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Volume 23 #9: Mineral Mastery

Previous Mineral Mastery: Discovery and Control of Ore Deposits After the Baltic War Written by Iver P. Cooper Introduction Kipling may have thought that only “Iron—Cold Iron—is master of them all,” but there are quite a few minerals which will be of military and economic importance in the “new” 1630s. This essay updates the economic […]

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Volume 23 #8: The Oil Mines at Wietze and Pechelbronn

Previous / Next The Oil Mines at Wietze and Pechelbronn Written by Jeff Corwith Introduction After collection of oil from surface outcrops and seeps, mining of oil is arguably the oldest means of exploiting hydrocarbon resources. Heavy oils, used to caulk ships, were hand dug from shallow pits in the Middle East several hundred years […]

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Volume 23 #7: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Five

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Five Written by Wood Hughes Chapter Fifteen “Thank you, Jacob! That was wonderful. “And now, before we introduce this week’s talent contest winner, I wanted to let all of you listeners in the Jena area know that the Grantville Pentecostal Church will be holding our first revival […]

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Volume 23 #7: Silencing the Sirens’ Song

Previous / Next Silencing the Sirens’ Song Written by Kerryn Offord Meløy, Nordland, Norway,April 1634 Nikulas Anderson woke with the sun streaming through the open window. The air was still and he could hear the roar of the waterfalls at the head of Glomfjord—the noisy fjord. He hated those waterfalls. Three years ago they had claimed […]

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Volume 23 #6: Don’t Cry Over Frozen Milk

Previous / Next Don’t Cry Over Frozen Milk Written by Terry Howard August, 1635 Grantville Arch Pennock looked at the balance sheet and wanted to cry. Yes, he knew. Up-time for sure, and probably here and now also, restaurants were the number one most failed business. Still, opening a restaurant had seemed like a great […]

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Volume 23 #5: Homecoming

Previous / Next Homecoming Written by Karen Bergstralh January 1636, Dover, England Four large bay mares walked quietly down the gangplank and on to the quay. Their heads lifted, nostrils widened, and ears swiveled taking in the new sights, odors, and sounds but they showed no signs of distress. Wilfram Jones smiled in relief. The […]

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Volume 23 #4: Northwest Passage Part Two

Previous / Next Northwest Passage, Part Two Written by Herbert and William Sakalaucks The last patron had left the inn and Anna was in the kitchen, washing the last of the pots. Luke and Mette sat in front of the fireplace in the dining area staring at the flames. Luke’s shirt was open and Mette […]

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Volume 23 #3: Rachel’s Plaint

Previous / Next Rachel’s Plaint Written by David Carrico MagdeburgLate March 1635 It was early afternoon in the office of Paulus Bünemann. The door was closed, as the good Herr Bünemann was expecting no visitors. The merchant was, in fact, indulging in a post-prandial nap. Despite Herr Bünemann’s expectations, however, there was a visitor, one […]

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Volume 23 #2: Game Set and Match

Previous / Next Game, Set and Match Written by Kim Mackey London When George Goring entered the study, his father-in-law was seated behind his desk and focused on the paperwork in front of him. George waited a few seconds and then cleared his throat. Richard Boyle, Earl of Corke, and now the King’s chief Minister […]

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Volume 22 #10: The Wind is Free

Previous The Wind is Free: Sailing Ship Design, Part 2, Seaworthiness Written by Iver P. Cooper Part II: Goals of Sailing Ship Design The designer of a sailing ship must give it sufficient capacity and speed to carry out its mission, yet without unduly compromising its seaworthiness. And seaworthiness itself is a complex concept, embracing […]

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Volume 22 #9: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Previous / Next Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: Gardening and Growing Food in 1632 Written by Anette PedersenIntroduction The benefits of growing usable plants near your sleeping place—as opposed to having to search for them whenever you need them—are so obvious that people must have started the first gardens as soon as they discovered that […]

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Volume 22 #8: Special Edition!

