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Volume 21 #13: The Wind is Free: Sailing Ship Design, Part 1: Propulsion

Previous The Wind is Free: Sailing Ship Design, Part 1: Propulsion Written by Iver P. Cooper An early seventeenth-century explorer, Captain David Pieterszoon De Vries, told the Duc de Guise, “My ambition is to travel and see the whole world in all its four quarters.” Three-fourths of the world is ocean, so it’s not surprising […]

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Volume 21 #12: Hyperinflation: Who Is Going To Do It?

Previous / Next Hyperinflation: Who Is Going To Do It? Written by Gorg Huff The 16th century was a period of massive inflation. European silver production increased as gold and silver came from the Americas. The growing importance of credit transactions plus population growth and the expansion of European economies and trade were all factors. […]

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Volume 21 #11: Home on the Grange

Previous / Next Home On the Grange Written by Kevin H. Evans Take Europe . . . The state of agriculture in the 1600s is unique. Nothing approaching the modern standardization of methods existed. One can find farming practices ranging from the ancient to the modern. This is mostly because of the large number of diverse political systems […]

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Volume 21 #10: Stretching Out, Part Six: King of the Jungle

Previous / Next Stretching Out,Part Six: King of the Jungle Written by Iver P. Cooper Paramaribo (Gustavus), SurinameShort Dry Season (February-March, 1635) “My children. Help find?” The Dutch words were painfully enunciated, clearly learned by rote. Maria Vorst put down the chalk with which she had been drawing, and studied the questioner. The tall black […]

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Volume 21 #9: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Three

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Three Written by Wood Hughes Chapter SevenDecember 1633, Grantville,State of Thuringia,United States of Europe It never got easier, Dr. Nichols thought as he welcomed John Chalker and his helper Georg Fleitner into his private office. The best way was just to go ahead and give the patient […]

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Volume 21 #8: Motifs

Previous / Next Motifs Written by David Carrico To the most revered and accomplished Maestro Girolamo Frescobaldi,City of Florence Maestro It is with the utmost presumption that I write to you. All the world knows of your skill, of your art, of your place as the musical jewel in the setting of Florence and the […]

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Volume 21 #7: Nobody Wants To Be a Pirate in the Baltic

Previous / Next Nobody Wants To Be a Pirate in the Baltic Written by Anette Pedersen and Kerryn Offord Kolberg, Pomerania, March 1635 “Viktor not have all day” Hans Johansson jumped and nearly dropped the musket he gingerly held in his soft, white hands when the gravelly voice broke the silence. He’d been so busy […]

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Volume 21 #6: An Irish Sitter

Previous / Next An Irish Sitter Written by Terry Howard Augsburg, September 1634 “Horatio Alger Burston, this is totally unlike you!” a rather exasperated Catharina said. She would very much have preferred for her new husband to leave the hiring of staff completely up to her as he always had before. Well, almost always, anyway. […]

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Volume 21 #5: Signs

Previous / Next Signs Written by Gorg Huff “God damned piece of shit.” The words came from under the automated money changer in the First National Bank of Grantville. And Reva Pridmore suddenly knew it was going to be a bad day. The AMC, or Simon Legree as the bank employees called it, was the […]

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Volume 21 #4: The Pitch

Previous / Next The Pitch Written by Domenic and DJ diCiacca Today the road was perfect, dry enough for wagon wheels but not yet dusty. Ian, who had sold a few of the up-time plows that were in the fields, was delighted. He had a new product in the wagon that he said was a […]

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Volume 21 #3: The Pessimist’s Daughter

Previous / Next The Pessimist’s Daughter Written by Mark H. Huston The Gardens, December, 1634 “I found every last one of those sons-of-bitches. Every last one. Do you have any idea how much money that son-of-a-bitch spends on those sons-of-bitches?” Staunton Bell took a deep swig of pilsner beer, emptied the mug, and slammed it […]

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Volume 21 #2: The Anaconda Project, Episode Ten

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Ten Written by Eric Flint Chapter 10 “You’re not asking for much, are you, Morris?” said Bernard Fodor. The older of the two Fodor brothers was doing his best to grumble, but the effort was being undercut by the other members of his family. Not only was his […]

