Karen Bergstralh was one of the early pioneers of what became the massive, multi-author Ring of Fire alternate history series. Her first published story, "One Man's Junk," appeared in the fourth issue of the Grantville Gazette electronic magazine that is devoted to the series-the fourth issue of what are now ninety-six issues. Other stories followed quickly: five more of her stories were published in the next seven issues of the magazine. Karen was one of those unusual people for whom fiction writing came easily and naturally. Eventually, she also turned her hand to writing fact articles for the magazine. Karen was an experienced horsewoman, and had a deep knowledge of what seemed to be pretty much everything connected to horses-draft animals of all kinds, in fact. She was an invaluable resource for many writers in the series. Karen passed away years ago, sadly. But here, finally, all her stories and articles are collected in a single commemorative volume