Previous / Next Special Edition! Written by Markus Becker Frankfurt Main, late May 1631, just another street corner: “Special Edition! Special Edition! Town from the future in Thuringia! Read everything about the year 2000: horseless carriages, lights with no flames, guns that shoot ten times without reloading. Only in the Allgemeine Zeitung. Don’t miss the woodcuts […]

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Volume 22 #7: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Four

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Four Written by Wood Hughes Chapter Ten Marc Kronzburg pushed the overlapping canvas flaps out of the way as he made his way into the Thuringen Gardens outside patio. Or formerly outside patio. The original patio had been outside. Now, a massive roof was supported by four […]

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Volume 22 #6: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Eight

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 […]

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Volume 22 #5: Elegy

Previous / Next Elegy Written by David Carrico Magdeburg, April 1635 Andrea Abati moved down the hallway with a light step. This was one of Marla Linder’s lesson days, and he didn’t want to be late. Working with Marla was such a joy to him. As a gentilhuomo—or castrato, as he and those like him were […]

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Volume 22 #4: Deep Water

Previous / Next Deep Water Written by Kerryn Offord In October of 1633 Al and Sam Morton became instant heroes when they sank six enemy ships at anchor in the River Trave just down river from the city of Luebeck. But that was then. It took all of a couple of weeks before the city […]

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Volume 22 #3: Northwest Passage, Part One

Previous / Next Northwest Passage, Part One Written by Herbert and William Sakalaucks Part I November 1633 A bright sun and a cool breeze made Copenhagen the best place in the world as far as Sergeant Karl Andersen was concerned. He strolled with the three members of his city watch patrol through the open air […]

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Volume 22 #2: The Irish Sitter Sings

Previous / Next The Irish Sitter Sings Written by Terry Howard Late January 1635Near the City of Nijmegen, Netherlands “Innkeeper, we need a wet nurse.” One of Henrich’s company—probably his daughter, the timing was right and she looked just like him—had a fever. The stout lass was down and likely would not be getting up. […]

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Volume 22 #1: Arsenic and Old Italians

Previous / Next Arsenic and Old Italians Written by Iver P. Cooper The liquid in the shallow dish ignited, releasing a burst of yellow-green fire. The audience, a curious mix of Tuscan scholars and glitterati, applauded. Lewis Philip Bartolli acknowledged the applause with a briefly lifted hand. “This lovely green reveals the presence of the […]

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Volume 21 #12: Hyperinflation: Who Is Going To Do It?

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. […]

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Volume 21 #11: Home on the Grange

Previous / Next Home On the Grange Written by Kevin H. Evans Take Europe . . . The state of agriculture in the 1600s is unique. Nothing approaching the modern standardization of methods existed. One can find farming practices ranging from the ancient to the modern. This is mostly because of the large number of diverse political systems […]

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Volume 21 #10: Stretching Out, Part Six: King of the Jungle

Previous / Next Stretching Out,Part Six: King of the Jungle Written by Iver P. Cooper Paramaribo (Gustavus), SurinameShort Dry Season (February-March, 1635) “My children. Help find?” The Dutch words were painfully enunciated, clearly learned by rote. Maria Vorst put down the chalk with which she had been drawing, and studied the questioner. The tall black […]

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Volume 21 #9: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Three

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Three Written by Wood Hughes Chapter SevenDecember 1633, Grantville,State of Thuringia,United States of Europe It never got easier, Dr. Nichols thought as he welcomed John Chalker and his helper Georg Fleitner into his private office. The best way was just to go ahead and give the patient […]

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Volume 21 #8: Motifs

Previous / Next Motifs Written by David Carrico To the most revered and accomplished Maestro Girolamo Frescobaldi,City of Florence Maestro It is with the utmost presumption that I write to you. All the world knows of your skill, of your art, of your place as the musical jewel in the setting of Florence and the […]

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Volume 21 #7: Nobody Wants To Be a Pirate in the Baltic

Previous / Next Nobody Wants To Be a Pirate in the Baltic Written by Anette Pedersen and Kerryn Offord Kolberg, Pomerania, March 1635 “Viktor not have all day” Hans Johansson jumped and nearly dropped the musket he gingerly held in his soft, white hands when the gravelly voice broke the silence. He’d been so busy […]

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Volume 21 #6: An Irish Sitter

Previous / Next An Irish Sitter Written by Terry Howard Augsburg, September 1634 “Horatio Alger Burston, this is totally unlike you!” a rather exasperated Catharina said. She would very much have preferred for her new husband to leave the hiring of staff completely up to her as he always had before. Well, almost always, anyway. […]

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Volume 21 #5: Signs

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 […]

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Volume 21 #4: The Pitch

Previous / Next The Pitch Written by Domenic and DJ diCiacca Today the road was perfect, dry enough for wagon wheels but not yet dusty. Ian, who had sold a few of the up-time plows that were in the fields, was delighted. He had a new product in the wagon that he said was a […]

