Bliz #20

Doting Doug races Mahaffey into the heart of the Bermuda Triangle, where a sudden attack leaves him adrift in a sinking lifeboat. Saved by the island’s enigmatic people, he’s given a mysterious guide—the "flower of the silent chain"—who communicates through birds, offering a strange new way to send messages across the wild seas.

In a hushed London club where secrets linger in the air, a stranger waits for a friend, then quietly recounts a forgotten theft from India—twenty years past, a soldier’s daring act of defiance against the Seventh Dragoons, now echoing through time. The story, told in quiet, deliberate tones, unfolds like a whispered confession, its weight felt more than seen.

In the quiet aftermath of cosmic upheaval, Selusi and Nausica return to a changed Earth, only to find humanity rebuilding—not in peace, but in the shadow of war. Though a galactic voice has declared Earth cannot be restored to its former state, Selusi holds fast to belief in what humanity might still become.

In "Non si sa mai," two women in New York each report their partner missing—only for a weary detective to notice something deeply unsettling: the man they both describe is one and the same. With no names, just the quiet tension of overlapping lives, the mystery unfolds through a single, haunting question: how can two women share a man who isn’t there?

Louise thought her father, a Southern hero of the Civil War, had died at sea eight years prior—until she learns the truth about his life as a riverboat captain, a secret her mother had hidden. As she uncovers the truth behind his murder and the source of their family’s money, the past begins to surface in ways she never expected.

In "I piu' fessi di Chicago," a Chicago mob boss and his wife press ahead with a quiet wedding, a honeymoon, and a train trip—despite the warnings of his longtime friend and right-hand man. With Cesar handling both pencils and inks, the story unfolds with a sharp, grounded edge, turning a simple domestic plan into something quietly tense.

In "Lettera alla madre," Jacques, a man grappling with deep emotional turmoil, pours his fragile hope into a quiet plea: to convince Julie to leave behind the city and begin a simple life in the countryside with him. Through a series of intimate letters written to his mother, he lays bare his inner world—raw, uncertain, and searching for peace.