atlantic Giant

Previous Mail From Up-Time, Episode 2: Atlantic GiantBy George GrantEditor’s Note: “Mail From Up-Time” appeared in Issue 5. The stories are connected by the discovered mail but do not share any characters. In “Mail From Up-Time”, the author established that some mail for people left up-time was set aside for later delivery on the day […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #4: Summer’s Kitchen

Previous / NextSummer’s KitchenMarc TyrrellEditor’s Note:sVarious combinations of Sandy, Summer, Bob, Paul, and Helmut previously appeared in:“Schrödinger’s Spouse,” Grantville Gazette 102“A Meeting at Midsummer, Part 1,” Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond, Issue 2“A Meeting at Midsummer, Part 2,” Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond, Issue 3“Making Hay While the Sun Shines,” Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond, […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #3: Stilettos

Previous / NextStilettosBethanne KimGrantville High School CafeteriaOne Month Before Prom, Spring 1636Ryan Bonnaro couldn’t help but grin. His friend looked like a lovelorn Italian straight out of a movie. The fact that the lovelorn Italian in question had become one of his best friends since he arrived in Grantville was the only reason Ryan wasn’t […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #2: Trudi’s Trenchers

Previous / Next Trudi’s TrenchersGorg HuffEditor’s Note:Trudi von Bachmerin was previously seen in 1636: The Viennese Waltz.Grantville High SchoolMonday, November 3, 1631 Trudi von Bachmerin looked at the high school in something close to terror. This was her first trip to Grantville and the wide, blacktopped Route 250 had been only the first shock. Well, perhaps […]

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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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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #1: Passing Fair

Previous / NextPassing FairVirginia DeMarceEditor’s Note: References are given at the end of the story.Grantville, SoTFNovember 1636“Where’s Master Marmion?” Renee Carson demandedThe rest of the high school’s advanced drama class (elective; juniors and seniors only; may be repeated for credit a second year; non-mandatory option for participation with community theater and/or local professional theater groups; […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #2: From Cramps To Matrimony

Previous / NextFrom Cramps To MatrimonyTerry HowardThe Holiday Lodge, just outside the Ring Wall, GrantvilleSpring 1636“Room service, my wife is having cramps, and she requires a cup of Raspberry Mint tea. And I’d like a cup of Green Apple tea.” The telephone, with its horn cup to one’s ear and another cup on the short […]

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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 6 #6: Inside Baseball

PreviousInside BaseballBjorn HasselerSince Robert finished his Cassini cycle of baseball stories in this issue, I decided on a baseball name for this column. It’s the inside scoop, the nuts and bolts, perhaps a little of how the sausage is made.Most of the staff of Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond just got home from Libertycon. While […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #4: A Guest at the New Year

Previous / NextA Guest At The New YearTim SayeauBramall Hall, EnglandJune 1635Sir William Davenport stared at the oilskin packet held in the mercenary captain’s hand. Behind that worthy was another mercenary holding the reins of his captain’s horse.When the troop appeared in the lane leading to Bramall Hall, Sir William had feared the worst. King […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #5: Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe Part 2

Previous / NextBuzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe, Part 2Iver P. CooperTransplanting BeesThe European honey bee has been deliberately transported to regions outside its native range, notably North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, and Japan. There are obvious problems with shipping bees overseas on sailing ships. The voyages are long and there are […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #006

Welcome to our July 2024 issue. We hope you enjoy it!NextIntroduction and Table of ContentsBjorn HasselerIntroductionMagdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction)1. Passing Fair Virginia DeMarce2. From Cramps to Matrimony Terrry Howard3. Cassini Runs Home Robert E. Waters4. A Guest at the New Year Tim Sayeau5. Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe Part 2 Iver P. CooperNews & […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 5 #7: Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe

Previous Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe, Part IIver P. CooperHoney is the oldest sweetener; there is an eight thousand-year-old rock painting in Spain that shows someone climbing a tree to gather honey from a bee hive. By ancient Egyptian times, humans had learned to manage honey bee hives to ensure a reliable supply of […]

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1632 & Beyond 5 #5: Among the Faithful

