Previous / Next A Nerd at Sea Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Portsmouth, England, 1633 Captain Erasmus Waddle didn’t waddle, Jeremy noted. He seemed likely to, being a short, portly man of middle years with graying hair. If you saw a portrait of him you might well assume that he waddled like a […]
Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Eight: As the Bear Turns Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Sheremetev laughed. “Leontii is a fine man, but not nearly subtle enough for this. The new political officer for the Dacha is . . . Anya.” * * * It was all Anya could do to keep her […]
Previous / Next Hyperinflation: Who Is Going To Do It? Written by Gorg Huff The 16th century was a period of massive inflation. European silver production increased as gold and silver came from the Americas. The growing importance of credit transactions plus population growth and the expansion of European economies and trade were all factors. […]
Previous / Next Signs Written by Gorg Huff “God damned piece of shit.” The words came from under the automated money changer in the First National Bank of Grantville. And Reva Pridmore suddenly knew it was going to be a bad day. The AMC, or Simon Legree as the bank employees called it, was the […]
i Previous / Next In the Army Now Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett David Bartley and Johan Kipper got off the train at Camp Saale and looked around. It wasn’t the first time they had been here, but it was their first time as regular army instead of weekend warriors. The camp was […]
Previous / Next Plausibility Denial or Truth is Stranger Than Fiction Written by Gorg Huff Predictions and Reality Some years ago the barflies who frequent the 1632 Tech Manual, after much debate, came up with the number of computers in Mannington, West Virginia. Which was also the number of computers in Grantville. At the most […]
Previous / Next High Road to Venice Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Merton Smith rolled his wheel chair over to the phone and called up the weather service. “Hi, Dan. How’s it look for a flight to Venice?” “Not horrible. The reports from the weather stations are mostly in. There is a warm […]
Butterflies in the Kremlin Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett This serial formed the basis for the 1632 Russia novels published by Baen, 1636: The Kremlin Games, 1637: The Volga Rules, and 1638: The Sovereign States. Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 1, A Russian Noble (Grantville Gazette #8) Butterflies in the Kremlin, Episode 2, A ‘Merican […]
Previous / Next SERIALS: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Seven, The Bureaucrats are Revolting Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett July 17, 1634 “Oh!” Judy the Younger Wendell heaved a great sigh. “She’s beautiful.” The bride was beautiful. Brandy Bates wore a flowing white angora/wool gown with a Chinese silk veil. The veil was […]
Previous / Next Bunny B. Goode Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “These Americans,” Don Alfredo de Aguilera said with a sigh. “They have no idea of the effects they have.” He cast a sardonic look out the window, then sighed and turned back to his letter. The best he could do was the […]
Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin,Part Six: The Polish Incident or The Wet Firecracker War Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Third Lieutenant Boris Timrovich, Tim to his friends, was savoring the victory. Right up to the time he was called into the commandant’s office. He had beaten Third Lieutenant Igor Milosevic in […]
Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Five,The Dog and Pony Show Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Natasha alighted from the carriage at her family’s dacha outside of Moscow, along with her aunt, Sofia Petrovna. Both were wearing full regalia, “dressed to the nines,” as Bernie put it. Aunt Sofia served as […]
Previous / Next Economics Are Not Abstract Gorg Huff We act like they are. We assume that they are. But they are not. The economics of Grantville are not the economics of Amsterdam. The principles are the same, but the details are different, and the devil, the weather, and economics are in the details. In […]
Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Four Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Yaroslavich Dacha, outside of Moscow A Dissertation on the Valueof Freedom and Security “Those that give up their freedom for a little temporary security deserve neither freedom or security and ultimately will lose both.” So goes an up-time quote. […]
Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 3:Boris, Natasha . . . But Where’s Bullwinkle By Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “Order Kameroff to take his battalion to the west.” The barely bearded Russian wearing two stars on his collar moved his finger along the map, over a set of hills then northwest along a river. “He is […]
Previous / Next Butterflies In The Kremlin, Episode 2A ‘Merican in Moscow by Gorg Huff and Paula GoodlettSpring, 1633 “Home,” Boris sighed then waved at the white stone walls of the Kremlin which stood sixty feet tall and dominated the mostly wooden city of Moscow. Bernie Zeppi, after the long trip, didn’t care if it […]
Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin: Part 1A Russian Noble by Gorg Huff and Paula GoodlettSpring, 1632 Boris Ivanovich Petrov pulled the horse to a stop and looked around. “This place is almost worth the trip. See the cuts in the earth where the land was changed. Look at these hills. The structure is […]
Previous / Next Trudi’s Trenchers Gorg Huff Editor’s Note: Trudi von Bachmerin was previously seen in 1636: The Viennese Waltz. Grantville High SchoolMonday, November 3, 1631 Trudi von Bachmerin looked at the high school in something close to terror. This was her first trip to Grantville and the wide, blacktopped Route 250 had been only […]
Next Table of Contents Grantville Gazette, Volume 1 Editor-in-Chief ~ Eric Flint Baen’s Bar Editor’s Preface 1. Portraits by Eric Flint 2. Anna’s Story by Loren Jones 3. Curio and Relic by Tom Van Natta 4. The Sewing Circle by Gorg Huff 5. The Rudolstadt Colloquy by Virginia DeMarce 6. Radio in the 1632 Universe […]
Escape from Moscow by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Previous / Next by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett We have the fourth Miroslava Holmes book called The Diogenes Club at about thirty thousand words. At first we were going to write a Miroslava short, a single mystery short story. We were going through The Diogenes […]
Welcome to our November 2023 issue. We hope you enjoy it! Next Introduction and Table of Contents by Bjorn Hasseler Introduction by Bjorn Hasseler The Magdeburg Messenger (1632 fiction) Escape from Moscow by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett The Frog in the Well by Sean Little A Meeting in Midsummer: Part I by Marc Tyrrell […]
