Previous / Next The Diablo is in the Details Aaron Jameison Greso Venice Late May 1634 Zuan, the pilot boat’s oarsman, kept smiling as he bobbed his head. “They were standing in a line outside the door of the new CPE embassy. I’d swear to it.” “Why would anyone stand in line to buy a […]
Previous / Next A Week Together Bjorn Hasseler This story follows “Reed and Kathy Sue” (Grantville Gazette 64 and IX). Kathy Sue and Reed wrote letters to each other while Reed was deployed in support of Third Division from June 1635 to March 1636. Reed just returned home the previous evening after the events of […]
Previous / Next Rites of PassageEdith Wild Amalia von Herbert and Maggie Vogel have appeared in three previous stories: “A Christmas Stollen” in A 1632 Christmas “Leftovers” in Grantville Gazette 100 “A Knight’s Tale – Therapies” in 1632 & Beyond Issue 4 Herr Johannes Esslie’s Math Classroom, Grantville High SchoolAfter School, February 2, 1637 Johannes […]
Previous / Next How Lovely Are Thy Branches Garrett W. Vance Dodo Island, The Wonderland Isles Colonies December 21, 1637 It was just before sunrise as Pers finished up his simple breakfast of bread, cheese, and a thin slice of dried beef. Having grown up at sea, he had never developed a taste for what […]
Bjorn Hasseler In 2017, I slushed a story called “Sunshine.” Susan Diana “Sunshine” Moritz appeared in some early Gazette stories and was mostly known for being Willow Moritz’s younger sister and a much less sympathetic […]
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 […]
Hail Friends, I will begin with a little reminiscing, then share some news with you. I became the Art Director of the Grantville Gazette back in 2008 with Volume 15 after my dear friend Paula […]
Previous Mail From Up-Time, Episode 2: Atlantic Giant By George Grant Editor’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 […]
Previous / Next Summer’s Kitchen Marc Tyrrell Editor’s Note:s Various 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 […]
Previous / Next Stilettos Bethanne Kim Grantville High School CafeteriaOne Month Before Prom, Spring 1636 Ryan 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 […]
Previous / Next Trudi’s Trenchers Gorg Huff Editor’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 […]
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 […]
Previous / Next Passing FairVirginia DeMarce Editor’s Note: References are given at the end of the story. Grantville, SoTFNovember 1636 “Where’s Master Marmion?” Renee Carson demanded The 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 […]
Previous / Next From Cramps To MatrimonyTerry Howard The 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 […]
Previous / Next Note: The Cassini Plays Ball series consists of five stories: “Cassini at the Plate,” (Grantville Gazette 93);“Cassini Takes First,” (Grantville Gazette 96); “Cassini Slides to Second” (Grantville Gazette 101), “Cassini Rounds Third” (1632 & Beyond Issue 3), and “Cassini Runs Home” (1632 & Beyond Issue 6). Cassini Runs HomeRobert E Waters “Nothing’s ever been as fun as baseball.” […]
Previous Inside BaseballBjorn Hasseler Since 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 […]
Previous / Next A Guest At The New YearTim Sayeau Bramall Hall, EnglandJune 1635 Sir 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 […]
Previous / Next Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe, Part 2 Iver P. Cooper Transplanting Bees The 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 […]
Welcome to our July 2024 issue. We hope you enjoy it! Next Introduction and Table of ContentsBjorn Hasseler Introduction Magdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction) 1. Passing Fair Virginia DeMarce 2. From Cramps to Matrimony Terrry Howard 3. Cassini Runs Home Robert E. Waters 4. A Guest at the New Year Tim Sayeau 5. Buzz! Beekeeping in […]
Previous Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe, Part I Iver P. Cooper Honey 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 […]
Previous / Next Among the FaithfulBob Finegold “What have I done unto thee?” – Numbers 22:28 Worms, 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 […]
Previous / Next Making Hay While the Sun ShinesMarc Tyrrell Refugee 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 […]
Previous / Next The Small CrisisGeorge Grant Under 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
Previous / Next Mail From Up-TimeGeorge Grant Grantville 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 […]
Previous / Next Down This PathNatalie Silk Rahel 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 […]
Previous / Next Down the road from Leahy Medical Center, GrantvilleFebruary 2, 1637 Amalia 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 […]
Previous / Next General Electronics laboratory, GrantvilleDecember 1634 John 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 […]
Previous / Next This 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, 1635 When the three o’clock bell rang, Amalia Ramsenthalerin packed up her books and papers and joined the exodus of […]
