Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #3: Cassini Runs Home

Previous / NextCassini Runs HomeRobert E Waters“Nothing’s ever been as fun as baseball.” – Mickey MantlePerinaldo, Italy1636Giulia Crovesi held the letter from Grantville, written by her brother Antonio, in her hand. She wanted to tear it up and use it as a cloth to dry her teary eyes, but she refrained. For now, anyway.“Read it […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #006

Welcome to our July 2024 issue. We hope you enjoy it!NextIntroduction and Table of ContentsBjorn HasselerIntroductionMagdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction)1. Passing Fair Virginia DeMarce2. From Cramps to Matrimony Terrry Howard3. Cassini Runs Home Robert E. Waters4. A Guest at the New Year Tim Sayeau5. Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe Part 2 Iver P. CooperNews & […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 3 #1: Cassini Rounds Third

Previous / NextRobert E WatersAuthor’s Note: This story is the fourth in the Cassini Plays Ball series. It follows the events in the previous three stories which were published in the Grantville Gazette: “Cassini at the Plate,” (Grantville Gazette 93);“Cassini Takes First,” (Grantville Gazette 96); and “Cassini Slides to Second” (Grantville Gazette 101).“Never allow the […]

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Volume 101 #5: Cassini Slides to Second

Previous / NextClick here for links to all parts of the Cassini story. by Robert E. Waters“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps parents off the streets.”– Yogi BerraGrantville Mountaineers Baseball FieldJuly 16, 1636Why in God’s precious name had he, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, been pushed into speaking directly to Coach Flannery? […]

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Volume 96 #2: Cassini Takes First

Previous / NextClick here for links to all parts of the Cassini story. “He speaks in your voice, American, and there’s a shine in his eye that’s halfway hopeful.”–Don Delillo, UnderworldGrantville Mountaineers’ Little League TryoutsJuly 7, 1636An assistant coach for the Grantville Mountaineers sent a pop fly into the outfield. It was a soft, shallow hit […]

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Volume 93 #2: Cassini at the Plate

Previous / NextClick here for links to all parts of the Cassini story. by Robert E. WatersHiggins Hotel Dining Room, GrantvilleJuly 4, 1636 (The Day of Departure)Eleven-year-old Giovanni Domenico Cassini sat across from his uncle while picking at the small pile of freshly-scrambled eggs and two slices of bacon slick with grease. He wasn’t very hungry. […]

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