Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

Special Issue 2 #11: The View from Nakatomi Tower

Previous The View from Nakatomi TowerWalt Boyes and Bjorn Hasseler December 24, 1635The last strains of the soundtrack played, and the credits rolled. The very old, squeaky VHS tape cassette managed to make it through another showing. Out in the auditorium, first the up-timers in the audience started to cheer, then the slightly more reserved […]

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1632 & Beyond Special Issue 002

Welcome to our Special Issue #2, Christmas 2024. We hope you enjoy it!NextIntroduction and Table of ContentsBjorn HasselerIntroductionMagdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction)1. Grantville’s Secret Santa Jackie Britton Lopatin2. The Gift Chuck Thompson3. At Christmas Time Mark Huston4. Christmas at the Schickelmans John Deakins5. No Proper Carol Sarah Hays6. Santa’s Lapp George Haberberger7. Natala Iver P. Cooper8. […]

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Special Issue 1 #4: A Weimaraner Christmas

Previous / NextA Weimaraner ChrismasWalt BoyesWeimar End of November, 1638Adolph Graube, jagdmeister to Duke Albrecht of Weimar, looked up as someone came into his tiny office in the stables. It was his former boss, Gerhard Schmidt. There was barely enough space in the office for a table and a chair, so Adolph rose, grasped Gerhard’s […]

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Volume 101 #8: Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!

Previous / NextNew ReleasesDarktradersRosemary Edghill, writing as eluki bes shazarCategory: Science Fictionhttps://ringoffirepress.com/shop/darktraders/TWO SHIPS SAT ON THE FIELDThey was ‘leggers and pirates equipped with the standard box of tricks. Tractors to lock them on to a ship or free-floating cargo, guns that could angle to protect a ship on the ground. And a nasty sense of […]

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Volume 100 #14: Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!

Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesNew ReleasesPhoenix Risingby Ryk E. SpoorCategory: FantasyImpossible Betrayal . . .First it had been her parents, slain by unknown assassins in their own home; then Kyri Vantage’s brother, Rion, was murdered, body and soul rent asunder. And then her flight to supposed safety reveals that the killers are people she trusted […]

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Volume 100 #13: The Beginnings of the 1632 Story and the Grantville Gazette

Previous / Nextby Walt Boyes I am the third editor of the Grantville Gazette. But, I was there at the beginning, when Eric posted on Baen’s Bar that he needed help with some issues he had in writing Fire in the Hole which was the original title (thank God, Jim Baen changed it). I wrote […]

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Volume 100 #12: Slamfire!

Previous / Nextby Walt Boyes and Bjorn HasselerSpring, 1633“I’m sorry, Sergeant Weibel. I’ve decided not to re-enlist in the regiment.” The tall young man gestured emphatically.“Why not?”“I’m tired of missing paydays, getting shot at, and marching around just so some jackanapes with a title can claim he won a battle somewhere.” Kevin Evans was emphatic […]

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Volume 99 #5: Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!

Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesRing of Fire Press has some great new releases and more on the way!****NEW RELEASESA Grand Imperial WarBy Ray TablerLieutenant Suarez of the Imperial Marines is facing a sticky situation. The Human ambassador is having an affair with a Farsalian princess, which leads to an incident for which Suarez gets the […]

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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 95 #7: Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!

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 […]

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Grantville Gazette #094

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 […]

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Volume 96 #6: Hot off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!

Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesHot Off the Ring of Fire PressWe continue to publish a book a week, usually dropping on Thursday, so make sure you check.Here are the current and upcoming releases:New ReleasesPAINTED CATSBy NEAL F. LITHERLANDLeo is the toughest alley cat around, but he’s got some soft spots. One is for an ex-flame […]

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Volume 96 #1: Contra Servitutem

Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesDouai, FlandersMay 10, 1636Diogo screamed in the darkness. The dream had come again.“Diogo, are you alright?” Flint scraped and a candle flared, casting light and shadow in the dormitory room.“I, I, I had the dream again, Symao!” Diogo shuddered, arms wrapped around his chest, sitting up in his narrow bed.The door […]

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Volume 93 #8: Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!

Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesThe best news for the new year is that Ring of Fire Press is now publishing a book a week, so we have lots of stuff to tell you about:The Portals of SpringThe Portals of Springby Nathan DodgeDavin Blackthorn, the scion of a powerful […]

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Volume 92 #8: Hot Off the Ring of Fire Press!

Hot Off Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press!Previous / Nextby Walt BoyesWhoo! Like Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, we found a barn and put on a show. To celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of 1632, we put on a vastly enlarged version of our normal “Minicon” with some serious author guests and over fifty panels in a virtual […]

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Grantville Gazette #092

NextTable of ContentsGrantville Gazette #092Grantville Gazette, Volume 92Editor-in-Chief ~ Walt Boyes Managing Editor ~ Bjorn HasselerThe Story So Far . . . by Walt Boyes1. Et Docere et Rerum Exquirere Causas by Virginia DeMarce2. Lamb of God by A. P. Davidson3. Last Will by Matias Travieso-Diaz4. A Puritan Voice, Part 7 by Michael Lockwood5. The […]

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