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Volume 21 #3: The Pessimist’s Daughter

Previous / Next The Pessimist’s Daughter Written by Mark H. Huston The Gardens, December, 1634 “I found every last one of those sons-of-bitches. Every last one. Do you have any idea how much money that son-of-a-bitch spends on those sons-of-bitches?” Staunton Bell took a deep swig of pilsner beer, emptied the mug, and slammed it […]

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Volume 21 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Nine

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Nine Written by Eric Flint Chapter 9 “I have news,” Lukasz Opalinski announced, as soon as his friend Jozef Wojtowicz entered the room which served Opalinski as a combination library and small salon. Jozef closed the door behind him. “What could be so urgent that I had to […]

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Volume 20 #11: Better Foundations, Part 2: Putting Concrete to Work

Previous / Next Better Foundations, Part 2: Putting Concrete to Work Written by Iver P. Cooper In the world the up-timers left behind, the most widely consumed substance on Earth was water. What came second? Concrete. Indeed, concrete can be said to be, quite literally, the foundation of modern society. We depend upon it for […]

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Volume 20 #10: An Analysis of the Effect of Evangelical Missions on the 1632verse

Previous / Next An Analysis of the Effect of Evangelical Missions on the 1632verse Written by John Davis Technology is usually thought of in terms of understanding of the physical world and the ability to manipulate it. However, ideas and methodology can also be thought of as a form of technology in which society is […]

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Volume 20 #9: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Two

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Two Written by Wood Hughes Chapter Four “Good morning, Europe. Guten Morgen, Europa! You’re listening to Voice of America as we begin another broadcast day from our studios on Mountaineer Lane in Grantville, New United States. Today is September tenth, Gregorian; August thirty-first Julian and at the […]

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Volume 20 #9: Hallelujah, Part Two

Previous / Next Hallelujah, Part Two Written by David Carrico November 1634 “Thus saith the Lord . . .” “Stop.” Andrea Abati closed his eyes. When he opened them again, Dietrich Fischer was still looking at him with that same placid but confused expression he’d been wearing all evening. Andrea scrubbed his hands over his face, then took […]

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Happy Holidays!

Volume 20 #12: Fire Breathing Hogs

Previous Fire Breathing Hogs Written by Kevin H. Evans Prologue Engineer Lothar Schneider walked into the crew office. Glancing up he checked out the assignment boards and spotted his name. Yeah, there it was. He had received the first run. He turned and saw his fireman hang up his time card. “Otto, are you ready?” […]

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Volume 20 #7: In the Army Now

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 […]

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Volume 20 #6: Dafydd and Goliath

Previous / Next Dafydd and Goliath Written by Terry Howard North Anglesey Coast of Wales, August 1635 Squire Dafydd Jones sat at dinner wearing a new velvet jacket over a shirt of the finest linen. The silver on the table sparkled from having been polished and repolished. The finest of everything he had graced the […]

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Volume 20 #5: Daedalus’ New Wings

i Previous / Next Daedalus’ New Wings Written by Kerryn Offord Magdeburg, September, 1634 Tracy Kubiak stared at the shop window, not really seeing anything. She was in Magdeburg to inspect the local division of her company, Grantville Canvas and Outdoor, but she was finding it hard to stay motivated. Maybe it was just because […]

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Volume 20 #4: A Bell for St. Vasili’s

Previous / Next A Bell for St. Vasili’s Written by Keith Robertsson November, 1633 “Ux Te!” Kseniya hadn’t at all expected what she was seeing. When Princess Natalia Petrovna hired Father Gavril to come to Grantville and set up a church for the people who were coming to study, she’d mentioned that her brother Vladimir […]

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Volume 20 #3: One Fine Day

Previous / Next One Fine Day Written By John Zeek Dec. 23, 1633 “Where is it? It’s late,” Heinrich muttered under his breath as he waited impatiently for the tram. Soon he would be out of this nest of heretics. Soon he would far away from this cursed city, this Grantville, the so-called city from […]

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Volume 20 #2: An Electrifying Experience

Previous / Next An Electrifying Experience Written By Jack Carroll Somewhere in the eastern Harz mountains, 1635 Something’s burning! Stefan Leichtfuss stopped in his tracks to sniff, and began slowly scanning his eyes all around. There! A wisp of smoke was rising out of that new wooden cabinet mounted on the post! Before he could move, there was […]

