{"product_id":"eric-flints-1632-beyond-special-issue-2","title":"Eric Flint's 1632 \u0026 Beyond Special Issue #2","description":"This is a reissue of the second half of A 1632 Christmas, . The first half is Special Issue 1 from November 2024. Jackie Britton Lopatin's \"Grantville's Secret Santa\" tells how Grantville changed one woman's once-bleak future to fulfillment. In Chuck Thompson's \"The Gift,\" Inez Wiley convinces her down-time friends not to leave her. Mark Huston's \"At Christmas Time\" follows a simple letter and its impact. Sarah Hay's \"No Proper Carol\" follows a search for hard to find up-time music. Edith Wild's \"A Christmas Stollen\" tells more of Amalia's story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Leaving Grantville, John Deakin's tale \"At the Schickelmans'\" follows their first Christmas celebration in the New World. In \"Santa's Lapp\" by George Haberberger, a man tells his people what he learned of their future up-time. \"Natala\" by Iver Cooper sees a Christmas play in Califonia. \"One Night Only\" by Michael Lockwood tells of a special performance at the Magdeburg Opera House. \"Sad Spectacles\" by Eric Flint and Lucille Robbins shows how new ideas can blow up even the most entrenched paths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The final tale addresses one of the key questions of modern Christmas: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Spoiler: yes, it is.","brand":"Flint's Shards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50369604747621,"sku":"9781962398206","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0538\/5573\/files\/imageloader_187d6da0-6976-4818-b902-d38f93603bcf.jpg?v=1790530453","url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/eric-flints-1632-beyond-special-issue-2","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}