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Copyright (c) Grantville Gazette http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Generated by www.PressPublisher.com Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:13:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Nobody_Wants_To_Be_a_Pirate_in_the_Baltic Anette Pedersen and Kerryn Offord http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Nobody_Wants_To_Be_a_Pirate_in_the_Baltic Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:58:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/An_Irish_Sitter Terry Howard http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/An_Irish_Sitter Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:54:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Signs Gorg Huff http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Signs Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:21:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/test_degree Iver P. Cooper http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/test_degree Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:40:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Nine_-_Delayed Eric Flint Due to illness, Eric Flint was unable to complete this issue's episode. It will appear in Grantville Gazette, Volume 21 and be free to all readers. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Nine_-_Delayed Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:22:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/In_the_Army_Now Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Ya gotta get up, ya gotta get up, you're in the Army now . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/In_the_Army_Now Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:07:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dafydd_and_Goliath Terry Howard And this young man's fancy turns to . . . mining? Jeez. Where's the romance in life? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dafydd_and_Goliath Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:04:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Daedalus__New_Wings Kerryn Offord You're going to what?! And this is supposed to make you feel alive?!?!?! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Daedalus__New_Wings Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:50:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Eight Eric Flint Episode Eight of Eric Flint's serial novel . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Eight Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:06:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Seven Eric Flint Episode Seven of Eric Flint's serial novel . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Seven Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:22:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Seven_-_Delayed Eric Flint Alas, alack and alas again. Eric, due to a hard deadline on 1635: The Dreeson Incident (which we all want to read real soon now), was unable to complete Episode Seven. As we did last time he got in a bind timewise, we'll have Episodes Seven and Eight in the next issue. Apologies, apologies. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Seven_-_Delayed Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:16:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Pitch Domenic and DJ diCiacca http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Pitch Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:09:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/High_Road_to_Venice Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett You almost landed on what!?!? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/High_Road_to_Venice Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:03:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Six Eric Flint Part Six of Eric Flint's story . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Six Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:21:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Five Eric Flint Part Five of Eric Flint's story . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Five Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:36:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Bell_for_St__Vasili_s Keith Robertsson In the spring a young man's fancy turns to . . . bells? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Bell_for_St__Vasili_s Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:45:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Pessimist_s_Daughter Mark H. Huston Attitude is everything . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Pessimist_s_Daughter Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:36:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/An_Electrifying_Experience Jack Carroll New technology does require some adjustments . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/An_Electrifying_Experience Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:58:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/By_Hook_or_By_Crook Victoria L'Ecuyer Crochet is subversive? You're kidding, right? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/By_Hook_or_By_Crook Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:27:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Royal_and_Ancient_Game Mark H. Huston Okay. Gotta go buy some clubs . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Royal_and_Ancient_Game Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:09:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Five__Delayed Eric Flint Folks, due to illness, Eric will be unable to complete Episode Five in time. We will be running Episode Five and Six in Grantville Gazette, Volume 17 and we will ensure that all members will be able to read it then, whether or not their membership has expired. The Grantville Gazette Editorial Board http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Five__Delayed Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:24:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/One_Fine_Day John Zeek Some days it just isn't worth chewing through the leather restraints to get out of bed . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/One_Fine_Day Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:15:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/First_Impressions Iver P. Cooper First Impressions really are important . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/First_Impressions Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:31:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Gifted_with_Pascal Tim Roesch Genius is as genius does . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Gifted_with_Pascal Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:56:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Lost_In_Translation Iver P. Cooper I know you know what you think I said, but what I said wasn't what you think it was . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Lost_In_Translation Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:59:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Ghosts_on_the_Glass Tim Roesch Talent comes in many forms . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Ghosts_on_the_Glass Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:02:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Gentile_in_the_Family_ Terry Howard Family Secrets? Maybe not so secret after all . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Gentile_in_the_Family_ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:28:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Comedy_of_Error Mark H. Huston Not the mimes! Anything but the mimes! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Comedy_of_Error Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:41:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Too_Late_for_Sunday Michael W. Badillo Ah . . . romance. And tragedy . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Too_Late_for_Sunday Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:04:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Sure_Thing Kerryn Offord Every now and then, someone does get lucky. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Sure_Thing Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:33:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Creamed_Madonna Kerryn Offord Hmmm. Well, there is whipped cream . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Creamed_Madonna Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:55:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Bunny_B__Goode Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Oh, those, ah . . . prolific rabbits! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Bunny_B__Goode Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:45:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Doc Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett How did that nickname come about? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Doc Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:34:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/And_That_s_How_the_Money_Rolls_In Terry Howard Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/And_That_s_How_the_Money_Rolls_In Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:32:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Bloody_Baroness_of_Bornholm Kerryn Offord You want us to take what island? