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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #3: At The Mouth Of The Mekong

Previous / Next At The Mouth Of The Mekong Garrett W. Vance The Mekong River 1635 Blom sat at his stateroom’s oak table sporting a broad grin, which was not an uncommon expression for the ebullient sea captain. He was with his dearest friends, the Nishioka family, and addressed them in Japanese; his skills in […]

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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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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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volume 14 #4: Bats in the Belfry

Previous / Next Bats in the Belfry Written by Garrett W. Vance Late May, 1634 Pam Miller walked briskly down Grantville’s main street, hoping to avoid the friendly looking fellow heading her way from the Freedom Arches. It looked like he may be trying to get her attention; she had no idea why and was […]

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Volume 13 #2: Protected Species

Previous / Next Protected Species Written by Garrett W. Vance Summer of 1634 “All right everyone, hold real still!” The small group of third graders froze, looks of excitement on their faces. What great kids! There was movement in the tall reeds along the edges of the narrow inlet; once a West Virginia hollow, now an arm […]

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Volume 12 #2: Birdwatching

Previous / Next Birdwatching Written by Garrett W. Vance Prelude The flash was so bright it pierced her closed eyelids, waking her from her nap. A thunderclap followed, Pam Miller felt the deep vibration even in bed. Spring storm, maybe I’ll get up and watch the show. After a few minutes with no further drama offered by the […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 10 #3: Our Man Hiuchi

Previous / Next This story is part of a set of interconnected stories, the continuing saga of the Nihonmachi Japanese diaspora that began when they were driven from their enclave in Ayutthaya, Siam to Phnom Penh, Khmer, and which will eventually have them reach Grantville, USE. The first part of this episode is a direct […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #010

Special Issue 1 #1: A Christmas in the Wonderland Isles

Previous / Next A Christmas in the Wonderland Isles Garrett W. Vance Port Looking Glass, Dodo Island Early December, 1637 Pers watched the sunrise over the Indian Ocean. Sol’s bloated red orb glistened as if wet from crawling out of the tepid waters. Port Looking Glass’ sprawl of diverse structures, nearly all painted in rich […]

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1632 & Beyond Special Issue 1

Issue 9 #4: The Rice Farmer’s Daughter And The Samurai

Previous / Next The Rice Farmer’s Daughter And The Samurai Garrett W. Vance Nishioka House, Nihonmachi, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Khmer, Indochina 1635 The stoic people of Nihonmachi worked mostly in silence as they went about the grim task of cleaning up after a brief, brutal pitched battle. A relatively small number of Ishida’s samurai […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #009

Volume 8 #1: How Lovely Are Thy Branches

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 […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #008

Some News to Share

October 31, 2024 1632 & Beyond, 1632verse by TimeSpiker Leave a Comment

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 […]

1632 & Beyond Issue 7 #1: Ceaseless the River Runs

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 […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #007

1632 & Beyond Issue 3 #4: Disturbance at the Nishioka House

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 […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #003

Volume 99 #6: Time Spike: The First Calvary of the Cretaceous, Part 9: The Road Forward

Previous by Garrett W. Vance A mysterious place . . . Gonzalo awoke, slowly rising into consciousness from a deep slumber. He had been dreaming, but whatever it was about was now slipping away. It was probably just as well, since the last fleeting shreds of it seemed unpleasant, perhaps more of a nightmare than […]

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Volume 96 #7: Time Spike: The First Cavalry of the Cretaceous, Part 8: The Righteous and the Wicked

Previous / Next by Garrett W. Vance The Stone Wall Village battlefield The riders of The First Cavalry of the Cretaceous sang songs of victory as they harassed the enemy’s pikemen, dodging between their long lances, sowing chaos among their broken ranks. Lieutenant Tohbi-Oka’ grinned at the sight from the back of his sturdy mesa […]

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