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Fortunately, however, the material for Volume 4 is already put together and needs only the final rounds
of editing and copy-editing. So there shouldn't be the same long delay between publication of this volume
and the next. It should be available sometime in late January or February.

People who've read the first two volumes of theGrantville Gazette will notice that I've added a section
entitled "Continuing Serials." In this section, I'm placing those stories whose episodes are clearly and
definitely not stand-alone stories. In this issue, we conclude the short novel "An Invisible War," which
was begun in Volume 2, and we continued the episodes of Enrico Toro's "Euterpe." (Episode 3 will
appear in Volume 4 or 5.)

I readily admit that there's a very gray area involved here, because some of the "stand alone" stories in
this issue either continue a story thread begun in an earlier story—as, in this issue, Gorg Huff's "Other
People's Money" continues with the story begun in "The Sewing Circle," which appeared in Volume
1—or are beginning a new one. An example of the latter is David Carrico's "The Sound of Music." The
story that David begins here will continue. The immediate sequel is entitled "Heavy Metal Music" and will
appear in Volume 4, and he's at work on yet another...

Just to make things more complicated, a number of the stories in the magazine do and will continue to
intersect and overlap with other stories. That's been happening since the very beginning of this series,
starting withRing of Fire. So, determining exactly where one story "ends" and another "begins" is awfully
tricky.

Still, there's a basic difference between a story like "An Invisible War" and "The Sound of Music."
David's story does work as a stand alone, and while "Heavy Metal Music" will be a sequel, it can also be
read on its own terms. Whereas Part II (the conclusion) of Danita's short novel is not a "sequel," it's the
second half of the same story.

***

Finally, I need to make an announcement. Beginning with the next volume of the magazine—actually, she
picked up halfway through this one—Paula Goodlett is replacing Cheryl Daetwyler as the assistant editor
of the magazine. This is a sad announcement for me to make, not because I don't think Paula won't do an
excellent job, but because the reason I had to make the change was because Cheryl suffered a stroke a
few months ago. Those of us involved with the 1632 series have all been hoping that she'd recover soon,
but unfortunately it's now become clear that her recovery is going to take a lot of time and effort.

As I said earlier, part of the reason for the long stretch between the publication of this volume and the
last volume was the uncertainty concerning Cheryl's condition after her stroke. Finally—and
reluctantly—I decided to find a new assistant editor, once it became clear that Cheryl would not be
recovering quickly. I simply can't manage this work without an assistant editor, and Paula was the
obvious choice as Cheryl's replacement. I'll ask all of you who are friends and fans of this series to wish
Cheryl the best and give her your prayers if you are religiously inclined. And please welcome Paula
Goodlett.
 Eric Flint
October, 2004



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