Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

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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Volume 14 #11: Cinco de Mayo . . . er, der Fünfte Mai

Previous / Next Cinco de Mayo . . . er, der Fünfte Mai Written by Edith Wild “So what the heck is a taco, really?” asked Maria, David’s girlfriend. It was with great fanfare that the owners of the Thuringen Gardens added real honest-to-god tacos to their menu in May of 1634. May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, was to be […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #4: Come Dig My Earth

Previous / Next Amalia & Maggie Stories “A Christmas Stollen” in 1632 & Beyond Special Christmas Issue #002 “Leftovers” in Grantville Gazette #100 “A Knight’s Tale— Therapies” in 1632 & Beyond Issue #004 “Rites of Passage” in 1632 & Beyond Issue #008 Come Dig My Earth By Edith Wild Jimmy Wild’s Place, Grantville4:50 p.m., February […]

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Special Issue 2 #8: A Christmas Stollen

Previous / Next A Christmas Stollen Edith Wild Grantville High School 1636 The bell rang as Amalia skidded into the locker room. She rushed over to her assigned locker. She quickly undid her padlock, opened her locker, pulled out her PE uniform and sneakers. Amalia placed them on the bench that ran between the rows […]

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1632 & Beyond Special Issue 002

Welcome to our Special Issue #2, Christmas 2024. We hope you enjoy it! Next Introduction and Table of ContentsBjorn Hasseler Introduction Magdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction) 1. Grantville’s Secret Santa Jackie Britton Lopatin 2. The Gift Chuck Thompson 3. At Christmas Time Mark Huston 4. Christmas at the Schickelmans John Deakins 5. No Proper Carol Sarah […]

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Issue 8 #2: Rites of Passage

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 […]

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

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 […]

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