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Bloody_Baroness_of_Bornholm Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:22:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Feng_Shui_for_the_Soul Kerryn Offord This is like New Age, right? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Feng_Shui_for_the_Soul Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:32:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dark_as_a_Dungeon John Zeek And just who is this Hatfield going to feud with . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dark_as_a_Dungeon Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:16:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Four Eric Flint Krzysztof Opalinski was obviously puzzled by Morris’ reference to himself as Gandalf. But, to Melissa’s surprise, his companion Jakub Zaborowsky grinned. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Four Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:05:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Duty_Calls Karen Bergstralh Who were those men in the white hats? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Duty_Calls Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:51:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Whippoorwill John Zeek And yet more changes . . . this time for Anse Hatfield. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Whippoorwill Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:03:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dog_Days Richard Evans Duncan Cunningham doesn't give up easily . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dog_Days Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:39:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Falcon_Falls Kerryn Offord Bitty Matowski wins again! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Falcon_Falls Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:29:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Hunting_Traditions Garrett W. Vance Let's go out and shoot some, ah, stuff . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Hunting_Traditions Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:38:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Galloping_Goose Herbert and William Sakalaucks And . . . we're off! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Galloping_Goose Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:06:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Three Eric Flint Part Three of Eric Flint's "The Anaconda Project." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Three Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:23:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Matter_of_Unehrlichkeit Kim Mackey Romeo, Romeo . . . wherefore art thou, Romeo? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Matter_of_Unehrlichkeit Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:00:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Letters_of_Trade David Dingwall Interesting things are happening all over Europe, aren't they? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Letters_of_Trade Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:45:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Gearing_Up Sean Massey Not everyone is happy with being thrust into the past. Sunshine certainly isn't. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Gearing_Up Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:07:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Two Eric Flint Part Two of Eric Flint's serial "The Anaconda Project" http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_Two Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:56:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Breakthroughs Jack Carroll And some people adapt to change very well . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Breakthroughs Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:40:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_One Eric Flint The first episode of Eric Flint's serial "The Anaconda Project." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Anaconda_Project__Episode_One Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:37:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_New_Romantics Kerryn Offord Lady Chatterly in PG? You've got to be kidding! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_New_Romantics Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:23:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Little_Angel Kerryn Offord Maria Helena Kolb slowly searched the line of trees. Somewhere, hidden in the shadows, she was sure Benji Matheny was hiding in ambush. Time to send in the cannon fodder. "Daisy, Regina, when I give you the word, I want you to run around that tree over there and, if you find Benji, throw your snow balls at him." Maria Helena smiled at the younger girls. "Do you understand?" http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Little_Angel Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:21:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Prepared_Mind Kim Mackey When Amy Kubiak walked into the biology classroom, Lori Fleming had her head on her desk. Amy smiled. Pete Farmer had been a good biology teacher when Amy had had him in high school. But now that she was working to become a teacher herself, she knew that she would have had trouble if Pete was her colleague. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Prepared_Mind Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:19:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/None_So_Blind David Carrico The slap knocked Willi sprawling, eyes watering with pain. He had to bite his lip hard to keep from crying out. "Five nothings!" Willi felt Uncle's hand grab the back of his rags and haul him up. The hand shook him so hard he felt like a pea rattling in a cup. "You spend all day on the streets and all you bring me are three pins and two worthless quartered Halle coins!" http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/None_So_Blind Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:17:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Grand_Tour Iver P. Cooper My name is Mister Thomas Hobbes. If you are one of the Americans from the future, you know me as a political philosopher, the praised and reviled author of Leviathan. If you are a fellow down-timer, in this Year of Our Lord 1633, then you probably don't know me yet at all. Unless you have read my translation of Thucydides. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Grand_Tour Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:15:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Fiddling_Stranger Russ Rittgers Dolf was the first in his farming village to notice the stranger. Not that strangers walking or riding past on their way to or from Aschersleben were unusual. He was ten, old enough to have finished his formal schooling, or so his father said. "Got your letters and your ciphering, lad. That's all any farmer needs. Knowing more won't help till the fields or harvest the crops." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Fiddling_Stranger Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:09:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Launcher Richard Evans "Will this spot work?" "Looks high enough." A few steps toward the edge of the cliff let Peter gaze down toward the ever—but slowly—growing lake below. The lake, cut out of the fast-flowing River Aare, had been intended to slow the river down as it passed the city and allow for new dockyards to be built, as well as to give the city access to the river rock needed for its explosive growth. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Launcher Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:08:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Salon Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett 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." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Salon Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:07:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Twenty_eight_Men Mark H. Huston The cold wind cut through to the very core of the men as they walked to the entrance of the mine. It was dark, well before dawn, in the dead time of the night. The cold was complete, a January cold, dry, harsh and sharp. Soon they would be down in the dark and warmth of the mine. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Twenty_eight_Men Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:04:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/NCIS_Lies_Truths_and_Consequences Jose J. Clavell In the charming vernacular of his time, the admiral was ready to have kittens. The tension in his office was thick enough to cut with a dagger and if I'd had my druthers, I wouldn't be here in spite of my supposedly princely salary. But then, I suspect that neither would any of the rest of the people in the office. Most especially, the quietly sobbing young woman sitting in front of his desk. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/NCIS_Lies_Truths_and_Consequences Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:02:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Star_Crossed Terry Howard Yoo hoo! Manuel!" When Emmanuel Onofrio heard Verlinda Fritz yoohooing down the hall, his mind yelled, "Run!" He was looking forward to a quiet, restful lunch in the teacher's lounge. Keeping the rowdy kids in line so the others could learn seemed to get harder year by year and week by week. He gritted his teeth. "Santo Luigi Gonzaga protect me from pestilence." