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Special Issue 2 #11: The View from Nakatomi Tower

Previous The View from Nakatomi TowerWalt Boyes and Bjorn Hasseler December 24, 1635The 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 more reserved […]

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1632 & Beyond Special Issue 002

Welcome to our Special Issue #2, Christmas 2024. We hope you enjoy it!NextIntroduction and Table of ContentsBjorn HasselerIntroductionMagdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction)1. Grantville’s Secret Santa Jackie Britton Lopatin2. The Gift Chuck Thompson3. At Christmas Time Mark Huston4. Christmas at the Schickelmans John Deakins5. No Proper Carol Sarah Hays6. Santa’s Lapp George Haberberger7. Natala Iver P. Cooper8. […]

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Issue 8 #3: A Week Together

Previous / Next A Week TogetherBjorn HasselerThis 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 “The Aftermath” […]

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Writing a Profiler

1632 & Beyond, 1632verse, From the Editor, Members Only, Writing Advice by 1632 & Beyond

Bjorn HasselerIn 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 character. She’s very different from the Bible Society girls who are frequent characters in my stories.The story is about Sunshine’s summer […]

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Writing Reed & Kathy Sue Burroughs

1632 & Beyond, 1632verse, From the Editor, Grantville Gazette, Members Only, Uncategorized, Writing Advice by Bjorn Hasseler

By Bjorn HasselerThe 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 out, please follow the recommendations until you have developed the skill to break them.But we can talk about characterization, plot, background, […]

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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 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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Volume 100 #12: Slamfire!

Previous / Nextby Walt Boyes and Bjorn HasselerSpring, 1633“I’m sorry, Sergeant Weibel. I’ve decided not to re-enlist in the regiment.” The tall young man gestured emphatically.“Why not?”“I’m tired of missing paydays, getting shot at, and marching around just so some jackanapes with a title can claim he won a battle somewhere.” Kevin Evans was emphatic […]

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Volume 100 #9: The Aftermath

Previous / Nextby Bjorn HasselerDresdenFriday, February 29, 1636“Dietrich Karsch, I am assigning you to—”“Frederick, I am supposed to be your supply clerk!”“Exactly.” Frederick Biener ignored the breach of military etiquette, not uncommon in the Committees of Correspondence. “Dietrich, you and the supply men for all our CoC units have been doing near-miracles here in Dresden. […]

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Volume 98 #10: Capclave 2021 Featuring: Eric Flint and the 2021 Ring of Fire Con

Previous / Nextby Bjorn HasselerRing of Fire Con / CapclaveThe first 1632 minicons were held in Mannington, West Virginia. That’s the town Grantville is based on. Then the minicons started being embedded in a larger science fiction/fantasy convention, usually one that invited Eric Flint as a Guest of Honor. This allowed the minicons to travel […]

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Volume 98 #9: Best of the Gazette 2020

Previous / Nextby Bjorn HasselerThank you for voting. You selected “First Kiss,” by Tim Roesch, as the Best of 2020. Tim’s stories about Blaise Pascal and Logan Sebastian have been reader favorites for years. Please join us in congratulating Tim.Here is part of the story to whet your appetite:INSIDE THE MIND OF BLAISE PASCAL, BLAISE […]

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Volume 95 #8: Nominate the Best of 2020

Previous / Nextby Bjorn HassellerEach year our readers select the best story of the year. Here are the Grantville Gazette stories published in 2020.Please send your vote to waltboyes@1632.org, bjorn@1632.org or post in the comments. Thank you!Grantville Gazette 87A Long-Awaited Proposal by Terry HowardDon’t Feed Me People Food by Terry HowardRed Makes Friends by Mark […]

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