Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

Volume 7 #10: Dr. Phil Zinkens A Bundle

Previous / Next Dr. Phil Zinkens A Bundle By Kerryn Offord Jena, 1633 The new chemical “battery” was most interesting. Just by adding two electrodes of different metal into a glass container of weak oil of vitriol one could generate enough of the new electricity to light the small light bulb. Dr. Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz […]

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Volume 7 #9:The Dr. Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 2

Previous / Next The Dr. Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 2Dr. Phil’s Amazing Essence Of Fire Tablets By Kerryn Offord and Rick Boatright 1633, Jena, Dr. Gribbleflotz’s office Dr. Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz took another look at the bill. He was spending that much on candles? Surely not. “Frau Mittelhausen. This bill for candles. Who has been using wax candles […]

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Volume 89 #3: A Puritan Voice, Part 4

Previous / Next A Puritan Voice, Part 4by Michael Lockwood Chapter 4: Outside Amiens Phillippe looked around him trying to gauge if Gerard was where he needed to be before Phillippe could begin his part of the plan. Gerard was to circle quietly around the Englishman’s campsite to intercept him should he try to flee. […]

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Volume 86 #5: A Puritan Voice Part 1

Next A Puritan Voice Part 1by Michael Lockwood Chapter 1: Le Havre Nicholas Knapp, known aboard the ship by the stolen name of Jean-Marc Crevier, stood at the bow of the ship, enjoying his first taste of freedom from his cramped cabin in months. His first taste of cold freedom, he thought as he wrapped […]

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Volume 6 #12: Dr. Phil’s Aeolian Transformers

Previous / Next Dr. Phil’s Aeolian TransformersKerryn Offord and Rick Boatright Jena It had been a hard day of almost wasted discussions with the scholars at the university. John Grover and Ken Butcher, accompanied by Derrick Mason, a young radio operator on loan from the army, had been trying to identify the materials and skills […]

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Volume 6 #11: Dr. Phil’s Amazing Lightning Crystal

Previous / Next Dr. Phil’s Amazing Lightning CrystalKerryn Offord Jena, Freedom Arches Tasha Kubiak tried to tune out the pompous ass who was still pontificating. Somehow both Tracy Kubiak and Danielle Kowach, the two other members of the Kubiak Country partnership who could speak competent German, had managed to be needed elsewhere when this trip […]

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Volume 6 #10: The Doctor Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 1: Calling Dr. Phil

Previous / Next CONTINUING SERIALS The Doctor Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 1: Calling Dr. PhilKerryn Offord Sunday. After Church Lunch, Drahuta Property Deep in the middle of “Kubiak Country” the extended Kubiak clan had gathered at the home of Belle and Ivan Drahuta for Sunday lunch. Grown men and women were messing about playing touch football […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #1: Passing Fair

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 […]

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

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 […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #3: Cassini Runs Home

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.” […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #6: Inside 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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #006

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 […]

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Grantville Gazette 5 #9: Euterpe

Previous / Next Euterpe, Episode 3 By Enrico M. Toro To Father Thomas Fitzherbert SJ,Illustrissimus Collegium AnglicanumRoma From Maestro Giacomo Carissimi,Grantville, USASeventh day of October, in our Lord’s year 1633. Dear and honored father, How are you? I received your letter today. It was waiting for me at the Church of Saint Mary. I’m glad […]

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

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 […]

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1632 & Beyond 5 #5: Among the Faithful

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 […]

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

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 […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 5 #3: Mail From Up-Time

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 […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 5 #1: A Rose By Any Other Song

Previous / Next A Rose By Any Other SongVirginia DeMarce Grantville, SoTFSeptember 1635 “And now, we bring you News from the Netherlands.” The general manager of the Voice of America pondered as he listened. “It’s a good skit.” The VOA disk jockey grinned. “Tom and Dick Quiney are, if nothing else, reliably irreverent,” John Grover […]

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Volume 3 #8: Euterpe, Episode 2

Previous / Next Euterpe, Episode 2 Enrico M. Toro To Father Thomas Fitzherbert SJ of theIllustrissimus Collegium Anglicanum in RomeFrom Maestro Giacomo Carissimi inThuringen Gardens, GrantvilleAugust 1633 Very Reverend Father, I am sorry it took so long to write you again, but a journey through Europe in these days is everything but short and comfortable. […]

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