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By Charles E.P. Murphy Art by Keith Burns Thanks to the efforts of the multinational Harrier Squadron, the mid-90s Third World War between the Asian Bloc and Western Federation has ended. Europe is attempting to rebuild. However, there’s another multinational team of air aces out there: Ghost Flight, a gang of pirates in mismatched aircraft who are preying on cargo ships bringing in much-needed aid for both sides! With ASBLOC accusing WESTFED of using the Ghosts as a proxy, H

By Charles E.P. Murphy Second print & kindle In the early 1900s, a Zionist expedition came back from a fact-finding mission to British East Africa – and recommended taking up London on its offer to settle a Jewish homeland there instead of the Middle East. Generations later, there's a vast modern Jewish-majority nation between Lake Victoria and Mount Elgon, and there's also an unending conflict with the displaced Nandi people. Minor writer Lior Tirosh left for Berlin years ag

By Charles E.P. Murphy Andy Burnham defeats his political challengers in the Makerfield by-election of 18th June 2026. Cropped from Sky News live coverage, in low quality to illustrate article. As of writing, Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, has returned to the House of Commons by winning a by-election — and everyone knows he’s planning to challenge Keir Starmer for leadership of Labour and thus the job of Prime Minister. By the time you’re reading this, the challenge h

By Charles E.P. Murphy Cover of first edition, courtesy Amazon. In another world’s 1960s, Terence O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s Prime Minister, achieves his dream of draining the lake of Lough Neagh to boost employment and gain land. While it doesn’t quite work out, it does cause an archipelago of small islands to rise out of the water: the “Ark”, so named after it becomes a refuge for people fleeing the Troubles. The world sees it as a beacon of hope in dark times, a place whe