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Star_Crossed Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:00:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Filthy_Story Aamund Breivik Daniel Pedersson cursed, and swung the entrenching tool again. It went splat instead of crack, again, and he cursed some more. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Filthy_Story Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:58:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/On_The_Matter_of_D_Artagnan Bradley H. Sinor "Charlton Heston or Tim Curry?" mused Cardinal Richelieu. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/On_The_Matter_of_D_Artagnan Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:57:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Transmitter_ Gorg Huff "But the article says that Monsieur Bell's selenium cells had a resistance of one hundred to three hundred ohms!" Piair La Corrian pointed imperiously at a pile of papers on his desk. "That's a variation of two hundred watts. With one positive and the next negative, four hundred watts. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Transmitter_ Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:55:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Order_of_the_Foot Richard Evans "We've had another complaint about Bigfoot, Chief. This time over by the fairgrounds where the locals store their flocks before they can be sold and then processed at the slaughterhouse." Officer Ralph Onofrio looked up from his cup of coffee with a smile. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Order_of_the_Foot Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:52:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Safe_at_First_Base Mark H. Huston "I tell you, I saw it in the movie. Plain as the nose on your face. And you have a large nose, Johan. The up-time device looked just like this—" "Heinrich. Listen to yourself. Movies are like dreams; they are not real. This is reality." With that, Johan pointed over the edge of the precipice, a two hundred fifty foot drop, straight down. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Safe_at_First_Base Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:47:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Little_Jammer_Boys Kim Mackey The terrified servant handed the message to Johnny von Sachsen as he and his younger brother, Augi, entered the elector's palace in Dresden. It was terse and to the point. Come to my bedchambers. Now. In their father's handwriting. John George I, Elector of Saxony, was not a subtle man. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Little_Jammer_Boys Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:45:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Try_Try_Again Paula Goodlett "It isn't right." Marie lowered her eyes so that her employer wouldn't see the glare she couldn't suppress. "Ma'am, I did what the package said to do. Twice." She picked up the container of Spirits of Hartshorn and tried to get Frau Werrin to look at it. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Try_Try_Again Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:43:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Waves_of_Change Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett "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. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Waves_of_Change Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:41:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/If_At_First_You_Don_t_Succeed_ Paula Goodlett "That will never work." Margaret looked up at her younger brother, Nathan, and stuck her tongue out at him. "Says you. And what do you know, what with all your years of experience?" "Pa says it won't work. And you've wasted your time. Time you could have been doing something more useful." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/If_At_First_You_Don_t_Succeed_ Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:37:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/TOOL_OR_DIE Karen Bergstralh Martin Schmidt walked briskly down the Tech Center hallway, his mind full of plans. The thread rolling machine was working well and he was eager to take the next step and build a drop forge. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/TOOL_OR_DIE Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:36:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Ultralight Sean Massey Flight had taken hold of Johann Rommel. Since the thirty-something merchant from Wismar first saw the American air force in action last October, he had decided he wanted one of their strange flying beasts, something they called an air craft, for himself. After several months of designing, waiting, and building the machine, he stood on a shallow slope overlooking the Baltic sea, waiting for his rendezvous with destiny. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Ultralight Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:11:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Minstrel_Boy John Zeek "Well, that's that." Bill Frank lowered the hood of the new rail engine. "Though I have no idea how we're going to deliver it." Hagen Filss, who had been handing him tools, responded, "Maybe when Sergeant Hatfield and Private Schultz get back they will know, Herr Frank." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Minstrel_Boy Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:09:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Moonraker Karen Bergstralh The black hull towered above Monsieur De Roche. It was the pinnacle of his dreams and the final blow to his shipyard. Copper cladding gleamed in the late afternoon sun. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Moonraker Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:08:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Pocket_Money John and Patti Friend Kloee glared at Emery, as Dakota held up a dried cob. "So this is the big deal you found to get us some extra money?" Kloee and her kin were meeting in Papaw Murray's barn because it was the one place they could go without some adult looking over their shoulders. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Pocket_Money Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:07:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Wings_on_the_Mountain Terry Howard The regulars left the table nearest the fire when the strangers came in. At the base of the Matterhorn summer nights are chilly, so a fire is welcome starting in the late afternoon. Strangers paid much higher prices for everything and the whole village, not just the innkeeper, profited. Everyone made strangers welcome. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Wings_on_the_Mountain Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:05:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Under_the_Tuscan_Son Iver P. Cooper Curzio Inghirami had learned a great deal during his visit to Grantville, but he now was back home at Villa Scornello, the family seat. It was a few miles outside of Volterra, a town in the grand duchy of Tuscany. He beckoned to one of the family servants. "Tell Father that Lucrezia and I are going fishing." Lucrezia, his younger sister, giggled for no apparent reason. "Have Cook pack a picnic lunch for us, and then meet us out back in half an hour." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Under_the_Tuscan_Son Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:04:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Water_Wings Terry Howard The line arcing off the boat kinked between deck and water. Eric, watching for just that, yelled to the crew uncoiling the stiff hose, "Hold it! Back it up!" Then the kink swelled a bit. Eric screamed, "Back it up! Back it up now!" http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Water_Wings Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:02:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Gearhead Mark H. Huston It was quiet. Way too quiet. Of all the things Trent Haygood hated about the seventeenth century, the quiet was the worst. He missed the sounds of engines. Internal combustion engines. Hell, he'd be happy with some noise from a steam engine. As he sat on the front porch of his parents' home, he leaned forward and listened. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Gearhead Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:59:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Fly_Like_a_Bird Loren K. Jones Paul Meinhart left Grantville in the autumn of 1632, but not before he spent several months in the Grantville jail. He'd been imprisoned for such a stupid little thing, yet the Americans had treated him like a murderer. The one good thing that came out of his imprisonment had been knowledge. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Fly_Like_a_Bird Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:58:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Anna_the_Baptist Terry Howard Julio stacked clean glasses under the bar. "Damn it Ken! I don't know what's got you riled but I'm sick of it! Back off or I'm goin' home. I don't have t' have this job. I only took it to help you out." Julio didn't mention his fear of losing his regular job to what he thought of as cheap foreign labor. The fear drove him to drink, something he'd done little of before the Ring of Fire. He did his drinking in the one place a man didn't have to put up with "krauts." This led to a part time job. