Previous / Nextby Gustavo BondoniNatalie cursed. Whoever had coined the truism that if you felt the cold through your spacesuit you were already dead had never spent any time in a Volov 17. The designers had had decades to perfect a suit cheap enough that even people on the nascent asteroid colonies could afford them, […]
Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesThe Ring of Fire Press has been publishing a book a week since January, so we have lots of stuff to tell you about:David Brin has joined Ring of Fire Press with a new YA series, and Steven M Stirling is bringing us his new Black Chamber trilogy, the first of […]
Previous / Nextby Kristine Kathryn RuschThis past month, I wrote a novel in my Spade/Paladin universe. The stories are mysteries, set at science fiction conventions. As the conventions became more acrimonious, ‘long about 2015, my willingness to write more Spade/Paladin slowed down. I hated getting criticized by people of every political persuasion for something I […]
Previous / Nextby Iver P. CooperIntroductionNatural gas and its components are important fuels in post-Ring of Fire Grantville. They also have other utilities. In this article, we will try to better characterize Grantville’s natural gas resource and the means by which propane and butane might be extracted from it and put to use.PropanePropane’s most glamorous […]
Previous by Michael Lockwood“Gut Tag, Herr Knapp, and Herr Culloden.”Nicholas and Baird turned from their examination of a merchant’s wares and saw an unremarkable man standing patiently behind them. He was notable for his plainness. He could have been from any part of Europe, though the shape of his face hinted at eastern European, maybe […]
Previous / Nextby George GrantFreeman Barnes finished splitting the firewood he had brought out of the woods. He switched off the log splitter, then stacked the split wood in the shelter. Freeman brushed the wood debris off his pants. He was very late finishing the coming winter’s preparations, but felt there was finally enough firewood.Freeman […]
Previous / Nextby Sarah IovanLoughton Hall, KentApril, 1634Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth, crossed the wide, soft carpets of the library at Loughton Hall. She stood over the desk and brooded at her unfinished manuscript. Today it would not get the best of her. Today she would write. The light was good, but she crossed to adjust […]
Previous / Nextby Sean LittleTexel IslandAugust, 1633“My ship. My first ship.” Those words filled Michiel Adriaenszoon’s thoughts as the crew heaved at their oars, and the boat bounced along on the slight waves.It had all happened so suddenly. Only a few days ago, he was a steersman, the first mate of the Northern Company whaler Groene […]
Previous / Nextby Virginia DeMarceHeldrungen, Sommersburg County, SoTFSummer-Fall, 1636The older boy sat quietly on the stone bench in the chapel vestibule at the Wasserburg, the moated castle, in Heldrungen. His brother, three or four years younger, newly breeched, wriggled, wiggled, squirmed, and wriggled some more.Gottfried Pinckert, attorney, looked at Hans Appelt, the Dorfschulze, and the two pastors, […]
NextTable of Contents1. Faith with Heretics by Virginia DeMarce2. The First Step by Sean Little3. Lady Wroth and the Revolution by Sarah Iovan4. The Kreutzer by George Grant5. A Puritan Voice, Part 9 by Michael Lockwood6. Propane, Butane, and Natural Gas in the 1632 Universe by Iver P. Cooper7. Notes from The Buffer Zone: Old […]