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Volume 21 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Nine

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Nine Written by Eric Flint Chapter 9 “I have news,” Lukasz Opalinski announced, as soon as his friend Jozef Wojtowicz entered the room which served Opalinski as a combination library and small salon. Jozef closed the door behind him. “What could be so urgent that I had to […]

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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 #7: The Mannington Minute

Previous / Next The Mannington MinuteJackie Britton Lopatin Small town and rural life is unsurprisingly different from life in bigger cities. It has a different rhythm to it. Not that the people have different likes or dislikes, but events have to be cognizant of all the other events going on around them and how well […]

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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

Volume 20 #11: Better Foundations, Part 2: Putting Concrete to Work

Previous / Next Better Foundations, Part 2: Putting Concrete to Work Written by Iver P. Cooper In the world the up-timers left behind, the most widely consumed substance on Earth was water. What came second? Concrete. Indeed, concrete can be said to be, quite literally, the foundation of modern society. We depend upon it for […]

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Volume 20 #10: An Analysis of the Effect of Evangelical Missions on the 1632verse

Previous / Next An Analysis of the Effect of Evangelical Missions on the 1632verse Written by John Davis Technology is usually thought of in terms of understanding of the physical world and the ability to manipulate it. However, ideas and methodology can also be thought of as a form of technology in which society is […]

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Volume 20 #9: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Two

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Two Written by Wood Hughes Chapter Four “Good morning, Europe. Guten Morgen, Europa! You’re listening to Voice of America as we begin another broadcast day from our studios on Mountaineer Lane in Grantville, New United States. Today is September tenth, Gregorian; August thirty-first Julian and at the […]

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Volume 20 #9: Hallelujah, Part Two

Previous / Next Hallelujah, Part Two Written by David Carrico November 1634 “Thus saith the Lord . . .” “Stop.” Andrea Abati closed his eyes. When he opened them again, Dietrich Fischer was still looking at him with that same placid but confused expression he’d been wearing all evening. Andrea scrubbed his hands over his face, then took […]

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Happy Holidays!

Volume 20 #12: Fire Breathing Hogs

Previous Fire Breathing Hogs Written by Kevin H. Evans Prologue Engineer Lothar Schneider walked into the crew office. Glancing up he checked out the assignment boards and spotted his name. Yeah, there it was. He had received the first run. He turned and saw his fireman hang up his time card. “Otto, are you ready?” […]

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Volume 20 #7: In the Army Now

i Previous / Next In the Army Now Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett David Bartley and Johan Kipper got off the train at Camp Saale and looked around. It wasn’t the first time they had been here, but it was their first time as regular army instead of weekend warriors. The camp was […]

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Volume 20 #6: Dafydd and Goliath

Previous / Next Dafydd and Goliath Written by Terry Howard North Anglesey Coast of Wales, August 1635 Squire Dafydd Jones sat at dinner wearing a new velvet jacket over a shirt of the finest linen. The silver on the table sparkled from having been polished and repolished. The finest of everything he had graced the […]

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Volume 20 #5: Daedalus’ New Wings

i Previous / Next Daedalus’ New Wings Written by Kerryn Offord Magdeburg, September, 1634 Tracy Kubiak stared at the shop window, not really seeing anything. She was in Magdeburg to inspect the local division of her company, Grantville Canvas and Outdoor, but she was finding it hard to stay motivated. Maybe it was just because […]

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Volume 20 #4: A Bell for St. Vasili’s

Previous / Next A Bell for St. Vasili’s Written by Keith Robertsson November, 1633 “Ux Te!” Kseniya hadn’t at all expected what she was seeing. When Princess Natalia Petrovna hired Father Gavril to come to Grantville and set up a church for the people who were coming to study, she’d mentioned that her brother Vladimir […]

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Volume 20 #3: One Fine Day

Previous / Next One Fine Day Written By John Zeek Dec. 23, 1633 “Where is it? It’s late,” Heinrich muttered under his breath as he waited impatiently for the tram. Soon he would be out of this nest of heretics. Soon he would far away from this cursed city, this Grantville, the so-called city from […]