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Anna_the_Baptist Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:57:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Those_Not_So_Daring Rick Boatright BANG!!! Karen leaned her head towards the cellar. No more explosions were forthcoming. "The boards worked." "Yes. It appears that one doesn't shatter another now." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Those_Not_So_Daring Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:56:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Matter_Of_Taste Kerryn Offord Cory Joe Lang looked down at his empty place mat. He had a bad feeling about the group's latest action. There had been mutterings about the food before, but this time they'd sent it back untouched. Even he hadn't been prepared to try Chef Magnus' latest offering, and with Velma Hardesty for a mother, he'd grown used to eating just about anything that was put on the table http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Matter_Of_Taste Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:54:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Those_Daring_Not_So_Young_Men Rick Boatright "Thank you for coming." "Of course we came, lass." "At least it's over now." "Over? What's over?" "This steam nonsense." "Tisn't nonsense, lass. Your grandfather died because he got the last bit working." "It's still nonsense, Mr Iverson." She pointed at the "monster" in the work-yard. "What does it do that the mill doesn't do now?" http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Those_Daring_Not_So_Young_Men Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:53:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/NCIS_Young_Love_Lost Jose J. Clavell I rode to the crime scene in the early morning calm of Magdeburg's streets. It was not difficult to find. The area, surrounded by the flickering light of torches, oil storm lamps, and at least one up-time flashlight, was in one of the worst-looking parts of town, and in a city that has been subjected to sacking and burning, that says a lot. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/NCIS_Young_Love_Lost Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:51:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Those_Daring_Young_Men Rick Boatright The door into the building opened, spilling young men and sunlight into the space. "Rotgut, Henrich, all around. And the paint." "We're out of the Grantville Rotgut. You'll have to make do with the Italian version." "As long as it's corn liquor, and burns, it will do." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Those_Daring_Young_Men Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:42:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mail_Stop Virginia DeMarce Martin Wackernagel drew up his horse, first looking back at the route he had just completed and then forward toward the walls of Frankfurt am Main. Via regia. Die Reichsstraße. There would never be anything to equal the Imperial Road. Sure, if you wanted to be prosaic, it was just one more trade route, a commercial connection between the great cities of Frankfurt and Leipzig and their fairs. It had been for centuries. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mail_Stop Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:18:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Three_Innocuous_Words Russ Rittgers White vapor was blowing out of Hudson's nostrils that frosty mid-morning in late December. Chip Jenkins rode his horse around the small snow-covered copse of trees and saw the von Ruppersdorf manor that Katerina had finally finished building this year. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Three_Innocuous_Words Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:17:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Rolling_On Karen Bergstralh Master Ritterhof, Master Eisenbach, may I present my staff?" Martin asked, conscious of the scuffling sounds behind him. He heard Max hiss something at Jakob followed by a 'thwack.' "Certainly, Master Schmidt. Certainly." Master Blacksmith Bruno Ritterhof smiled in return, politely ignoring the apprentices' bustle. "Master Eisenbach and I have been looking forward to this day for some time." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Rolling_On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:15:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Flight_19_to_Magdeburg Jose J. Clavell Britt Strausswirt was bored. A day after being released from the Leahy Medical Center, she rested her badly sprained left ankle on the ottoman that her host's wife, Gertrude McIntosh, had thoughtfully provided before departing for the market. Her husband, Captain Peter McIntosh, had gone to work and Britt was glad. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Flight_19_to_Magdeburg Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:14:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Capacity_For_Harm Richard Evans o, Herr Doctor Lebenenergie. You designed this yourself?" "Not exactly, Commissioner Vaden." Tomas cursed himself for ever thinking that coming to Belfort would be profitable. He knew that Franche Comté was rife with witch hunts again, but he just needed some extra copper wire and plates for his second machine. Those could be made in Franche Comté. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Capacity_For_Harm Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:12:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/I_Got_My_Buck Barry C. Swift Herman sat at the fire, obviously enjoying its heat. When Wili sat beside him, he looked over at his friend. "What's tomorrow going to be like, I wonder. I hear these Swedes have some help from that Grantville place." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/I_Got_My_Buck Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:08:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Question_of_Faith Anette Pedersen Johannes Grunwald jumped up from the table with a gasp and spun around quickly, sending several maps and notes to the floor. “Sorry, I wasn’t expecting anybody. It’s rather late.” He looked at the elegant young man in the doorway, and relaxed slightly. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Question_of_Faith Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:06:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Prince_and_Abbot Virginia DeMarce Maybe they should have held the battle of Luetzen last month after all," Wes Jenkins said. "Just have kept Gustavus Adolphus out of it. Up-time, it seems to have cleared a whole batch of people off the playing board that we could just as well have done without." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Prince_and_Abbot Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:04:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Sons_of_St_John Jay Robison The wind blowing in from the Atlantic was cold. It often was on the west coast of Scotland, even in summer. The crude stone shepherd's hut where Brother Aidan and his three fellow monks sat kept the wind out for the most part, but it was far from warm and cozy. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Sons_of_St_John Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:02:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dear_Sir Chris Racciato Dear Sir: You do not know me, but a mutual acquaintance has assured me that you are a man of superior integrity and utmost discretion. It is because of this that I approach you in my hour of most desperate need. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dear_Sir Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:01:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Painters_Gambit Iver P. Cooper Birgit's mother had warned her not to take any food or drink from boys, not to answer any of their questions, and, most especially, not to smile at them. Birgit had dutifully agreed. Unfortunately, she broke all three rules the same day. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Painters_Gambit Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:00:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Not_a_Princess_Bride Terry Howard James Richard, or Jimmy Dick, Shaver (known to his close associates, and almost everyone else, as Dickhead) was in the grocery store. The old drunk was not there buying food. Most of his calories came from beer, followed by pretzels. Yes, believe it or not, despite the Ring of Fire, the Club 250 still sold pretzels. They were much better or a whole lot worse than the old ones, depending on who you asked. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Not_a_Princess_Bride Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:19:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Not_At_All_The_Type Virginia DeMarce "That was the year I broke my nose at the demolition derby." Tina Marie Hollister pointed to the knot. She'd never bothered to have it repaired. Never had the money, to tell the truth. Probably wouldn't have bothered even if she'd been rich. