Previous / NextLand of Ice and SunWritten by Kim MackeyThe match was tied at four games apiece when I looked up and saw the priest talking to Esteban’s navigator, Luke Foxe. He was a strange looking fellow. Oh, he wore the clothing of a priest, but his face was too dark and his cheekbones too […]
Previous / Next Crude Penicillin: Potential and LimitationsBy Kim Mackey“That which we know frequently impedes us in acquiring new knowledge.” Claude Bernard (1813-1878), French physiologist.Background and Early History of PenicillinThe Age of Disinfection began with the work of Pasteur and Lister in the 1860s and 1870s. While this initial work focused on external disinfection, doctors and […]
Previous / NextThe Prepared MindBy Kim Mackey“Chance favors the prepared mind.” —Louis PasteurGrantville, May 1632When Amy Kubiak walked into the biology classroom, Lori Fleming had her head on her desk. Amy smiled. Pete Farmer had been a good biology teacher when Amy had had him in high school. But now that she was working to […]
Previous / NextThe Essen Chronicles, Part 3: Trip to Parisby Kim MackeyChapter OneOctober 1632 was an eventful month for Josh and Colette Modi. Their first wedding anniversary prompted Colette to make an appointment with Doctor Adams for her first ever gynecological exam, but it was early Ocotober of 1632 before the doctor could fit her […]
Previous / NextLittle Jammer Boysby Kim MackeyThe terrified servant handed the message to Johnny von Sachsen as he and his younger brother, Augi, entered the elector’s palace in Dresden. It was terse and to the point.Come to my bedchambers. Now.In their father’s handwriting. John George I, Elector of Saxony, was not a subtle man.“Wonderful.” Johnny […]
Previous / Next The Essen Steel Chronicles, Part 2Louis de Geerby Kim MackeyJuly, 1631Louis de Geer refolded the letters from his niece in Grantville. Interesting information, he thought. But he was a powerful and busy man, much like a four-masted battleship. Battleships do not change course easily or on a whim. Verification of Colette’s claims […]
Previous / NextEssen Steel, Part 1: CrucibellusBy Kim MackeyChapter OneBy early morning they had passed beyond the siege lines and lay hidden in a copse of woods four miles from the Magdeburg gates.“We will travel only at night for the first few days,” Henri said, “and hide during the day. Best not to tempt fate.”That […]
Previous / NextOunces Of PreventionBy Kim MackeyWhen Pieter Paul Rubens entered the Brussels’ home of fellow diplomat Alessandro Scaglia he was surprised to find his friend and patron, Nicolaas Rockox of Antwerp, deep in conversation with the abate.“Nicolaas,” said Rubens, clasping his friend’s arm as Rockox and Scaglia rose to greet him, “I didn’t know you […]
