Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

Volume 91 #11: On the Shoals of Space-Time

Previous by Edward M. Lerner It began with a distant whump, felt more than heard. Or his subconscious invented those details, in an effort to bring order out of chaos. All that Teljod Kelmar knew for certain, a suddenly keening alarm having jolted him awake, was that something must have gone wrong. Terribly wrong. One thing […]

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Volume 91 #10: Notes from The Buffer Zone: Life Goes On

Previous / Next by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Regular readers of this column know I’m a student of history. I read about historical things in my leisure, and I studied it in school. I use history to inform my sf and fantasy writing. I use history to craft historical fiction. Until I started writing my Smokey […]

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Volume 91 #8: Life at Sea in the Old and New Time Lines, Part 5: Creature Comforts

Previous / Next by Iver P. Cooper A ship is home to its crew for weeks, months, even years. And like a home, a ship should provide air that is fresh and of a comfortable temperature and humidity. It also should provide sanitation facilities. **** Ventilation According to Sir Walter Raleigh, ship cabins were “sluttish […]

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Volume 91 #7: Flags of the World: The USE, Part 1

Previous / Next by Mike Nagle At the end of 1636, The United States of Europe is one of the largest and most powerful nations in Europe. Spanning from its borders with Burgundy and the Netherlands in the west, to its border with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the east, the United States of Europe is […]

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Volume 91 #6: The Aethers of Magdeburg, Part 2

Previous / Next by David Carrico and Mark Huston Chapter 5 Later that evening, as they dined at the Thuringia Gardens in Grantville, Marcus watched as the girl ate with a gusto that reminded him of a horse with a feed bag. It was focused, contained, and nothing was wasted. Marcus found himself staring, not […]

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Volume 91 #4: Before the Barbed Wire’s Strung

Previous / Next by Sarah Hays Grantville 1637 “Thirty days,” intoned the judge, gavel thundering onto its wooden target. “Auctioneers for the sale will be paid by the court, and all belongings not for sale—there being no joint property—removed beforehand, by order of this court.” That pronouncement put paid to her marriage, its last half […]

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Volume 91 #2: The Rooster and the Spoon

Previous / Next by Natalie Silk Dora rushed into Danel’s shop looking for her husband among the tubs of orange juice and crates of fruit. Deborah, their youngest daughter, did her best to keep up with her mother’s fast pace. “Ah, there you are!” Dora found him talking to his foreman, Jörg Ruprecht. Both men […]

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Volume 91 #1: There Oughta Be a Law

Previous / Next by Virginia DeMarce Grantville Late 1635 Fenton Bowers left Maurice Tito’s courtroom, his wife Nell next to him. their children ahead of them. Their children, now. Amanda and Jason had been grown, hadn’t been in Grantville that Sunday. Had been left up-time. They were too old for a second family. Until the […]

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