Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

Volume 12 #2: Birdwatching

Previous / Next BirdwatchingWritten by Garrett W. VancePreludeThe 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 April skies she […]

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

Previous / NextA Christmas in the Wonderland IslesGarrett W. VancePort Looking Glass, Dodo Island Early December, 1637Pers 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 falu red, took on […]

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

Previous / Next The Rice Farmer’s Daughter And The SamuraiGarrett W. VanceNishioka House, Nihonmachi, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Khmer, Indochina 1635The 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 had eradicated a […]

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Volume 8 #1: How Lovely Are Thy Branches

Previous / NextHow Lovely Are Thy BranchesGarrett W. VanceDodo Island, The Wonderland Isles Colonies December 21, 1637It 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 he thought of as […]

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

Previous / Next Ceaseless, The River RunsBy Garrett W. VancePreviously 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 to the greater […]

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

Previous / Nextby Garrett W. VanceThe 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 beforeBlom Corneliszoon leaned on the rail of his ship Groenevisch as he watched a small army of dockworkers load cargo aboard. He had done well this trip, […]

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

Previous by Garrett W. VanceA 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 a dream. […]

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

Previous / Nextby Garrett W. VanceThe Stone Wall Village battlefieldThe 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 cayuse, but his […]

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