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Volume 20 #1: By Hook or By Crook

Previous / Next By Hook or By Crook By Victoria L’Ecuyer Hamburg, January 1633 Someone grabbed Annabet Nutsch and covered her eyes. “Guess who!” Annabet stiffened. She recognized the voice and jabbed her elbow into her brother’s ribs. “Grow up, Johann.” She wrestled free and shook her finger at the tall, gangly young man with […]

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Volume 19 #11: Plausibility Denial or Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

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 […]

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Volume 19 #10: Better Foundations, Part 1: An Introduction to Concrete

Previous / Next Better Foundations, Part 1: An Introduction to Concrete Written by Iver P. Cooper Concrete—”Liquid Stone”—has made possible many innovations in architecture. Yet concrete is no Space Age wunderkind; it has its roots in antiquity. Concrete, albeit of a kind inferior to the modern product, was used by the Romans in the construction of […]

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Volume 19 #9: Hallelujah, Part One

Previous / Next Hallelujah, Part One Written by David Carrico Magdeburg – July, 1634 “It’s here! It’s here!” The three men looked around as Marla Linder burst through the door. Next moment, she laid an oblong package on the table in front of them. “What is here?” Franz Sylwester asked his wife. The inevitable smile […]

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Volume 19 #8: Turn Your Radio On, Episode One

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode One Written by Wood Hughes Prologue April 1634, Grantville, State of Thuringia-Franconia, United States of Europe “Der Kronz” was in an exuberant mood as he walked into the Voice of America offices, whistling an up-timer tune by the name of “Do the Hustle” and without a care […]

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Volume 19 #7: High Road to Venice

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 […]

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Volume 19 #6: The Royal and Ancient Game

Previous / Next The Royal and Ancient Game Written by Mark H. Huston St Andrews Scotland, Winter 1634 James O’Fehl, the butler of Ramsay Manor, wearily tugged open the heavy wooden door to Andrew’s bedchamber. He could see faint streaks of morning light through gaps in the drawn draperies. Andrew was sleeping soundly in the […]

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Volume 19 #5: A Gentile in the Family

Previous / Next A Gentile in the Family? Written by Terry Howard Late winter 1635 “Sarah? Just what do you think is going to happen when your father finds out?” Rivka asked as they left the grade school. She was one of those precocious little girls who behave like they were born twenty years old […]

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Volume 19 #4: First Impressions

Previous / Next First Impressions Written by Iver P. Cooper The pickpocket thought he had spotted an easy mark. First of all, he could tell from the fellow’s clothing that he was a foreigner. So he wouldn’t get the same kind of help if he raised a hue and cry that a citizen would. Secondly, […]

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Volume 19 #3: The Creamed Madonna

Previous / Next The Creamed Madonna Written by Kerryn Offord Late summer 1635, Jena Dr. Phillip Gribbleflotz was at a bit of a loose end. He’d finally concluded that there was something fundamentally wrong with the theory that pyramid power could be used to invigorate the Quinta Essentia of the human spirit, and had regretfully given up […]

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Volume 19 #2: The Anaconda Project, Episode Eight

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Eight Written by Eric Flint After they left the restaurant—or “café,” rather—Piccolomini glanced up at the sky, which had grown leaden. “Snowing soon,” he said, reaching up and drawing his cloak around him more tightly. Von Mercy followed suit. The temperature wasn’t too bad, but there was something […]

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Volume 19 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Seven

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Seven Written by Eric Flint “So, what you think?” asked Piccolomini. The Italian general from Florence who was now in Austrian service raised his cup. The man sitting across from him at the round little table in the small but very crowded restaurant frowned down at the cup […]

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Grantville Gazette #096

Grantville Gazette #098

Grantville Gazette #099

Next Table of Contents The Story So Far . . . by Walt Boyes 1. On the Walls of Wismar by Tim Sayeau 2. The Monkey on the Bible by Chuck Thompson 3. Hatching Iron by Iver P. Cooper 4. Notes from the Buffer Zone: Foreshadowing by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 5. Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire […]

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Grantville Gazette #095

Grantville Gazette #092

Next Table of Contents Grantville Gazette #092 Grantville Gazette, Volume 92Editor-in-Chief ~ Walt Boyes Managing Editor ~ Bjorn Hasseler The Story So Far . . . by Walt Boyes 1. Et Docere et Rerum Exquirere Causas by Virginia DeMarce 2. Lamb of God by A. P. Davidson 3. Last Will by Matias Travieso-Diaz 4. A […]

