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Journey into the Improbable

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All Episodes

The Last Enclave

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Lee and Garry, online nemesis, reluctantly agree to take a trip to the edge of their world to prove who is right. Is there something beyond the boundary or not?

Ceres Chapter 18: Maya

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Maya finds herself imprisoned on an experimental spacecraft with Tim and Simone (aka Serene), heading to the asteroid belt.

The Heart of the Matter

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A psychologist tries to convince a sentient program to shut itself down before it is attacked by a rogue computer virus. But the program doesn’t trust the motivations of its creators and resorts to subterfuge to avoid its fate.

Ceres Chapter 17: Meret

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Meret’s secret plan to sabotage Galan is discovered by the alien presence which has taken over the self-appointed Triffal leader. To pay for his betrayal Meret is imprisoned in a bubble outside of space-time.

Artifact Error: Ken Likeley

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Ken Likeley, a city clerk who toils day in and day out to ensure that everything in his life and world is logical finds himself adrift in the multiverse.

Ceres Chapter 16 – Opposition

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Rayenish decides it’s time to take a chance after Amos, AKA Daniel Johnson, asks him to remove DZ’s head scientist. After reading Merit’s message about the situation on Ceres, Amos knows he must speed up his plans but needs to find more money.

The Ouroboros EULA

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After a tumor damaged Reina’s spinal cord, she volunteers for an experimental treatment using newly developed implants. But there is a hidden cost. One which she has inadvertently agreed to in the fine print of the end user agreement.

Ceres Chapter 15 – Fantasma

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After failing to trap the two Aleutians, the entity that has been interfering since Janva’s arrival on Ceres, decides to take control of events on the tiny dwarf world.

The Lost Cosmonaut

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Leonid Petrov claims to be the first cosmonaut in space. However, he has been erased from history.

Ceres Chapter 14 – Resistance

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Serene finds herself fighting for her life against a dark presence which appears to harbour a deep-rooted hatred of Aleutians.

Doppelganger

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After noticing a ghostly figure in a series of photos, Trisha, a top performing career architect, attending her company retreat starts getting a series of unusual messages on her cell phone.

Ceres Chapter 13 – Intransigence

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Merit begins to build support to stop his self-appointed leader. Meanwhile, at the request of the board of directors, Reyanish spies on Daniel Johnson. While exploring Amos’ mind, Janva is trapped by the presence which has been protecting it.

The Tenant’s Project

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Ralph, a landlord, arrives back after an extended vacation to find his rental property in a mess and his tenant, a bitcoin miner, unconscious. While recovering in a hospital, his tenant begins to weave an unbelievable story of inadvertent invention and…

Ceres Chapter 12 – Message Received

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Research at Dehavilland Zeppelin (DZ) progresses far enough for Amos, AKA Daniel Johnson, send a message to Ceres. At first, the dwarf planet remains silent, and Amos is concerned that no one is listening. Serene,

Return to Shorty Crater

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Choi Min-Seo, a successful billionaire, obsessed with what he thinks he sees in a 1972 photo, taken on the last Nasa moon mission, creates his own space program to prove his theory. He manages to confirm what he sees in the old photo but finds much mor…

Ceres Chapter 11 – Nexus

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Janva has her host Zara Patel agree to fund DZ’s space project, but Daniel Johnson aka Amos is suspicious. Sarane’s host and Tim manage to slip by head office security to meet their project director with the intent of confronting him about the problem …

The Immortal

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Near the end of his days, the great Alchemist Nicolas Flamel has one last chance to create the Elixir of Life. He diligently follows the steps in an ancient treatise he has recently acquired, which leads him to build a machine,

Ceres Chapter 10 – Coup D’etat

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Galan takes advantage of Amos’ apparent failure to change the third planet’s history and takes control of the exiled Triffel. He orders the radio telescope dismantled so no one on Ceres will ever be able to contact their former leader,

Trick or Treat

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Itsumi Goto has been working for 20 years cleaning up after extraterrestrial experiments. When one goes wrong on Halloween, causing hours of unwanted overtime, she starts to consider her options. But the only way to get home early that night is to take…

Ceres Chapter 9 – Calculation Error

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Tim reveals to Sarine that he has found a potential problem with the mission design for DZ Aerospace’s first deep space asteroid mining craft. Sarene has the feeling she may have met Tim in an alternate history.