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Not_At_All_The_Type Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:18:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Seasons Mark H. Huston The old Buick slowly made its way through the dark countryside, headed away from the high school. The couple inside was elderly, cautious, and tentative on the road. It had been daylight when the meeting at the high school started, now it was well after eleven PM. John's eyes were not what they used to be. He'd had cataract surgery a couple of years ago. It had helped, but seventy-eight-year-old eyes were still seventy-eight-year-old eyes. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Seasons Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:15:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Misadventures_of_T_V_Mama_Mia_Thats_A_Good_Piz Jon and Linda Sonnenleiter They'd been the city four times since they arrived. By now, they considered themselves old hands at finding their way around, even though they'd only been a mile or less from the villa. The town seemed very busy, and at times dangerous. Still, they were starting to get a little bored with the uptight people and the lack of good food. "Good" food, of course, meaning junk food. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Misadventures_of_T_V_Mama_Mia_Thats_A_Good_Piz Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:12:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Grantville_s_Greatest_Philosopher Terry Howard Ken looked up when the door opened. When he saw the men who were entering, he moved down to the cash register. Once there, he put his hand on the sawed-off shotgun that hung in a rack on the underside of the bar. "Julio," he called. "Yeah?" Julio Mora replied. "Nine one one, now!" http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Grantville_s_Greatest_Philosopher Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:11:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Burgers_Fries__And_Beer John and Patti Friend Julio sat with Odetta and Fenton. The Club was empty. None of the regulars were in and, as usual, Fenton was opening. It was early yet—just past two in the afternoon—and the three had nothing to do. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Burgers_Fries__And_Beer Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:10:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Von_Grantville Russ Rittgers Chad sat on the front porch swing staring blankly ahead. He held a tumbler of Kentucky's smoothest bourbon and water. It was like a cruel joke. I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is, those thirty-five new cars you have on your lot? You won't have to pay for them. The bad news? They're going to sit there and rot until you take them apart and sell them piece by piece. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Von_Grantville Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:07:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mule_Round_The_World Virginia DeMarce It was well done of you, Henry. It really was." Enoch Wiley looked rather doubtfully at a pile of yellowish mush on the cracker in his hand. "What is this stuff?" "Cora makes it out of mashed chickpeas. Some kind of a substitute for chip dip. Not bad—there's onion in it, I think. Anyhow, it has some zip." Henry Dreeson took a bite http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mule_Round_The_World Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:06:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Canst_Thou_Send_Lightnings_ Rick Boatright To: The Provincial of the Society of Jesus in Rome From: Adolph Wise S.J., University of Eichstaett. Enclosed with this letter you will find an example of the 'Crystal Radio' that is being distributed throughout Thuringia. I enclose also instructions for the construction of more of these Radios as distributed by the American government. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Canst_Thou_Send_Lightnings_ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:50:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Dalai_Lamas_Electric_Buddha Victor Klimov "Respectful greetings from His Majesty Gegen Setsen Khan to Your Holiness, Kundün," said the emissary. It was not really warm in the library, but the atmosphere felt warm and friendly. "Let me present you this surprise from the Western lands." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Dalai_Lamas_Electric_Buddha Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:46:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Live_Free Karen Bergstralh Tom Musgrove peered carefully around the door. This close to midnight few of the staff should be around. Down at the end of the hallway he could hear moaning. "That's the way, Stan, get the nurses' attention," Tom muttered under his breath before he remembered that Stan Zaleski had been dead a year or so. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Live_Free Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:44:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Woman_Shall_Not_Wear_That Virginia DeMarce No. Pastor Ludwig Kastenmayer put it out of his mind. His eyes must have deluded him. The cleaning woman at Countess Katharina the Heroic Lutheran Elementary School, here on the outskirts of Grantville, could not have been wearing . . . that. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Woman_Shall_Not_Wear_That Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:42:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Grantville_is_Different Russ Rittgers It was late August, 1632, when Georg Bauer climbed out of the ditch he'd been digging for Jena's new sewer line. Sweat was still pouring off him when he first heard about Grantville. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Grantville_is_Different Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:40:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mightier_than_the_Sword Jay Robison Frank Jackson looked out across Magdeburg from the window of his office. Under a blanket of snow, the capital of the months-old United States of Europe looked deceptively tranquil. Underneath the blanket, though, Frank knew there was a dynamic city, still growing, still filling out. A city that was ugly and industrial but beginning to get the sorts of cultural institutions that gave any city, in any time, an indefinable sense of "livability." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mightier_than_the_Sword Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:33:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Old_Folks_Music Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett 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. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Old_Folks_Music Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:31:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Recycling Philip Schillawski and John Rigby "Hey! Watch it with that broom." Officer Preston Richards hastily pulled his feet back away from the stiff bristles that threatened the shine of his newly polished shoes. He glanced up from the night sheets he was going over, and looked over the unprepossessing figure before him. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Recycling Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:29:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Federico_and_Ginger Iver P. Cooper Federico Ballarino stopped his mule and studied the guards at the roadblock. They were too well uniformed to be brigands, but it wasn't unheard of for a local lord to decide to boost his income by imposing a toll. Or even robbing travelers outright. Indeed, it was out of concern of being robbed that he was dressed rather below his rank. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Federico_and_Ginger Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:07:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Taste_of_Home Chris Racciato was raining. Daphne Pridmore was getting thoroughly sick of the rain. It meant that she had to stay inside for the most part. Going out to check on the hives was pointless. If they could use the truck, it might be worthwhile, but they'd decided to save the wear and tear on their only truck for emergencies. As much as she hated to admit it, cabin fever wasn't a real emergency. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Taste_of_Home Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:23:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dyes_And_Mordants Lisa Satterlund By 1630, human beings had been using plants, animals and minerals to change the natural color of plant and animal fibers for at least five thousand years. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dyes_And_Mordants Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:48:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Murphys_Law Virginia DeMarce "I have to decide within the week," Leopold Cavriani said. "I have no hesitation, of course, about leaving my daughter Idelette here with the Reverend and Mrs. Wiley. She will learn practical business from Count August von Sommersburg's factor, the count being one of the clients I am serving as a consultant. However, the question of her preparation in the theory of mathematics and accounting as applied to business still remains. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Murphys_Law Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:43:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Of_Masters_And_Men Karen Bergstralh Master Carpenter Herman Glauber walked from the open door to the forge in the blacksmith shop Martin Schmidt ran for him. Putting down his bulging briefcase he stood warming his hands above the coals. Glauber nodded pleasantly at Martin and, looking around the shop, beamed. