Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

Volume 98 #11: Understudy Overreach

Previousby Gustavo Bondoni“We’re the backup team,” Rione said in disgust.She tossed the tablet over to Hutch, who scanned the news quickly and grunted. “The bastards. We’re the better crew. They’re just more famous.”Appins decided this was his moment. “That’s why I asked to join you guys even though Montgomery wanted me on his crew,” he […]

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Volume 98 #10: Capclave 2021 Featuring: Eric Flint and the 2021 Ring of Fire Con

Previous / Nextby Bjorn HasselerRing of Fire Con / CapclaveThe first 1632 minicons were held in Mannington, West Virginia. That’s the town Grantville is based on. Then the minicons started being embedded in a larger science fiction/fantasy convention, usually one that invited Eric Flint as a Guest of Honor. This allowed the minicons to travel […]

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Volume 98 #9: Best of the Gazette 2020

Previous / Nextby Bjorn HasselerThank you for voting. You selected “First Kiss,” by Tim Roesch, as the Best of 2020. Tim’s stories about Blaise Pascal and Logan Sebastian have been reader favorites for years. Please join us in congratulating Tim.Here is part of the story to whet your appetite:INSIDE THE MIND OF BLAISE PASCAL, BLAISE […]

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Volume 98 #8: Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!

Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesRecently, we have had some new authors joining the Ring of Fire Press team: Bethanne Kim, J. Dharma Windham, and some authors back for another book, like Shane Gries, David R. Palmer, Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett, and Nathan B. Dodge.JACKBY CECELIA HOLLANDJenny Dolf doesn’t like being a girl. She doesn’t […]

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Volume 98 #7: Notes From the Buffer Zone: Technological Change

Previous / Nextby Kristine Kathryn RuschI have finally lived in Las Vegas long enough to qualify for resident status at the university. I wanted that because I wanted to finish my Spanish major from forty years ago. I have taken Spanish online, and I’ve also taken some classes at those places designed for tourists, and […]

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Volume 98 #6: Industrial Alchemy, Part 6: Rare Earths and More

Previous / Nextby Iver P. CooperIn “Industrial Alchemy, Part 2: Inorganic Chemical Bestiary” (Grantville Gazette 25), I surveyed the sources and uses of most of the elements of the Periodic Table. However, there were some exceptions:Lanthanides: 15 elements (these, together with scandium, yttrium, and lutetium, are called “rare earth” elements).Actinides: 15 radioactive elements.Non-Metals: The noble gas […]

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Volume 98 #5: The Stars Were Bright

Previous / Nextby Tim SayeauBrussels, Royal PalaceEarly Spring, 1635Maria Anna, Queen in the Low Countries, idly skimmed the latest catalogue from Trommler Records of the United States of Europe. As usual, the offerings of the up-time group ABBA were showcased. Understandable, what with the prominence of Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and his daughter Kristina […]

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Volume 98 #4: Up-Timers Must Burn

Previous / Next by Joy WardThe Buchner Farm, outside NurembergEarly November, 1636“Up-timers and their filth must burn!”The crowd around the slender, enraged priest roared their approval. The hungry bonfire threw its firelight across their snarling faces. Demons or humans, it would be hard to tell in the early November evening.A crowd of Nurembergers filled the […]

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Volume 98 #3: Genzaburo’s Gamble

Previous / Nextby Sean LittleShimatsuno VillageTosa Domain, JapanAugust, 1634Deep in the mountains of Tosa in southern Japan, a tiny farming village lay at the bottom of a valley on the banks of the Yoshino River. The hills were filled with terraces of rice paddies that flashed gold in the sun with the ripe seeds of […]

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