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Volume 20 #2: An Electrifying Experience

Previous / Next An Electrifying Experience Written By Jack Carroll Somewhere in the eastern Harz mountains, 1635 Something’s burning! Stefan Leichtfuss stopped in his tracks to sniff, and began slowly scanning his eyes all around. There! A wisp of smoke was rising out of that new wooden cabinet mounted on the post! Before he could move, there was […]

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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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Volume 19 #11: Plausibility Denial or Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

Previous / Next Plausibility Denial or Truth is Stranger Than Fiction Written by Gorg Huff Predictions and Reality Some years ago the barflies who frequent the 1632 Tech Manual, after much debate, came up with the number of computers in Mannington, West Virginia. Which was also the number of computers in Grantville. At the most […]

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Volume 19 #10: Better Foundations, Part 1: An Introduction to Concrete

Previous / Next Better Foundations, Part 1: An Introduction to Concrete Written by Iver P. Cooper Concrete—”Liquid Stone”—has made possible many innovations in architecture. Yet concrete is no Space Age wunderkind; it has its roots in antiquity. Concrete, albeit of a kind inferior to the modern product, was used by the Romans in the construction of […]

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Volume 19 #9: Hallelujah, Part One

Previous / Next Hallelujah, Part One Written by David Carrico Magdeburg – July, 1634 “It’s here! It’s here!” The three men looked around as Marla Linder burst through the door. Next moment, she laid an oblong package on the table in front of them. “What is here?” Franz Sylwester asked his wife. The inevitable smile […]

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Volume 19 #8: Turn Your Radio On, Episode One

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode One Written by Wood Hughes Prologue April 1634, Grantville, State of Thuringia-Franconia, United States of Europe “Der Kronz” was in an exuberant mood as he walked into the Voice of America offices, whistling an up-timer tune by the name of “Do the Hustle” and without a care […]

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Volume 19 #7: High Road to Venice

Previous / Next High Road to Venice Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Merton Smith rolled his wheel chair over to the phone and called up the weather service. “Hi, Dan. How’s it look for a flight to Venice?” “Not horrible. The reports from the weather stations are mostly in. There is a warm […]

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Volume 19 #6: The Royal and Ancient Game

Previous / Next The Royal and Ancient Game Written by Mark H. Huston St Andrews Scotland, Winter 1634 James O’Fehl, the butler of Ramsay Manor, wearily tugged open the heavy wooden door to Andrew’s bedchamber. He could see faint streaks of morning light through gaps in the drawn draperies. Andrew was sleeping soundly in the […]

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Volume 19 #5: A Gentile in the Family

Previous / Next A Gentile in the Family? Written by Terry Howard Late winter 1635 “Sarah? Just what do you think is going to happen when your father finds out?” Rivka asked as they left the grade school. She was one of those precocious little girls who behave like they were born twenty years old […]

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Volume 19 #4: First Impressions

Previous / Next First Impressions Written by Iver P. Cooper The pickpocket thought he had spotted an easy mark. First of all, he could tell from the fellow’s clothing that he was a foreigner. So he wouldn’t get the same kind of help if he raised a hue and cry that a citizen would. Secondly, […]

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Volume 19 #3: The Creamed Madonna

Previous / Next The Creamed Madonna Written by Kerryn Offord Late summer 1635, Jena Dr. Phillip Gribbleflotz was at a bit of a loose end. He’d finally concluded that there was something fundamentally wrong with the theory that pyramid power could be used to invigorate the Quinta Essentia of the human spirit, and had regretfully given up […]

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Volume 19 #2: The Anaconda Project, Episode Eight

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Eight Written by Eric Flint After they left the restaurant—or “café,” rather—Piccolomini glanced up at the sky, which had grown leaden. “Snowing soon,” he said, reaching up and drawing his cloak around him more tightly. Von Mercy followed suit. The temperature wasn’t too bad, but there was something […]

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Volume 19 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Seven