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Of_Masters_And_Men Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:40:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Susans_Story Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett "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." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Susans_Story Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:25:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Schwarza_Falls Douglas W. Jones Yesterday, May twenty-ninth, the fourth day after the disaster, we went up Buffalo Creek to the power plant to look into how to build a road connection over the border into the lands to what is now the southwest. You asked us to tell you everything, even if we weren't certain it was important, so pardon us if we ramble a bit. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Schwarza_Falls Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:23:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Burmashave Chris Racciato Ernst Frohlich looked at the man sitting across the table from him. He was nondescript, clean shaven, and dressed in contemporary clothing, but his accented German identified him as one of the now famous "up-timers" from Grantville. The fact that the man had requested to meet him anonymously in a public house in Meiningen late at night in the middle of winter both puzzled and intrigued Frolich. Meiningen was quite some distance from Grantville, and separated from it by the entire Thuringenwald, to boot. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Burmashave Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:17:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Ounces_Of_Prevention Kim Mackey When Pieter Paul Rubens entered the Brussels' home of fellow diplomat Alessandro Scaglia he was surprised to find his friend and patron, Nicolaas Rockox of Antwerp, deep in conversation with the abate. "Nicolaas," said Rubens, clasping his friend's arm as Rockox and Scaglia rose to greet him, "I didn't know you were acquainted with Alessandro." Scaglia smiled and motioned for Rubens to take a seat next to him. "We do share an affinity for Flemish painters. Don't we, Nicolaas?" http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Ounces_Of_Prevention Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:54:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Breaking_News Jay Robison "Maestra Gentileschi, my dear, how pleasant to see you!" Gian Lorenzo Bernini stood in the middle of his studio. The young sculptor's handsomeness was barely diminished by a layer of rock dust. Apprentices and journeymen worked busily on busts and other statuary. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Breaking_News Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:17:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Elizabeth Ernest (Butch) Lutz and John Zeek Frank Jackson took a swallow of beer and settled back in to his chair. "Ah," he said. "Nothing better than beer on a summer day. Now, about the transportation problem we were discussing, Dan, we're going to have to support a larger army in the field. We've done pretty well with the vehicles around here so far, but they aren't going to be enough." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Elizabeth Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:14:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Magdeburg_Marines_The_Few_And_The_Proud Jose J. Clavell "Come on, Duke," Lulu said. "You weren't like every other Marine. I did twelve years, you know. After Dad died and I had to request a compassionate discharge, I only got a pat on the back and a farewell bash at the NCO Club. I hear that you, on the other hand, got a phone call straight from Headquarters, Marine Corps, to try to get you to reconsider your decision. I've never heard of the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps doing that for any other gunnery sergeant." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Magdeburg_Marines_The_Few_And_The_Proud Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:08:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Class_Of_34 Kerryn Offord Liz turned from Speedy to stare at her tormentor. "Yes, Matt. Yes, I know this is Speedy. Yes, I know he is fast. I have been riding Speedy for a while. I am perfectly capable of riding a horse. I am perfectly capable of riding Speedy. Okay? Now if you will excuse me, I have to finish saddling up if I want to get home before it gets dark." With that she made her way over to the saddle and blankets straddling a rail beside the saddling area. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Class_Of_34 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:58:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dices_Drawings Dan Robinson To hell with them all. Dice had lost his Karen, forty-five years of hard work, twenty years as a damned Linotype operator and twenty-five as a damned pressman after the damned computers had taken his damned job away. God how he hated that pressman's job! A quarter century hauling paper and permanently stained fingers, but he'd stuck with it. Then, to top it all off, right before he was ready to retire and tell the whole world to take a flying leap, the local chunk of world had taken a flying leap and Dysart Clifford along with it! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Dices_Drawings Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:56:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Chips_Christmas_Gift Russ Rittgers Chip and Joachim had just finished working out with quarterstaffs, six-foot-long hardwood sticks, at the von Thierbach estate manor, absorbing a new collection of bruises to join those of the previous two days. Chip wanted to practice techniques he'd previously learned in the army and Joachim simply wanted to gain another weapon in the event they were attacked while on the road. Chip hadn't exactly had quarterstaff training but his close combat training sergeant had taught his company something about using his rifle to block sword strokes. At the same time he'd also said, if they're that close to you, run like hell if you're alone, otherwise block, use your rifle butt, or punch him with your bayonet if you've got it fitted. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Chips_Christmas_Gift Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:17:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/One_Mans_Junk Karen Bergstralh Martin Schmidt paused, his spoon barely touching the stew. His stomach would have him attack the stew bowl like a starving wolf but his mind held him back. Carefully, he took one spoonful and then put his spoon down. A sip of beer helped but his hand shook slightly. Reminding himself he was a man, not a wolf, he looked at his host before taking a second spoonful. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/One_Mans_Junk Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:13:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Til_We_Meet_Again Virginia DeMarce The worst thing about working for Mechanical Support was that the facilities were scattered out all over Grantville, even now, two and a half years after the Ring of Fire. They'd never been able to take the time to centralize them; they didn't really have any central place to put them if they had the time, and definitely not the extra resources to re-pour the pits and such. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Til_We_Meet_Again Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:03:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Poor_Little_Rich_Girls Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett "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. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Poor_Little_Rich_Girls Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:49:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Hell_Fighters Wood Hughes Brother Johann closed the small book he was studying and rose, straightening his black robe. While he had been aware of the gathering of Abbots, he had no idea why the assembled Abbots of the Order of St. Benedict in the region had summoned him to their chambers. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Hell_Fighters Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:48:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Hobsons_Choice Francis Turner The door opened and a skinny but well dressed youth, much encumbered with baggage, stood in the dimly lit, cramped landing. Standing next to him, it was possible to make out the features of Jack Hobson, the college porter. After a pause, in which the youth opened and shut his mouth several times without managing to say anything, the porter spoke. "Gentlemen, this is your new lodging mate, Master Richard Abell. A fellow commoner." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Hobsons_Choice Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:28:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/If_the_Demons_Will_Sleep Eva Musch "Just bring her to the hospital when labor starts," was Henny DeVries' first answer. "We always have a nurse midwife on call. Even better, bring her in for one or two prenatal checkups, first." That was when things got complicated. "There can't be four walls," Anders said. "Barbara screams a lot when there are four walls around her." He looked at the nurse's expression and said defensively, "I didn't do it. I don't beat my woman. She doesn't need beating. Walls made her scream when I found her." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/If_the_Demons_Will_Sleep Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:01:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Other_Peoples_Money Gorg Huff When Sarah Wendell had agreed to go out with David Bartley, it had seemed like a good idea at the time. She had totally forgotten that she was months away from her sixteenth birthday. The Wendell house rule was no dating till sixteen. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Other_Peoples_Money Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:44:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Sound_Of_Music David Carrico Franz Sylwester, one-time violinist in the chapel of the arch-bishop of Mainz To Friedrich Braun, journeyman instrument crafter for Master Hans Riebeck, in Mainz On the nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord 1633 Greetings, my friend, I am sure by now that you have despaired of hearing from your prodigal, but I promised you that when I found a place I would write to you. By the grace of God I now have that place, and so I keep my word. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Sound_Of_Music Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:57:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Pastor_Kastenmayers_Revenge Virginia DeMarce Ludwig Kastenmayer would never forget the day. April 11, 1634, by the reckoning of these up-timers, who had adopted the pope's calendar. The day that one of them had stolen his daughter. It was the worst thing that had happened to him since Count Ludwig Guenther assigned him to the new parish of St. Martin's in the Fields after the Rudolstadt Colloquy. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Pastor_Kastenmayers_Revenge Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:22:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Just_One_Of_Those_Days_ Leonard Hollar The day had begun badly for Matti. First, as his cavalry troop broke camp, one of the ties that was supposed to hold his bedroll on his saddle broke; and then the spare broke, too! So, by the time he finally got his gear stowed he had to join the rear of the column instead of being at the front in his usual place as a scout. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Just_One_Of_Those_Days_ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:12:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Bottom-Feeders_ John Zeek Freddy Genucci found the body lying on his front lawn. Freddy was a little shaken up. Some people might find that odd, since Freddy was a funeral director and was used to dead bodies. But his normal line of work didn't involve bodies leaking on his front lawn. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Bottom-Feeders_ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:09:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Gods_Gifts_ Gorg Huff In the pages below I will try to relate my slow and torturous route to what I pray is a better understanding of God's will. My name is Steffan Schultheiss. I am not, and never have been, a particularly handsome nor, save from the pulpit, an imposing man. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Gods_Gifts_ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:57:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Company_Men_ Christopher James Weber "The last time we had less than legal dealings with one of your close personal friends from back in Eire, we had half the Imperial army chasing us with the other half wagering on our method of execution." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Company_Men_ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:50:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Collateral_Damage Mike Spehar "Just perfect," Jesse muttered in disgust. "What was that, Herr Oberst?" http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Collateral_Damage Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:31:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Postage_Due Eric Flint "You've got to be kidding." Anne Jefferson looked around the table in the big dining room of the USE's embassy in Amsterdam, at each of the other people sitting there. Immediately to her left sat Rebecca Abrabanel, the ambassador of the United States of Europe to the United Provinces. Sitting next to her, at the end of the table, was her husband Mike Stearns. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Postage_Due Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:52:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Steps_In_The_Dance_ Eric Flint "Stop whining, Harry," said Anne Jefferson. "If I can do it, you can do it." "No way am I posing half-nekkid," growled her male companion. He gripped the rifle with both hands, as if ready to deal with any threatening horde. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Steps_In_The_Dance_ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:29:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Rudolstadt_Colloquy Virginia DeMarce Ed Piazza squirmed as inconspicuously as possible on the hard bench of the University of Jena's anatomy amphitheater, as the debate on differing Lutheran views of the doctrine of justification by faith alone, both up-time and down-time, flew over and around his head in three different languages. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Rudolstadt_Colloquy Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:18:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Sewing_Circle Gorg Huff Delia Ruggles Higgins was five foot nine, whipcord thin, and a self-described packrat. As of the Ring of Fire, she was fifty-nine and had been a widow for seven years. She had graying hair and black eyes. She figured she had "gracefully surrendered the things of youth." Not without regret, but with what she hoped was grace. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Sewing_Circle Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:26:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Curio_and_Relic Tom Van Natta "Hello? Anybody there?" Paul Santee took off the holstered .45 when he heard the call. It came again, nearer. "Hello, the house!" No sense in scaring someone who probably meant well. He tucked the .45 behind his belt in the small of his back. No sense in being stupid, either. Stupid tends to kill people, and he was still alive. Something strange had happened last weekend, and he didn't know what it was. It was good to hear another voice, especially one that seemed friendly. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Curio_and_Relic Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:18:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Anna_s_Story Loren K. Jones Anna ran for all she was worth as the mercenaries chased her, fleeing her father's farm with no destination in mind except away. Two of the mercenaries followed her, shouting as she ran for her life and virtue. She didn't notice the change in the landscape until she ran over the edge of a small cliff and collided with a strange man. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Anna_s_Story Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:59:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Portraits Eric Flint "I still can't believe I did that," said Anne Jefferson, studying the painting. It was obvious that she was struggling not to erupt in a fit of giggles. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Portraits Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:59:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Quintessentially_Blonde Virginia DeMarce Boy, that Velma is just too much trouble for words. Always was . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Quintessentially_Blonde Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:57:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Wedding_Daze Virginia DeMarce Ah, Velma. Velma, Velma, Velma . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Wedding_Daze Mon, 28 May 2007 21:59:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Nothing_s_Ever_Simple Virginia DeMarce In genealogy, only the search matters . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Nothing_s_Ever_Simple Thu, 24 May 2007 18:59:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Silver_Age Virginia DeMarce Leave it to Velma . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Silver_Age Thu, 24 May 2007 18:37:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Summer_of_Our_Discontent Virginia DeMarce Veda Mae Haggerty . . . and Velma Hardesty. What a pair! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Summer_of_Our_Discontent Thu, 24 May 2007 17:51:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/School_Days__School_Days__Dear_Old_Golden_Rule_Day Terry Howard School bullies are nothing new . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/School_Days__School_Days__Dear_Old_Golden_Rule_Day Thu, 17 May 2007 19:43:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Jenny_and_the_King_s_Men Mark H. Huston But Jenny was a woman wise, who beat them with a stool! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Jenny_and_the_King_s_Men Thu, 03 May 2007 14:02:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Songs_and_Ballads Virginia DeMarce Some things just don't translate all that well . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Songs_and_Ballads Tue, 01 May 2007 19:45:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Stepping_Up Jack Carroll Happiness takes all kinds of adjustments . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Stepping_Up Tue, 01 May 2007 18:33:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Bats_in_the_Belfry Garrett W. Vance No, not that kind of bats in the belfry. Real bats in the belfry. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Bats_in_the_Belfry Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:09:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Cinco_de_Mayo_______er__der_F__nfte_Mai Edith Wild What a proposal that turned out to be! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Cinco_de_Mayo_______er__der_F__nfte_Mai Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:17:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/E__Coli__A_Tale_of_Redemption Terry Howard There are reasons Jimmy Dick is . . . well, Jimmy Dick. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/E__Coli__A_Tale_of_Redemption Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:42:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Monster Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett 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. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Monster Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:35:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Trommler_Records Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett "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." http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Trommler_Records Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:40:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Tinker_s_Progress Terry Howard Tinker's? Tinker's Progress? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/A_Tinker_s_Progress Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:58:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Truth_According_to_Buddha Terry Howard Tsk, tsk. it seems that no one can get along with anyone . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Truth_According_to_Buddha Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:42:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Out_of_a_Job_ Iver P. Cooper Ah, Venice . . . but what's this you say? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Out_of_a_Job_ Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:10:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Old_Gray_Goose Terry Howard Some people just won't be happy with change . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Old_Gray_Goose Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:22:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Golden_Corn___A_Tale_of_Old_Joe_on_the_Mountain_To Terry Howard Maybe just a little corny . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Golden_Corn___A_Tale_of_Old_Joe_on_the_Mountain_To Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:03:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Protected_Species Garrett W. Vance Well, there's protection . . . and then there's PROTECTION . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Protected_Species Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:53:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Ear_of_the_Beholder Terry Martin Beauty is as beauty does . . . but what is that racket? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Ear_of_the_Beholder Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:02:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Through_A_Glass__Darkly David Carrico Up-timers are all "civilized." Right? Well, maybe not all of them. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Through_A_Glass__Darkly Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:36:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Letters_From_France Kerryn Offord An accidental discovery . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Letters_From_France Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:29:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mrs__Schumacher Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Mass production does have its benefits . . . but also its problems. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mrs__Schumacher Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:20:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Domestic_Violence John Zeek A policeman's lot is not a happy one. Sometimes, that is. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Domestic_Violence Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:13:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Cowspiracy Kerryn Offord Sea sick? Well, it is for a good cause. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Cowspiracy Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:06:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mrs__December__1636 Chet Gottfried You want me to do what! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Mrs__December__1636 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:57:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Thunder_in_the_Mountains Richard Evans Just what was that rumbling sound? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Thunder_in_the_Mountains Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:45:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Price_of_Dumplings Terry Howard You say tomato, I say tomahto. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/The_Price_of_Dumplings Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:39:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/One_Step_Toward_the_Clouds Sean Massey What's a girl to do, when she truly wants to fly? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/One_Step_Toward_the_Clouds Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:18:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Birdwatching Garrett W. Vance A unique viewpoint of the Ring of Fire. Just what did happen to the wildlife? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Birdwatching Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:12:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Sailing_Upwind Kevin and Karen Evans Off we go . . . into the wild blue yonder . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/Sailing_Upwind Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:38:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/bathingwithcoal Russ Rittgers Firewood costs what!? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/bathingwithcoal Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:46:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/bootstrapping Kerryn Offord And then one day, things started going really well, so we felt like we should give something back . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/bootstrapping Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:44:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/wishbook Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett There are, after all, a lot of uses for the catalog's pages . . . http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/wishbook Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:42:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/pilgrimageofgrace Virginia DeMarce Sin, reputation and redemption. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/pilgrimageofgrace Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:37:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/musefire Jay Robison O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/musefire Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:34:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/giftofblankets Kerryn Offord and Vincent Coljee Smallpox? We could get smallpox? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/giftofblankets Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:31:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/landicesun Kim Mackey Some people give in and do what society wants them to do. Others . . . don't. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/landicesun Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:27:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/lessonsastro Peter Hobson A follow up story to the ending of The Galileo Affair http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/lessonsastro Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:19:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/treasurehunters Karen Bergstralh Well, there is all that treasure out there . . . just waiting for the right person to come get it. Isn't there? http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/treasurehunters Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:54:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/bargain Terry Howard Another evening with the world's greatest philosopher. http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/bargain Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:56:00 -0000 http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/pirate Iver P. Cooper This is not your kid's pirate story! These guys were real . . . and pretty scary! http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/pirate