Skorpio #19

In the dusty frontier of the old West, young gunslinger Billy the Kid joins a band of ranchers, hoping to carve out a peaceful life. But as a deadly cattle war brews on the border, the murder of his mentor, John Tunstall, ignites a spiral of bloodshed. *Billy the Kid & Pat Garrett - Due Colt di fronte alla giustizia* follows the raw rise of violence and the fragile line between justice and vengeance, where a boy’s choices could shape a legend.

In the quiet tension of a distant starship, five aliens face a haunting choice: abandon either their five robots or the five Earth slaves in their care. With the vote split and no clear answer, Number Five calls for a moment of music—asking a human pianist and one of the robots to play Beethoven, hoping the harmony might guide their decision.

In "Un accordo," three brothers hold a couple hostage following a failed robbery, their tense standoff sharpened by the unsettling focus one brother places on the woman. With no clear escape and trust crumbling, the fragile balance of fear and desire begins to shift.

In the tense aftermath of betrayal, King Dingaan demands that Mamwayo deliver Jan’s head—or face the execution of Jan’s wife and newborn son. With loyalty torn between duty and blood, Mamwayo must navigate a path where every choice carries the weight of life and death.

In a quiet moment before the chaos, a college athlete bites into a ham sandwich made by his mother—only to find a bullet inside. Across the city, a sniper’s shot echoes through the streets, leaving a presidential candidate dead. The two events, separated by distance and silence, begin to pull at the same unseen thread.

When the zoo’s underground aquarium project halts for Christmas, a keeper facing ruin from a gambling debt finds himself caught between his duties and a growing crisis—just across the street from the bank that could make it all worse. A quiet, grounded story of pressure and proximity, where the weight of debt shadows a familiar routine.

In "null," Professor Forsythe unfolds a tale that feels more myth than memory—a galactic struggle between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil said to have shaped the very history of Earth. Set in a quiet moment of storytelling, the narrative weaves cosmic scale with intimate wonder, leaving the true nature of the tale—and its connection to reality—deliberately uncertain.