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Grantville Gazette #093

Grantville Gazette #094

Next Table of Contents 1. Faith with Heretics by Virginia DeMarce 2. The First Step by Sean Little 3. Lady Wroth and the Revolution by Sarah Iovan 4. The Kreutzer by George Grant 5. A Puritan Voice, Part 9 by Michael Lockwood 6. Propane, Butane, and Natural Gas in the 1632 Universe by Iver P. […]

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Butterflies in the Kremlin

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 […]

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Essen Chronicles

Essen Chronicles Kim Mackey Essen Chronicles, Part One: Crucibellus (Grantville Gazette #7) Essen Chronicles, Part Two Louis de Geer (Grantville Gazette #8) Essen Chronicles, Part Three Trip to Paris (Grantville Gazette #9)

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Puritan Voice

A Puritan Voice by Michael Lockwood A multi-part saga of travel and betrayal by Michael Lockwood that eventually finds its way, as so many things do, to Grantville. A Puritan Voice, Part 1 (Grantville Gazette 86) A Puritan Voice, Part 2 (Grantville Gazette 87) A Puritan Voice, Part 3 (Grantville Gazettee 88) A Puritan Voice, Part 4 (Grantville Gazette […]

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Aethers of Magdeburg

The Aethers of Magdeburg (series) David Carrico and Mark Huston A tale of radio, industrial espionage, and love set in post-Ring of Fire Magdeburg. The Aethers of Magdeburg, Part 1 (Grantville Gazette Volume 90) The Aethers of Magdeburg, Part 2 (Grantville Gazette Volume 91) The Aethers of Magdeburg, Part 3 (Grantville Gazette Volume 92)

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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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Volume 18 #12: Safety First: Industrial Safety in 1632, Part Two

Previous Safety First: Industrial Safety in 1632,Part Two, Technical Aspects Written by Iver P. Cooper Ambrose Bierce, in The Devil’s Dictionary, defined an “accident” as “an inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.” But some industrial accidents are avoidable, and the secret to minimizing them is to know what the hazards of the […]

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Volume 18 #11: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Previous / Next Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Mathematics After the Ring of Fire Written by William Truderung The Ring of Fire was an event that shook the world of 1631 to its foundations. One of the disciplines destined to be revolutionized is mathematics, which was still in its infancy at the time. This […]

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Volume 18 #10: What’s For Dinner

Previous / Next NONFICTION: What’s For Dinner: Typical Dishes From 1632. Written by Anette Pedersen The common dishes in 1632 were quite different from what most western people eat today, and the following article will try to show what would have been prepared and served in the household of a moderately prosperous craftsman—say a printer […]

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Volume 18 #9: Sonata, Part Four

Previous / Next Note: This is a story of Marla Linder, Franz Sylwester, and their music. It consists of Sonata, Part One (Grantville Gazette Volume 15), Sonata, Part Two (Grantville Gazette 16), Sonata, Part Three (Grantville Gazette 17), and Sonata, Part Four (Grantville Gazette 18). This touching story is part of 1635: Music and Murder, published by Baen. Sonata, Part […]

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Volume 18 #8: Stretching Out, Part Five

Previous / Next Stretching Out,Part Five: Riding the Tiger Written by Iver P. Cooper Marshall’s Creek, Suriname RiverLong Dry Season, 1634 (July-November 1634) Maria Vorst sniffed the wound, and grimaced. “It’s infected.” Her patient shrugged stoically. “How did it happen?” Captain Marshall answered for her charge. “Not sure, but probably just a cut from razorgrass, […]

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Volume 18 #7: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Seven

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 […]

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Volume 18 #6: And That’s How the Money Rolls In

Previous / Next And That’s How the Money Rolls In Written by Terry Howard Hours later, after the poker game broke up, Janos was still waiting in the kitchen. Arch Pennock thought he’d gone on home after all the dumplings had been finished by the ravening horde that was his poker buddies. “Mister Pennock,” Janos […]

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Volume 18 #5: The Bloody Baroness of Bornholm

Previous / Next The Bloody Baroness of Bornholm Written by Kerryn Offord May 1634, 0430 hrs, in the shadow of HammershusCastle, Island of Bornholm, the Baltic “Get ready to jump,” the man at the rudder called. Jesper Hansen tugged his cap down tight and slung his duffle bag over his shoulder. There was a gentle […]

