Sidéral #31

In *L'invasion des hommes joyaux*, the Space Ranger races against time to stop the mysterious Jewel Men from stealing selenite on Mars. When their attack leaves him outmatched and his ship threatened, a clue hidden in the ammonia coating on the invaders points to their hidden lair—and a desperate plan to turn the tide.

In the hidden valley of *Vallée de la fantaisie*, hunters Steve and Jed stumble upon a miniature elephant and a mysterious gateway leading to a world where a volcanic gas reshapes life itself. Drawn by the promise of profit, they begin gathering the strangely scaled creatures—only to find that the valley’s inhabitants aren’t so eager to be taken.

In *Le génie de la soucoupe volante*, a mountain climber uncovers a flying saucer buried in a glacier, freeing a pink alien who’s been trapped for centuries. With the power to grant three wishes, the climber—Bill—takes his girlfriend’s class on a picnic and, after a bit of playful magic, wishes the rain would stop—only to find it never rains again, not even for weeks. When he tries to fix it, he realizes the stakes are higher than he thought. With one wish left and his girlfriend growing frustrated, he impulsively wishes he could show her what he’s done—only to find himself transformed into an alien. In a moment of panic, he wishes it had never happened. But the real question lingers: what if he’d used that final wish for something else?

In "La compagnie sans munitions," a young soldier is sent back to retrieve ammo for Able Company, dodging machine gun fire to return with supplies—just as the enemy advances. With no bullets left, he loads the weapons of fallen comrades and prepares to face the assault alone. As the Nazis close in, he dashes from gun to gun, out of rounds, and readies a desperate bayonet charge—just as reinforcements arrive. How did men hold the line with empty guns? "Then they looked at my face and got the answer!"

In *Rideau de l'espace*, Art Larkin, down on his luck after a beauty contest sparks a riot, takes a desperate gamble by sneaking onto the isolated planet Athena to rescue a famed musician. His daring mission unfolds in the shadow of interplanetary politics, where one man’s bold act could change the course of relations between worlds.