Grantville Gazette, Volume I

Ed Piazza, the Secretary of State of the small United States being forged in war-torn Germany during the Thirty Years War, has a problem on his hands. A religious conference has been called in nearby Rudolstadt which will determine doctrine for all the Lutherans in the nation. The hard-fought principle of religious freedom is at stake, threatened alike by intransigent theologians and students rioting in the streets.
As if that weren't bad enough:
the up-time American Lutherans are themselves divided;
a rambunctious old folk singer is cheerfully pouring gasoline on the flames;
* and a Calvinist "facilitator" from Geneva is maneuvering to get the U.S. involved with the developing revolutionary movement in Naples.
Stories include:
Portraits by Eric Flint
Anna's Story by Loren Jones
Curio and Relic by Tom Van Natta
The Sewing Circle by Gorg Huff
The Rudolstadt Colloquy by Virginia DeMarce
Radio in the 1632 Universe by Rick Boatright
They've Got Bread Mold, So Why Can't They Make Penicillin? by Robert Gottlieb
Horse Power by Karen Bergstralh