Previous / Nextby Zachary RobbinsOnce upon a time, there was a boy named Chrys. After his culturally ambiguous coming-of-age celebration, he began to worry that even though he was an adult now, his life had no direction. He felt empty and wanted to fill the void. At that moment, he remembered the story of Dr. […]
Previous / Nextby Bjorn HassellerEach year our readers select the best story of the year. Here are the Grantville Gazette stories published in 2020.Please send your vote to waltboyes@1632.org, bjorn@1632.org or post in the comments. Thank you!Grantville Gazette 87A Long-Awaited Proposal by Terry HowardDon’t Feed Me People Food by Terry HowardRed Makes Friends by Mark […]
Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesThis month we are bringing out Cheryl Brin’s (yes, that Brin) first novel, “The Melody of Memory.”Melody of Memory For centuries the colonists of Tyra suffered unexplained cycles of collapse and dark ages. Now, just as civilization seems to be clawing its way back, is that curse repeating, yet again?Aya Voss […]
Previous / Nextby Bethanne KimApril 2, 2000Krystal Reed drove over to her Aunt Bethel and Uncle Raymond Little’s house after she finished her shift at the drugstore. Her parents were supposed to bring Nana over from Bluemont for the afternoon, and if she timed things right, her mom would take over and finish the stack […]
Previous / Nextby Kerryn OffordFrost Agricultural Services Ltd., the House on Greys Run, GrantvilleSeptember, 1634Egon Rohfritsch made his way carefully from the kitchen to the desk with the typewriter. He put his mug of coffee down on a heat mat before gently lowering the plate with his still-steaming apricot Danish pastry to the scribble-pad beside […]
Previous / Nextby Natalie SilkDora slept lightly in spite of the long and tiring day. She stirred in bed. Her instincts were always attuned to her children and their sounds. As usual her husband, Danel, was deep in sleep. She listened over her husband’s snoring and heard Deborah whispering, “I miss you too.”Dora threw the […]
Previous Part 2 / Part 3By Edward M. LernerWhat has gone before . . .In “On the Shoals of Space-Time” (Grantville Gazette 91, September, 2020), the interstellar passenger ship Greater Good, after a near-catastrophic accident, limps at sub-light velocity to a nearby solar system. Its few surviving crew (four Doltan) and passengers (one Doltan, two Vol’taki) are:—LARROK, […]