Previous / NextAmong the FaithfulBob Finegold“What have I done unto thee?” – Numbers 22:28Worms, Rheinpfalz (Rhineland Palatinate) June 1635“Grandfather! A Korrespondenzausschüsse column occupies Mainz!”Christian burst into his grandfather’s study, the horrible news of protestors being shot and summary hangings trembling on his lips. At the sight of the dour-faced men gathered within the room, however, […]

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1632 & Beyond 5 #5: Making Hay While The Sun Shines

Previous / NextMaking Hay While the Sun ShinesMarc TyrrellRefugee Center near the Power Plant Wednesday, July 2, 1631, 7:35 a.m.Hermann Peter Stieff looked up as his name was called. “Hier!” He stood up and took the bag he was handed, even as the man who handed it to him called out another name. Sitting back […]

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1632 & Beyond 5 #4: The Small Crisis

Previous / NextThe Small CrisisGeorge GrantUnder a tree at the Blackshire Elementary School playground October 1631“Get it off! Get it off!”“Stop struggling!”Jack pushed Hans’ hands closer together and removed the Chinese finger trap from his forefingers.Previous / Next

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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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1632 & Beyond Issue 5 #2: Down This Path

Previous / NextDown This PathNatalie SilkRahel used the apron she wore to wipe the stubborn bits of dough and flour from her hands while she walked to the door. She had an idea who was on the other side just by the loud and incessant banging. Netanel almost hit her forehead just as she opened […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 4 #2: A Knight’s Tale – Therapies

Previous / NextDown the road from Leahy Medical Center, GrantvilleFebruary 2, 1637Amalia had slammed the closet door down the hall. She’d searched the closet for her proper gloves, and that broke her mood. My better gloves, she realized, ARE A CRUMPLED MESS! “Arrrrghhh! These are disgusting!” She held up a glove, glared at it, and […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 4 #3: Another Country Heard From

Previous / NextGeneral Electronics laboratory, GrantvilleDecember 1634John Grover gave in to the urge to swing by the lab building for a look at the lumpy-looking prototype tube before going to his desk to start the day’s work. Much to his relief, it looked good, and it was still perking along after three weeks on continuous […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 4 #1: Fire on the Mountain

Previous / NextThis story takes place between chapters six and seven of Security Threats, the third NESS novel. It is also a sequel to “Clique, Clique, Boom” (Grantville Gazette 82).Calvert HillTuesday, May 8, 1635When the three o’clock bell rang, Amalia Ramsenthalerin packed up her books and papers and joined the exodus of students streaming out […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #004

Volume 1 #8: Horse Power

Horse Powerby Karen BergstrahlPreviousThe people of Grantville have been plunged into a world where horsepower literally means horse power.In the 17th century muscle, water, and air provided power. Water wheels provide power for mills but their use is limited by location. Water is also subject to seasonal variations. Air-driven power always comes to mind with […]

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Volume 1 #7: They’ve Got Bread Mold, So Why Can’t They Make Penicillin?

They’ve Got Bread Mold, So Why Can’t They Make Penicillin?by Bob GottliebPrevious / NextThe above is one of the more common questions asked by readers following the 1632 series, especially those who are interested in the subject of disease and medicine. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to the question. There are thousands and thousands […]

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Volume 1 #6: Radio in the 1632 Universe

Radio in the 1632 Universeby Rich BoatrightPrevious / NextIntroductionThe military and diplomatic radio situation in Europe at the end of the novel 1633 is a result of a unique combination of the authors’ needs in the story line, the limitations imposed by the authors’ choice of town to base Grantville on, and other historical accidents […]

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Volume 1 #5: The Rudolstadt Colloquy

The Rudolstadt Colloquyby Virginia DeMarcePrevious / NextApril 1633Ed Piazza squirmed as inconspicuously as possible on the hard bench of the University of Jena’s anatomy amphitheater, as the debate on differing Lutheran views of the doctrine of justification by faith alone, both up-time and down-time, flew over and around his head in three different languages. Before […]

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Volume 1 #4: The Sewing Circle

The Sewing Circleby Gorg HuffPrevious / NextDelia Ruggles Higgins was five foot nine, whipcord thin, and a self-described packrat. As of the Ring of Fire, she was fifty-nine and had been a widow for seven years. She had graying hair and black eyes. She figured she had “gracefully surrendered the things of youth.” Not without […]