Horse Power by Karen Bergstrahl Previous The 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 […]
They’ve Got Bread Mold, So Why Can’t They Make Penicillin? by Bob Gottlieb Previous / Next The 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 […]
Radio in the 1632 Universe by Rich Boatright Previous / Next Introduction The 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, […]
The Rudolstadt Colloquy by Virginia DeMarce Previous / Next April 1633 Ed 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 […]
The Sewing Circle by Gorg Huff Previous / Next Delia 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 […]
Curio and Relic by Tom Van Natta Previous / Next May 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 […]
Anna’s Story by Loren Jones Previous / Next Anna 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 […]
Portraits Previous / Next by 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 […]
Next Table of Contents Grantville Gazette, Volume 1 Editor-in-Chief ~ Eric Flint Baen’s Bar Editor’s Preface 1. Portraits by Eric Flint 2. Anna’s Story by Loren Jones 3. Curio and Relic by Tom Van Natta 4. The Sewing Circle by Gorg Huff 5. The Rudolstadt Colloquy by Virginia DeMarce 6. Radio in the 1632 Universe […]
Previous / Next By Charles E. Gannon, Ph.D. and David Carrico So 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 […]
Previous Iver P. Cooper What we can construct—whether it be a building, a boiler, or a toaster—and how well it performs its function depends on the materials incorporated into it. One of the effects of the Ring of Fire will be an ever-expanding palette of materials of construction for the engineer. Depending on their properties […]
Previous / Next by Garrett W. Vance The 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 before Blom Corneliszoon leaned on the rail of his ship Groenevisch as he watched a small army of dockworkers load cargo aboard. He had […]
Previous / Next Marc Tyrrell See Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond Issue 2 for “A Meeting at Midsummer, Part 1.” Hilltop off West Main Street Saturday, June 21, 1631, 9:20 p.m. From the hilltop where Paul sat, he could see the lights of Grantville spread out below him. An hour ago, he had kindled a […]
Previous / Next Bethanne Kim My dad introduced me to the 1632 series, and we enjoyed it together for many years. This particular story is for my beloved father, may he rest in peace. Grantville October 1635 Angela Ugolini wrapped her coat tighter and leaned against her husband, Alberto, glad to be wearing wool stockings […]
Cassini Plays Ball (series)Robert E. Waters Play 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 […]
aka: Mannington in 1630s Germany What does that mean? In 2000, Baen Published Eric Flint’s alternate history novel 1632. Eric lived in Granville, West Virginia when he was working for the unions in the 60s […]
Down-Time Medical Training by Bethanne Kim Previous by Bethanne Kim This focuses on medical training in Grantville and associated institutions, particularly the medical college in Jena. The story “An Invisible War” by Danita Lee Ewing (Grantville Gazette 2, 3, and II) chronicles the efforts during the year 1634-35 to start a training program for professional […]
by Iver P. Cooper Previous / Next Lardarello, Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1635 The coach that had pulled up beside the boric acid production facility was black with gold trim and wheel rims painted red. On the door, Lewis Philip Bartolli saw the coat of arms of the House of Medici: five red balls on […]
The Matthew Grant Letters by George Grant Previous / Next by George Grant Editor’s Note: Capitalization practices, a few spellings, and the signature are taken from the historical Matthew Grant’s letters. June 1635 The Christian of London arrived in Massachusetts Bay, carrying the Stiles party and other passengers, a small amount of cargo, and mail […]
Previous / Next by Marc Tyrrell See 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 Frog in the Well by Sean Little Previous / Next The previous section of this story appeared in Grantville Gazette #98. Click here to have that open in a new tab. by Sean Little Kochi, Tosa Domain September 1634 There was nothing like a visit to the capital. It was late in the afternoon […]
Escape from Moscow by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Previous / Next by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett We have the fourth Miroslava Holmes book called The Diogenes Club at about thirty thousand words. At first we were going to write a Miroslava short, a single mystery short story. We were going through The Diogenes […]
Welcome to our November 2023 issue. We hope you enjoy it! Next Introduction and Table of Contents by Bjorn Hasseler Introduction by Bjorn Hasseler The Magdeburg Messenger (1632 fiction) Escape from Moscow by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett The Frog in the Well by Sean Little A Meeting in Midsummer: Part I by Marc Tyrrell […]
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