Grantville Gazette, Volume 81

In
this issue, effects of the Ring of Fire continue to ripple around the
globe. 

The
Lockwood family struggles with French rule in Massachusetts Bay in Michael
Lockwood's "The Vengeful Oath."

In
"Botanical Liaisons," Caroline Palmer tells the story gardener
journeys from France to Grantville in Caroline Palmer's

Clergy
work out what Urban VIII's ecumenical proposal at the Besançon Colloquy means
for them in Bjorn Hasseler's "Exemplars."

First-time
Gazette author Natalie Silk follows Jewish merchants on their journeys to
Grantville.

Plague
strikes in "Newcastle's Call," by Iver P. Cooper.  Can the
up-time ideas be trusted?

Iver
P. Cooper also concludes his series on Secret Communication.

Kristine
Kathryn Rusch notes "The Importance of Weather" in science fiction.

Walt
Boyes shows what's "Hot Off Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press."

In
one Universe story, the investigation continues.  Edward M. Lerner brings
us "The Company Mole, Part 2."

In
the other Universe story, first-time Gazette author S. L. Byrne takes us to a
very different British India, in "To Talk With Crowds."