Grantville Gazette VIII by Eric Flint

Author:Eric Flint [Flint, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science fiction; American, Fantasy, Seventeenth century, Space Opera, Alternative histories (Fiction); American, General, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy fiction; American, Fiction, Short Stories
Published: 2011-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

could enter Hell and return, they wouldn't find a town there."

Johann laughed. "Trust a Jew to see the logic of that. The town has a name too. They call it Grantville."

"A French name? How do you know this?" Moische asked.

"I ate with the messenger from Schwarzburg," Johann said. "He hadn't been into the pit himself, but he

watched from the wall while a delegation came up out of the pit to speak with the Captain of the guard.

After that, before he returned to Schleusingen, the Captain showed him a letter from inside the pit."

"And?" Moische prompted.

"For this much, you owe me another drink," Johann said, raising his empty mug with a grin.

After Johann's request had been satisfied, and after a bit of prompting, he continued his story. "What

about the letter from inside the pit? I didn't see the letter myself. What I heard, though, was that it was

printed like a book, not written, and that it was signed by a woman with a Jewish name."

He paused briefly, but before they could ask, he waved off their questions. "No, I didn't hear the name.

Apparently it was a name the Captain of the guard at Schwarzburg knew, though. Some famous court

Jew's name."

"Why are we wasting our time on this?" Moische asked, and then paused to answer his own question. "It

is an amazing story, but we are trying to go to Poland. What we really need to know is, what road to the

east is the safest?"

Johann paused only briefly. "You can't go through the pit, that is sure. From what I hear, it is straight

down except for a path that no horse could follow, much less a cart. To go north of the pit, you would

have to go north to Suhl and Badenburg, and the war threatens that route. If I were you, I'd go south.

Take the road to Eisfeld, and then either continue south of the Frankenwald, or take the hill road east

from Eisfeld until you meet the Saale south of Saalfeld."

"What about the mercenaries in the valley of the Saale?" Moische asked.

"Well, there perhaps, this new town of Grantville will be of some use. There are stories of skirmishes

between men from Grantville and Catholic mercenaries from the north. I'm not sure that I believe the

stories, but they say that armies will not pass Grantville without paying a price. Even if these are just

stories, they might delay the Catholic push south, and if they are true, all the better."

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