This issue's cover is for "Unintended Consequences," George Grant’s profound in-universe look at what the Ring of Fire means. It is also the unintended theme.
"Bremen Or Bust" was first printed in Terry Howard's The Legend Of Jimmy Dick (out of print). A good yarn in its own right, it also sets up an upcoming storyline.
Marc Tyrrell's "Family Matters" shows that although the Ring of Fire didn't magically make family issues go away, it provided new—or old—ways of dealing with them.
Sometimes what seems like a quiet shift of guard duty changes lives. Find out how in Garrett W. Vance's "The Rice Farmer's Daughter And The Samurai."
"Rose-Hip And Red Velvet" by Tim Sayeau is the sequel to "A Guest At The New Year" in Issue 6. Sir William and Dame Dorothy reply to Adina's letter.
One piece of up-time technology has appeared here and there in stories. In the non-fiction piece "X-Rays," Iver P. Cooper explains how they work and what might be available in the new timeline.
The early issues were a little skimpy and, from my point of view, contained too much non-fiction (interesting in their own right, but failing to advance any of the storylines). Nor were they adequately proofread (a more important issue than which editorial guidelines were chosen). This issue represented an improvement on all fronts: more content, better proofreafing, and a better balance of fiction and non-fiction. Generally well written stories. Recommended.
Another expanded volume. Various tales that continue previous stories and new tales of commercial enterprises. Not much on the political / military side of the series as this set of tales covers little background bits and pieces which future full novels will cover the big picture - we hope.
Another good story from Garrett Vance. The other stories were decent and add to the 1632 world. The non-fiction about X-Ray technology was helpful in explaining how such machines work and how hard they are to re-create. All in all a decent issue.