Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Issue #11

This issue's stories range from Grantville to the Rhineland to Paris and Reims and across Europe as a whole. As always, some found advantages in the Ring of Fire, others found disadvantages, and unintended consequences abound. In Virginia DeMarce's "The Play's The Thing," Shakespeare's grandsons find that when people expect a play to carry a message, they'll find one. George Grant's "Waving Goodbye"shows the rarely seen Ring Lakes. Like other areas, some residents adapted to the new world, and some haven't. Meanwhile, Terry Howard's "Clan MacDonald" tells the tale of some new rather confused new Scots in Grantville who aren't from Mackay's Regiment. In his first 1632 story, Lancelot Schaubert's "Cittadino in Villa" follows a historical down-timer who discovers kudzu. In France, lacemaker Marianne returns in "A Troubled Journey" by Mark Roth-Whitworth. Sometimes, you just want the kids to go to sleep. Bethanne Kim explains how that turns into an entire project in "Johann and the Purple Pencil." In non-fiction, Gorg Huff discusses comparing prices in two different places and Jackie Britton Lopatin talks about living in Mannington, Grantville's real-world inspiration.