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Seven Written by Eric Flint “So, what you think?” asked Piccolomini. The Italian general from Florence who was now in Austrian service raised his cup. The man sitting across from him at the round little table in the small but very crowded restaurant frowned down at the cup […]

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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 14 #1: The Abrabanel Rescue

Previous / Next The Abrabanel Rescue David Hankins This story begins alongside Chapter 4 of 1632. Dominik Wagner was not a brave man on his best days, and today was definitely not his best day. Yet still he followed the tracks of his stolen coach through the budding Thuringian forest, escaping the carnage behind him […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #014

Grantville Gazette #096

Grantville Gazette #098

Grantville Gazette #099

Next Table of Contents The Story So Far . . . by Walt Boyes 1. On the Walls of Wismar by Tim Sayeau 2. The Monkey on the Bible by Chuck Thompson 3. Hatching Iron by Iver P. Cooper 4. Notes from the Buffer Zone: Foreshadowing by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 5. Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire […]

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Grantville Gazette #090

Next Table of Contents Grantville Gazette #090 Grantville Gazette, Volume 90Editor-in-Chief ~ Walt Boyes Managing Editor ~ Bjorn Hasseler The Story So Far: Editing In a Plague Year by Walt Boyes 1. First Kiss by Tim Roesch 2. Insomnia, or Dream and Reality by Thomas K. Scot 3. A Puritan Voice, Part 5 by Michael […]

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Grantville Gazette #091

Next Table of Contents Grantville Gazette #091 Grantville Gazette, Volume 91Editor-in-Chief ~ Walt Boyes Managing Editor ~ Bjorn Hasseler The Story So Far . . . by Walt Boyes 1. There Oughta Be a Law by Virginia DeMarce 2. The Rooster and The Spoon by Natalie Silk 3. Proposal and Counterproposal by Jack Carroll 4. […]

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Grantville Gazette #092

Next Table of Contents Grantville Gazette #092 Grantville Gazette, Volume 92Editor-in-Chief ~ Walt Boyes Managing Editor ~ Bjorn Hasseler The Story So Far . . . by Walt Boyes 1. Et Docere et Rerum Exquirere Causas by Virginia DeMarce 2. Lamb of God by A. P. Davidson 3. Last Will by Matias Travieso-Diaz 4. A […]

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Grantville Gazette #093

Grantville Gazette #094

Next Table of Contents 1. Faith with Heretics by Virginia DeMarce 2. The First Step by Sean Little 3. Lady Wroth and the Revolution by Sarah Iovan 4. The Kreutzer by George Grant 5. A Puritan Voice, Part 9 by Michael Lockwood 6. Propane, Butane, and Natural Gas in the 1632 Universe by Iver P. […]

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Grantville Gazette #095

Butterflies in the Kremlin

Butterflies in the Kremlin Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett This serial formed the basis for the 1632 Russia novels published by Baen, 1636: The Kremlin Games, 1637: The Volga Rules, and 1638: The Sovereign States. Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 1, A Russian Noble (Grantville Gazette #8) Butterflies in the Kremlin, Episode 2, A ‘Merican […]

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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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Volume 18 #12: Safety First: Industrial Safety in 1632, Part Two

Previous Safety First: Industrial Safety in 1632,Part Two, Technical Aspects Written by Iver P. Cooper Ambrose Bierce, in The Devil’s Dictionary, defined an “accident” as “an inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.” But some industrial accidents are avoidable, and the secret to minimizing them is to know what the hazards of the […]

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Volume 18 #11: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Previous / Next Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Mathematics After the Ring of Fire Written by William Truderung The Ring of Fire was an event that shook the world of 1631 to its foundations. One of the disciplines destined to be revolutionized is mathematics, which was still in its infancy at the time. This […]

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Volume 18 #10: What’s For Dinner

Previous / Next NONFICTION: What’s For Dinner: Typical Dishes From 1632. Written by Anette Pedersen The common dishes in 1632 were quite different from what most western people eat today, and the following article will try to show what would have been prepared and served in the household of a moderately prosperous craftsman—say a printer […]

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Volume 18 #9: Sonata, Part Four

