Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

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 14 #14: Radio Killed the Video Star: Mass Communication Development in the 1632 Universe

Previous / Next Radio Killed the Video Star: Mass Communication Development in the 1632 Universe Written by Jay Robison As we have seen so far in both fiction (“Waves of Change” Grantville Gazette, Volume 9) and non-fiction (articles by Rick Boatright and others), the mass media of radio and television are bringing big changes to seventeenth […]

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Volume 11 #7: O For a Muse of Fire

Previous / Next O For a Muse of Fire Written by Jay Robison O for a muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention! —Shakespeare, Henry V Andreas Gryphius, born Greif, waited outside the door to Amber Higham’s office. He knew he hadn’t done anything wrong, knew that that was not why the high […]

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Volume 6 #5: Mightier Than the Sword

Previous / Next Mightier than the SwordJay Robison Magdeburg, Early winter, 1634 Frank Jackson looked out across Magdeburg from the window of his office. Under a blanket of snow, the capital of the months-old United States of Europe looked deceptively tranquil. Underneath the blanket, though, Frank knew there was a dynamic city, still growing, still […]

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Grantville Gazette 5 #1: Breaking News

Previous / Next Breaking News Jay Robison Rome, ItalyAugust, 1632 An apprentice escorted Artemisia Gentileschi into the stifling studio. She was expected. “Maestra Gentileschi, my dear, how pleasant to see you!” Gian Lorenzo Bernini stood in the middle of his studio. The young sculptor’s handsomeness was barely diminished by a layer of rock dust. Apprentices […]

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