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Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett

Please see the individual biographies.

Other published works are:

"Birdie's Farm" and "Birdie's Village" 1634: The Ram Rebellion

"Trip to Amsterdam" forthcoming in Ring of Fire II, January 2008


  • High Road to Venice

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 19


  • Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Seven, The Bureaucrats are Revolting

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 18


    Well, there's revolution . . . and then there's revolution.

  • Bunny B. Goode

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 17


    Oh, those, ah . . . prolific rabbits!

  • Doc

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 16


    How did that nickname come about?

  • Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Six: The Polish Incident or The Wet Firecracker War

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 15


    A dirigible? In Russia? In the seventeenth century?

  • Mrs. Schumacher

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 14


    Mass production does have its benefits . . . but also its problems.

  • Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Five, The Dog and Pony Show

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 13


    The continuing adventures of Bernie Zeppi . . .

  • The Spark of Inspiration

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 13


    Got to keep flying, and we need more planes . . .

  • The Monster

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 12


    NOTE TO REGULAR READERS: The downloadable file will have a slightly different timeline than the story shows here. Due to later developments in an Eric Flint story for Ring of Fire II, a change in timing was required. And, ah, he's the boss. It's a bird! It's a plane! Well, it's a really big plane.

  • Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Four

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 11


    The continuing adventures of Bernie Zeppi

  • Wish Book

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 11


    There are, after all, a lot of uses for the catalog's pages . . .

  • Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 3: Boris, Natasha . . . But Where's Bullwinkle

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 10


    Bernie was going nuts. He had been at the dacha for a while now, and was frustrated. He had run headlong into a massive wall of ignorance and arrogance. Mostly, but not entirely, his own.

  • The Salon

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 10


    Ah . . ." The sound of a throat clearing drew Heather's attention away from the paperwork on her desk at Trommler Records. "Hey, Jacob. What's up?" "It is Thursday, Heather. I wanted to leave about three so I can attend the salon."

  • Butterflies In the Kremlin, Episode 2: A 'Merican in Moscow

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 9


    "Home," Boris sighed then waved at the white stone walls of the Kremlin which stood sixty feet tall and dominated the mostly wooden city of Moscow. Bernie Zeppi, after the long trip, didn't care if it was home or not. Didn't care about the view. He just wanted in out of the wet. And, judging from what he'd seen so far, Muscovy just wasn't . . . well, wasn't much. Not that there wasn't a lot of it. Lots and lots of what amounted to log cabins, all crowded together. "Where do we go first?"

  • Waves of Change

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 9


    "I WANT TO LISTEN!!!" Joseph screamed, making it impossible for anyone to listen. "For God's sake, girl. Let your brother listen to the damned thing." "But, Papa . . ." Marie couldn't help the whine in her voice.

  • Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 1: A Russian Noble

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 8


    Boris Ivanovich Petrov pulled the horse to a stop and looked around. "This place is almost worth the trip. See the cuts in the earth where the land was changed. Look at these hills. The structure is different from those outside the ring. Everything inside this Ring of Fire is different."

  • Mass Media In The 1632 Universe

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 7


    This article is to run in conjunction with Chris Penycate's discussion of the material technology required to produce down-time records and record players. In addition to Chris' hardware, this article discusses the software of the media industry down-time, the challenges and the requirements to create a "mass media" in early modern Europe.

  • Trommler Records

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 7


    "Just sign right there." The blond man, Contz Beckenbauer, indicated the space for her signature and handed her the pen. "Right there, as I said. Then we'll talk about what you will sing for the record."

  • Old Folks' Music

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 6


    You reckon we could afford to do something special for the Fourth?" Ella Mae Jones was sipping iced chamomile tea and making faces at it at the same time. "Lord above, I wish a person could afford sugar," she muttered.

  • Susan's Story

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 5


    "I don't know about you, Susan," Tina said, "but I'm getting out of here before she wakes up. The last thing I want to deal with is Mom and one of her weepy hangovers."

  • Poor Little Rich Girls

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 4


    "Will you two just give it up?" Heather asked, exasperated. "What good is that valley girl impersonation going to do you? No one here in Badenburg has ever heard of a valley girl." "For sure, Heather, for sure," Vicky Emerson answered. "We're just getting into character. Gotta play dumb for the marks, you know." "Like, haven't you ever seen The Sting?" Judy Wendell asked, with a sort of stupid look on her face. Then she dropped the pose and cracked up.