Previous / Next Note: This is a story of Marla Linder, Franz Sylwester, and their music. It consists of Sonata, Part One (Grantville Gazette Volume 15), Sonata, Part Two (Grantville Gazette 16), Sonata, Part Three (Grantville Gazette 17), and Sonata, Part Four (Grantville Gazette 18). This touching story is part of 1635: Music and Murder, published by Baen. Sonata, Part […]

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Volume 18 #8: Stretching Out, Part Five

Previous / Next Stretching Out,Part Five: Riding the Tiger Written by Iver P. Cooper Marshall’s Creek, Suriname RiverLong Dry Season, 1634 (July-November 1634) Maria Vorst sniffed the wound, and grimaced. “It’s infected.” Her patient shrugged stoically. “How did it happen?” Captain Marshall answered for her charge. “Not sure, but probably just a cut from razorgrass, […]

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Volume 18 #7: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Seven

Previous / Next SERIALS: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Seven, The Bureaucrats are Revolting Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett July 17, 1634 “Oh!” Judy the Younger Wendell heaved a great sigh. “She’s beautiful.” The bride was beautiful. Brandy Bates wore a flowing white angora/wool gown with a Chinese silk veil. The veil was […]

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Volume 18 #6: And That’s How the Money Rolls In

Previous / Next And That’s How the Money Rolls In Written by Terry Howard Hours later, after the poker game broke up, Janos was still waiting in the kitchen. Arch Pennock thought he’d gone on home after all the dumplings had been finished by the ravening horde that was his poker buddies. “Mister Pennock,” Janos […]

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Volume 18 #5: The Bloody Baroness of Bornholm

Previous / Next The Bloody Baroness of Bornholm Written by Kerryn Offord May 1634, 0430 hrs, in the shadow of HammershusCastle, Island of Bornholm, the Baltic “Get ready to jump,” the man at the rudder called. Jesper Hansen tugged his cap down tight and slung his duffle bag over his shoulder. There was a gentle […]

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Volume 17 #14: Scraps of Fashion

Previous / Next Scraps of Fashion Written by Lisa Satterlund Something to keep in mind when writing fashion into your 1632verse stories is that the down-timers don’t think their fashions are ugly. From the point of view of the twentieth century, the up-timers will see many of the garments the highest classes wear as stiff, […]

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Volume 17 #13: Food Preservation in 1632

Previous / Next The Importance of Having a Pig: Food and Preservation in 1632 Written by Anette Pedersen The Importance of Storage Self-sufficiency was the alpha and omega of housekeeping in the 1632 era, and no matter how rich or poor a household was, it was the responsibility of the housewife or housekeeper to ensure […]

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Volume 17 #12: The Steam Car

Previous / Next The Steam Car Written by Kevin H. Evans The day approaches, more quickly than we may think, that the demand for automobiles will far surpass the supply that arrived with the Ring of Fire. Also many of the cars from the future will have un-repairable breakdowns. A solution to the transportation gap […]

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Volume 17 #11: Sonata, Part Three

Previous / Next Note: This is a story of Marla Linder, Franz Sylwester, and their music. It consists of Sonata, Part One (Grantville Gazette Volume 15), Sonata, Part Two (Grantville Gazette 16), Sonata, Part Three (Grantville Gazette 17), and Sonata, Part Four (Grantville Gazette 18). This touching story is part of 1635: Music and Murder, published by Baen. Sonata, Part […]

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Volume 17 #10: Homage to Etruria, Part One

Previous / Next Homage to Etruria,Part One: The Patron’s Plight Written by Jay Robison I. May 1635, Outside Rome Giulio Gentileschi paused to re-tie the kerchief around his nose and mouth to keep out the dust. His companion, a hulking lefferto named Carlo Belzoni did the same. If only cloth could keep the smell of panic out […]

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Volume 17 #9: Comedy of Error

Previous / Next Comedy of Error Written by Mark H. Huston “Oh. My. God. They have those damned things down-time too?” “What things Flo?” Anna followed Flo’s icy glare toward a temporary stage erected in the Grantville market. On it, a group of Italian traveling players were performing a broad, ribald and highly improvised show. […]

