The ghost of Lancelot Biggs

A grizzled space‑deckhand turned reluctant gumshoe, Bert Donovan narrates a funeral that’s more than a ceremony. When the legendary pilot Lancelot Biggs vanished into a barren “negative space” to save his crew, the galaxy mourns, but the Bureau of Interplanetary Credit has other plans. Donovan, his old shipmates and Biggs’ grieving fiancée are thrust back into duty, fending off corporate edicts that cancel their leave and force a hurried sortie to the newly discovered Polarium on Europa.

The story blends hard‑boiled noir with a thin‑air frontier, letting listeners feel the cramped corridors of a 22nd‑century space‑luggers and the weight of a dying friendship. As the crew scrambles to ready the Saturn, hints of a larger conspiracy flicker, promising a chase through alien ice and a test of loyalty that could reshape their futures. No matter how far the stars, some ghosts never stay buried.