Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #6: The North Atlantic Net

Previous / Next The North Atlantic Net Jack Carroll The original 1632 novel confronted our fictional friends with the Maunder Minimum, a unique period in early modern times when solar activity stayed abnormally low for decades. Ionospheric skip in the high frequency bands, between 3.5 and 30 megahertz (MHz), is how hams traditionally accomplish long-distance […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #4: The Breitenfeld Extraction

Previous / Next The Breitenfeld Extraction David Hankins Saxony September 1631 Life on the run wasn’t glamorous, but everything is better when you’re with the woman you love. Dominik and Hildegard were working their way west from Dresden to Grantville. Unfortunately, Benedict Carpzov’s hunter was forcing them farther north than they wanted. Much farther. Apparently, […]

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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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1632 & Beyond Issue 17 #1: Ride For The Outfit

Previous / Next Ride For The Outfit Sarah Hays  Somewhere In Pomerania 1637             “How’s your Spanish?” Alyse asked, very quietly.             “In a textbook in Jena,” the constable’s wife responded. “I see you know whispers carry.” Katherina Müllerin, midwife and trauma nurse, let her head fall back on the rock she’d been leaning against, […]

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