Stories

On his trip to Mars, Jeff's shuttle gets dragged through space by an alien spaceship that is performing a space jump. The Daglon captain Lest takes Jeff on board of his ship and Jeff's journey through space begins. The crew chases Ezer Malk, who plans a space-time jump in order to steal Ancient Egypt artifacts from Earth. Lest is an outlaw and Jeff is lost in space. Will the two men get to know each other, will Lest come to terms with his past, and will Jeff find his place in the world?

This is another adventure of the Horus crew. A transport mission takes the men to Rho 59, a dwarf planet on the edge of the Titan Empire. A Titan group plans to stir an upheaval in the Empire of Titania and deprive the ruler of his power. The Horus crew unintentionally gets involved in the Titan plot. Will they find a way out of the predicament?

After visiting Daglon, the Horus crew is in search of a new job. The Society of Yanara Archives offers a search contract and hires the crew to find out about the origin of the Yanara people. Ancient documents tell of a journey through space and point to an unknown planet. The Horus crew does an elaborate research, finds a possible candidate, and sets out to explore the planet. What they find is shocking.

Nanuq Kitlali, the ruler of a pirate empire, kidnapped the Goyan ambassador Jokin Trescothik, but finally agrees to release the man. The Cyrus dealer Perez hires the Horus crew to pick up Jokin and take him to an asteroid at the edge of the system Epsilon Eridani. The plan doesn't work out and the Horus must land on the main planet Akar Kazbek. The mission poses a challenge to the Horus crew. The system is under Alliance control.

Jeff and Lest visit Earth. Jeff’s father tells them of a secret space project he was involved in. The Horus travels to Nephthys, the recently discovered outmost planet of the solar system , to investigate. Did an alien species establish an operation base on the planet in the far past? Are they long gone or still around? Jeff, Lest, and Doctor Midad land on the planet.

Poetry

There was a meeting in the spring; someone went home disappointed.

In an England without potatoes, Tim is a spudhunter. The best. Really - the very, very best.

Philíppe, who is in his late fifties, wakes from a frequent dream one rainy Saturday morning. As he moves from bed to breakfast memories from his past flood his consciousness. Unexpectedly, he receives a phone call from a nearly forgotten voice. There is an invitation to the upcoming football game followed by a discussion of where to do planning for the weekend. All the while a squall line is coming in from out in the ocean.

The Boss runs a window cleaning business. Having decided to get himself an apprentice, due to ageing years, he took on 18 year old Elijah. He likes to be called Eli and loves football (or soccer as some people call it), and, for intimacy he prefers the same sex. what could go wrong on his first day.

This story contains British colloquialism which is explained. The game of football referred to in this story is also known as soccer.