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Volume 1 #3: Curio and Relic

Curio and Relicby Tom Van NattaPrevious / NextMay 1631“Hello? Anybody there?” Paul Santee took off the holstered .45 when he heard the call. It came again, nearer. “Hello, the house!” No sense in scaring someone who probably meant well. He tucked the .45 behind his belt in the small of his back. No sense in […]

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Volume 1 #2: Anna’s Story

Anna’s Storyby Loren JonesPrevious / NextAnna ran for all she was worth as the mercenaries chased her, fleeing her father’s farm with no destination in mind except away. Two of the mercenaries followed her, shouting as she ran for her life and virtue. She didn’t notice the change in the landscape until she ran over […]

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Volume 1 #1: Portraits

PortraitsPrevious / Nextby Eric Flint“I still can’t believe I did that,” said Anne Jefferson, studying the painting. It was obvious that she was struggling not to erupt in a fit of giggles. Pieter Paul Rubens looked at her, smiling faintly, but said nothing. He’d gotten a better sense of the way the woman’s mind worked, […]

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Grantville Gazette #001

NextTable of ContentsGrantville Gazette, Volume 1 Editor-in-Chief ~ Eric FlintBaen’s BarEditor’s Preface1. Portraits by Eric Flint2. Anna’s Story by Loren Jones3. Curio and Relic by Tom Van Natta4. The Sewing Circle by Gorg Huff5. The Rudolstadt Colloquy by Virginia DeMarce6. Radio in the 1632 Universe by Rick Boatright7. They’ve Got Bread Mold,So Why Can’t They […]

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Volume 102 #8: Hot Off Ring of Fire Press!

Previous New ReleasesRussian Amerikaby Stoney ComptonCategory: Alternate HistoryAlaska, 1987. In a world where Alaska is still a Russian possession, charter captain Grigoriy Grigorievich has a stained past–as a major in the Czar’s Troika Guard he was cashiered for disobeying a direct order.Now, ten years later, Grisha charters out to a Cossack and discovers his past has […]

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Volume 102 #7: Notes from The Buffer Zone: Peering at the Future

Previous / Nextby Kristine Kathryn RuschThis morning, as I write this, news broke of another mega-bestselling writer complaining that publishing is being ruined by diversity. I’m sure his book sales are down, because every traditionally published writer’s book sales are down. I’m sure some of his friends can’t sell books into traditional publishing because right […]

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Volume 102 #4: Too Many Cooks

Previous / Nextby Virginia DeMarceGrantville, SoTFJuly, 1635“They’re gone,” Martha Brauerin said. “The old woman and the girl. For good, probably. She’s off to Magdeburg to live with relatives. The girl’s going to college. So—has anyone heard of a good opening? If you ask me, too many of the best employers are abandoning this town for […]

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Volume 102 #3: Schrödinger’s Spouse

Previous / Nextby Marc TyrrellSunday, April 2, 2000There is something to be said about the simplicity of rolling dice in a box. They flash through the air, wavering as they land and, once they have stilled, they resolve the most complex issues.“Ha!” cried Sandy Eckerlin as the dice settled. “A nine, which means that your […]

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Volume 102 #6: Time May Change Me, Part 4

Previous / NextBy Charles E. Gannon, Ph.D. and David CarricoSo by 1636, it’s been obvious for some time now that the SRG flintlock is approaching the end of its utility phase. It won’t be long before it’s more of a liability than an asset.The French have already produced a clone of the Sharps rifle. The […]

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Volume 102 #2: A Cloud of Beauty

Previous / Nextby Iver P. CooperFlorence, ItalyJuly, 1634“Today,” Pietro Rosetti wrote in his diary, “I will find out what Heaven smells like.”He reached for the chunk of opium he had purchased earlier that day and started chewing. * * *At first, Pietro was kept awake by a constant itch. Then at last he started to feel […]

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Volume 102 #5: A Proposal to a Fisherman

Previous / NextBy Terry Howard“Cosimo, you’re late.” Claudia scolded as her husband gave her a peck on the cheek when he came through the door. “The reception window was extra clear tonight and stayed open longer. So Magdeburg took advantage of it and sent a lot of extra messages. A lot of them had to do […]

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