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Volume 17 #8: Lost In Translation

Previous / Next Lost In Translation Written by Iver P. Cooper Spring 1634Grantville “Hans, you fool, where are you!” Hans hurriedly entered the room. The master’s face was red, and his eyes were bulging, making him look rather like a choleric bullfrog. Uh-oh, he thought. What is it this time? He lowered his eyes. “Yes, Master?” […]

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Volume 17 #7: Golden Corn

Previous / Next Golden Corn—A Tale of Old Joe on the Mountain Top Written by Terry Howard “It’s the first of May and there’s snow on the ground.” Old Joe had talked to himself all of his life. Now with his wife gone he was living alone in a house accustomed to keeping two or […]

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Volume 17 #6: Ghosts on the Glass

Previous / Next Ghosts on the Glass Written by Tim Roesch The first time Mary saw the ghosts she was transfixed. In the beginning, they had frightened her, the ghosts. Now she found them before they found her. She knew where to look and how. With a clever smudge here or a bit of pigment […]

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Volume 16 #5: Feng Shui for the Soul

Previous / Next Feng Shui for the Soul Written by Kerryn Offord Grantville, 1633 Kurt Stoltz ignored the rumbling of his stomach and continued his careful scanning of the pages of the newspaper. He well knew that they censored everything. So one had to read everything to detect the tiny inconsistencies that hinted at what they had removed. He […]

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Volume 16 #4: Silver Age

Previous / Next Silver Age Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, March 1635 Pam Hardesty squatted down next to a set of encyclopedias in the National Research Center. Tuesday. Cross-training for would-be librarians. Someone, somewhere up the food chain, had decided that they would be better-prepared to help researchers in the future if they had some […]

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Volume 17 #3: Bunny B. Goode

Previous / Next Bunny B. Goode Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “These Americans,” Don Alfredo de Aguilera said with a sigh. “They have no idea of the effects they have.” He cast a sardonic look out the window, then sighed and turned back to his letter. The best he could do was the […]

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Volume 17 #2: The Anaconda Project, Episode Six

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Six Written by Eric Flint When Jozef finished with his presentation, the immediate reaction of his two listeners was about what he’d expected. Silence. Total, complete silence. After a few seconds, Lukasz Opalinski sighed faintly and leaned back a little further in his heavily-upholstered armchair. He gave the […]

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Volume 18 #4: Dark as a Dungeon

Previous / Next Dark as a Dungeon Written by John Zeek Henry Johnson was happy to see the three horses the family owned in the field. That meant that Anse and Hagen were back from the medical center. Maybe, just maybe the waiting was over. Henry pointed the horses out to Wendel Schultz and Suse […]

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Volume 18 #3: Too Late for Sunday

Previous / Next Too Late for Sunday Written by Michael Badillo December, 1633, Grantville “Roberta Allene Haggerty! Come here for a minute, please.” “What is it, Momma?” Allie answered, entering her parents’ room. The “please” didn’t fool her a bit. Nobody called you by your full name unless you were in trouble. “We need to […]

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Volume 17 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Five

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Five Written by Eric Flint As he watched the archer bringing his horse around again for another run at the target, Lukasz Opalinski leaned toward the man standing next to him. “So, tell me, Jozef. Is Grantville as exotic as its reputation?” Jozef Wojtowicz didn’t answer immediately. He […]

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Volume 18 #2: Quintessentially Blonde

Previous / Next Quintessentially Blonde Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, January 1635 “Why are you asking, Missy?” Debbie Jenkins asked. “You know Pam Hardesty. In the going-to-be-a-librarian-someday classes with me. She’s thinking about when she comes to get married. If she does. And what she’s going to tell a respectable down-time man about that blank […]

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Volume 18 #1: Gifted with Pascal

Previous / Next Gifted with Pascal Written by Tim Roesch Mary Timm hated church steeples. There was no glass in them. They blocked the light in odd ways, cast shadows where shadows had no place being. They stabbed the sky and mocked the sun. They interfered with her art. Having a boy hanging from one […]

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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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