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Volume 17 #14: Scraps of Fashion

Previous / Next Scraps of Fashion Written by Lisa Satterlund Something to keep in mind when writing fashion into your 1632verse stories is that the down-timers don’t think their fashions are ugly. From the point of view of the twentieth century, the up-timers will see many of the garments the highest classes wear as stiff, […]

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Volume 17 #13: Food Preservation in 1632

Previous / Next The Importance of Having a Pig: Food and Preservation in 1632 Written by Anette Pedersen The Importance of Storage Self-sufficiency was the alpha and omega of housekeeping in the 1632 era, and no matter how rich or poor a household was, it was the responsibility of the housewife or housekeeper to ensure […]

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Volume 17 #12: The Steam Car

Previous / Next The Steam Car Written by Kevin H. Evans The day approaches, more quickly than we may think, that the demand for automobiles will far surpass the supply that arrived with the Ring of Fire. Also many of the cars from the future will have un-repairable breakdowns. A solution to the transportation gap […]

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Volume 17 #11: Sonata, Part Three

Previous / Next Note: This is a story of Marla Linder, Franz Sylwester, and their music. It consists of Sonata, Part One (Grantville Gazette Volume 15), Sonata, Part Two (Grantville Gazette 16), Sonata, Part Three (Grantville Gazette 17), and Sonata, Part Four (Grantville Gazette 18). This touching story is part of 1635: Music and Murder, published by Baen. Sonata, Part […]

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Volume 17 #10: Homage to Etruria, Part One

Previous / Next Homage to Etruria,Part One: The Patron’s Plight Written by Jay Robison I. May 1635, Outside Rome Giulio Gentileschi paused to re-tie the kerchief around his nose and mouth to keep out the dust. His companion, a hulking lefferto named Carlo Belzoni did the same. If only cloth could keep the smell of panic out […]

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Volume 17 #9: Comedy of Error

Previous / Next Comedy of Error Written by Mark H. Huston “Oh. My. God. They have those damned things down-time too?” “What things Flo?” Anna followed Flo’s icy glare toward a temporary stage erected in the Grantville market. On it, a group of Italian traveling players were performing a broad, ribald and highly improvised show. […]

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Volume 17 #8: Lost In Translation

Previous / Next Lost In Translation Written by Iver P. Cooper Spring 1634Grantville “Hans, you fool, where are you!” Hans hurriedly entered the room. The master’s face was red, and his eyes were bulging, making him look rather like a choleric bullfrog. Uh-oh, he thought. What is it this time? He lowered his eyes. “Yes, Master?” […]

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Volume 17 #7: Golden Corn

Previous / Next Golden Corn—A Tale of Old Joe on the Mountain Top Written by Terry Howard “It’s the first of May and there’s snow on the ground.” Old Joe had talked to himself all of his life. Now with his wife gone he was living alone in a house accustomed to keeping two or […]

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Volume 17 #6: Ghosts on the Glass

Previous / Next Ghosts on the Glass Written by Tim Roesch The first time Mary saw the ghosts she was transfixed. In the beginning, they had frightened her, the ghosts. Now she found them before they found her. She knew where to look and how. With a clever smudge here or a bit of pigment […]

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Volume 16 #5: Feng Shui for the Soul

Previous / Next Feng Shui for the Soul Written by Kerryn Offord Grantville, 1633 Kurt Stoltz ignored the rumbling of his stomach and continued his careful scanning of the pages of the newspaper. He well knew that they censored everything. So one had to read everything to detect the tiny inconsistencies that hinted at what they had removed. He […]

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Volume 16 #4: Silver Age

Previous / Next Silver Age Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, March 1635 Pam Hardesty squatted down next to a set of encyclopedias in the National Research Center. Tuesday. Cross-training for would-be librarians. Someone, somewhere up the food chain, had decided that they would be better-prepared to help researchers in the future if they had some […]

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Volume 17 #3: Bunny B. Goode

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 […]

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Volume 17 #2: The Anaconda Project, Episode Six

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Six Written by Eric Flint When Jozef finished with his presentation, the immediate reaction of his two listeners was about what he’d expected. Silence. Total, complete silence. After a few seconds, Lukasz Opalinski sighed faintly and leaned back a little further in his heavily-upholstered armchair. He gave the […]

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Volume 18 #4: Dark as a Dungeon

