The Story So Far . . .
At the Minicon in Tarrytown, Bjorn Hasseler and I announced the winner of the 2017 Best of the Gazette award: Nick Lorance’s “The Long Road Home.” Congratulations to Nick. And . . . after a fun- and snerk-filled Minicon, we are already planning the...
The Wind Is the Enemy: Part 2, Airship Mooring and Special Ground Handling Topics
Just as a watership may be anchored rather than brought into a shed, an airship may be moored rather than brought into a hangar. However, the mooring system must be such that the airship can be easily moored and unmoored, and it must be able to hold the airship even...
The Return of the Prodigal Son
May, 1636 Garrett’s Supermarket, Grantville “I wouldn’t kick him out of my bed.” The comment from Anna Beyer brought a smile to Marilyn Harris’s lips. She glanced up from the invoices she was checking. Her co-workers were, as...
Notes from The Buffer Zone: Discovering A New World
I understand science fiction better now than I ever had. Not because I've been writing it my entire life—which I have—but because I moved last month. Let me explain—and to do so, I have to get a little personal. We had planned to snowbird half-time in Las Vegas for...
Pendragon
Richard Glendower stopped at the top of the stairs, head spinning. "Not again," he muttered as he kept a tight grip on the end of the railing. "Don't be falling down the stairs, man." He made another mental note to talk to his cardiologist about his medications. After...
Lord of the Fruit Flies
March, 1640 Prague Jan Novak squirmed in his seat during the early morning service, asking God for forgiveness for what he was about to do. Reflexively, he patted the small satchel under his cloak and checked that his bag was still next to him. Bright sunlight...
Honing the Blade, Part 2
Second and Third Platoons of First Company supported by the heavy weapons squad marched west along the road toward the village of Erxleben. Though all of the officers of the battalion had gone through these exercises, Honeker was sure the colonel had ordered and...
The Proper and Correct Marine Response: A Tale of the USE Marines
"Attention on deck!" barked Marine First Sergeant Petrus Saalwächter as First Lieutenant Matthias Valentiner entered the large room within the Hamburg USE Marine barracks set aside for the daily administrative duties of India Company, Third Battalion, First Marines....
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