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Table of Contents

1. The Anaconda Project, Episode 2 Eric Flint

2. Protected Species Garrett W. Vance

3. A Tinker’s Progress Terry Howard

4. Nothing’s Ever Simple Virginia DeMarce

5. The Ear of the Beholder Terry Martin

6. Out of a Job? Iver P. Cooper

7. The Truth According to Buddha Terry Howard

8. Sailing Upwind Karen and Kevin Evans

9. Joseph Hanauer, Part Two These Things Have No Fixed Measure Douglas W. Jones

10. Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 5, The Dog and Pony Show Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett

Non-Fiction

11. The Music of the Spheres . . . er, Ring David Carrico

12. The Wooden Wonders of Grantville Iver P. Cooper

13. Guilds 101 Karen Bergstrahl

More Fiction

14. The Doodlebugger Iver P. Cooper

15. Supply and Demand Rick Boatright

16. Plugging Along Kerryn Oford

17. The Spark of Inspiration Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett

18. Sunday Driver Laura Runkle

19. Turn, Turn, Turn Virginia DeMarce

What is this?
About the Grantville Gazette

Written by Grantville Gazette Staff

Soon enough, the discussion began generating so-called “fanfic,” stories written in the setting by fans of the series. A number of those were good enough to be published professionally. And, indeed, a number of them were—as part of the anthology Ring of Fire , which was published by Baen Books in January, 2004. ( Ring of Fire also includes stories written by established authors such as Eric Flint himself, as well as David Weber, Mercedes Lackey, Dave Freer, K.D. Wentworth and S.L. Viehl.)

The decision to publish the Ring of Fire anthology triggered the writing of still more fanfic, even after submissions to the anthology were closed. Ring of Fire has been selling quite well since it came out, and a second anthology similar to it is scheduled to be published late in 2007. It will also contain stories written by new writers, as well as professionals. But, in the meantime . . . the fanfic kept getting written, and people kept nudging Eric—well, pestering Eric—to give them feedback on their stories.

Hence . . . the Grantville Gazette. Once he realized how many stories were being written—a number of them of publishable quality—he raised with Jim Baen the idea of producing an online magazine which would pay for fiction and nonfiction articles set in the 1632 universe and would be sold through Baen Books’ Webscriptions service. Jim was willing to try it, to see what happened.

As it turned out, the first issue of the electronic magazine sold well enough to make continuing the magazine a financially self-sustaining operation. Since then, nine more volumes have been electronically published through the Baen Webscriptions site. As well, Grantville Gazette, Volume One was published in paperback in November of 2004. That has since been followed by hardcover editions of Grantville Gazette, Volumes Two and Three.

Then, two big steps:

First: The magazine had been paying semi-pro rates for the electronic edition, increasing to pro rates upon transition to paper, but one of Eric’s goals had long been to increase payments to the authors. Grantville Gazette, Volume Eleven is the first volume to pay the authors professional rates.

Second: This on-line version you’re reading. The site here at http://www.grantvillegazette.com is the electronic version of an ARC, an advance readers copy where you can read the issues as we assemble them. There are stories posted here which won’t be coming out in the magazine for more than a year.

How will it work out? Will we be able to continue at this rate? Well, we don’t know. That’s up to the readers. But we’ll be here, continuing the saga, the soap opera, the drama and the comedy just as long as people are willing to read them.

—The Grantville Gazette Staff

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