Previous / Next Dark as a Dungeon Written by John Zeek Henry Johnson was happy to see the three horses the family owned in the field. That meant that Anse and Hagen were back from the medical center. Maybe, just maybe the waiting was over. Henry pointed the horses out to Wendel Schultz and Suse […]

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Volume 18 #3: Too Late for Sunday

Previous / Next Too Late for Sunday Written by Michael Badillo December, 1633, Grantville “Roberta Allene Haggerty! Come here for a minute, please.” “What is it, Momma?” Allie answered, entering her parents’ room. The “please” didn’t fool her a bit. Nobody called you by your full name unless you were in trouble. “We need to […]

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Volume 17 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Five

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Five Written by Eric Flint As he watched the archer bringing his horse around again for another run at the target, Lukasz Opalinski leaned toward the man standing next to him. “So, tell me, Jozef. Is Grantville as exotic as its reputation?” Jozef Wojtowicz didn’t answer immediately. He […]

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Volume 18 #2: Quintessentially Blonde

Previous / Next Quintessentially Blonde Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, January 1635 “Why are you asking, Missy?” Debbie Jenkins asked. “You know Pam Hardesty. In the going-to-be-a-librarian-someday classes with me. She’s thinking about when she comes to get married. If she does. And what she’s going to tell a respectable down-time man about that blank […]

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Volume 18 #1: Gifted with Pascal

Previous / Next Gifted with Pascal Written by Tim Roesch Mary Timm hated church steeples. There was no glass in them. They blocked the light in odd ways, cast shadows where shadows had no place being. They stabbed the sky and mocked the sun. They interfered with her art. Having a boy hanging from one […]

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Volume 16 #13: Unintended Consequences: Dealing with the Population Density Explosion

Previous Unintended Consequences: Dealing with the Population Density Explosion Written by Walt Boyes The reconstruction of Magdeburg brings to mind issues in population density. Although relatively large cities existed in 1634 in OTL, none of them qualifies as a really modern city, as the up-timers would recognize them. The up-timers will cause an unparalleled population […]

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Voume 16 #12: Seeing the Heavens

Previous / Next Seeing the Heavens Written by Iver P. Cooper “The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope,” according to Henry Ward Beecher. In the seventeenth century, solar system astronomy lay at the center of the debates as to place of mankind in the universe, and the relationship of […]

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Volume 16 #11: The High-Stepping Beauties

Previous / Next The High-Stepping Beauties Written by Kevin H. Evans Joseph stood on the platform, his eyes tightly shut, straining with his whole self to hear the whistle. It was time. The schedule said it was time, the whistle would tell. There it was, the distant chime. It was the first notes of a […]

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Volume 16 #8: Sonata, Part Two

Previous / Next Note: This is a story of Marla Linder, Franz Sylwester, and their music. It consists of Sonata, Part One (Grantville Gazette Volume 15), Sonata, Part Two (Grantville Gazette 16), Sonata, Part Three (Grantville Gazette 17), and Sonata, Part Four (Grantville Gazette 18). This touching story is part of 1635: Music and Murder, published by Baen. Sonata, Part […]

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Volume 16 #8: Stretching Out Part Four Beyond the Line

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part Four:Beyond the Line Written by Iver P. Cooper Trinidad, April, 1634 It was a lake, but one unlike any other they had seen. This was the famous Pitch Lake of Trinidad. A hundred acres of tar. David Pieterszoon de Vries, captain of the fluyt Walvis, studied it for a few […]

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Volume 16 #7: Hunting Traditions

Previous / Next Hunting Traditions Written by Garrett W. Vance Walt Dorrman looked up at the cold blue skies of an early October morning and knew that it was time to go hunting. He went to his small but well loved gun collection and held them one by one, as if greeting old friends. He […]

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Volume 16 #6: Sure Thing

Previous / Next Sure Thing Written by Kerryn Offord Sunrise, Monday, March 13, 1634,Magdeburg Elisabetha Schmelzer was sure the shadow walking behind her was a man, and that he was following her. Every time she stopped, he stopped as well. She wasn’t quite ready to panic just yet, but a woman alone in this area […]

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Volume 16 #5: The Galloping Goose

Previous / Next The Galloping Goose Written by Herbert and William Sakalaucks “Okay, guys, very carefully, peel the logo stencils and coverings off the doors and I’ll get the big one on the back end,” Arlen instructed. The sharp smell of drying paint hung in the air, a fine mist shrouding the gathered crowd, as […]

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