Santa has become too heavy for his sleigh. So he takes drastic action. Will he be able to bring the children their presents again? This story and picture is a Christmas present from Django Mathijsen and Anaïd Haen to their readers.

After Django Mathijsen had won the Unleash Award, a prestigious Dutch story award, twice in a row, a publisher asked him to write this novel. It was published in Dutch in March 2010 and is based on the short story for which Django won his second Unleash Award. This science fiction techno-thriller is set around the year 2040. A programmer of robotic cars loses everything when he is accused of terrorism. Hunted by the police, Mando hides with the real terrorists and discovers a conspiracy fo...

Steampunk flash fiction in which Jellana, riding from town to town on her steam tandem, gets in trouble with an unscrupulous traffic cop.

Gerard lands on Spitsbergen to visit the Global seed vault. He poses as Doctor Hamid Büchler of the Leibniz-institute, delivering frozen seeds. But in reality the contents of his cabin trunk are highly explosive. What's his secret mission? Can he stay out of the UN's clutches long enough to complete it, or will he fall for the charm of the white blonde Doctor Kaia Hansen?This exciting and poetic techno thriller was nominated for the Paul Harland Prize 2008. The judges commented: "A ...

Captain Berend Ruiter desperately fights to prevent his heavily damaged spaceship from falling into enemy hands.

Wilvo, like his father, is a space junk salvager. When his dad recovers a defective satellite, launched in 2241, the Pan-American Information Service pressures him to abort. His father continues. Suddenly he sends a distress signal. What's entangling his spaceship? Can Wilvo, helped by Yaritza from PAIS, save his father? This story was awarded the NCSF-prize 2009: the prize for the best Dutch science fiction story.

Marikken hapte naar adem. 'Het zijn onze schapen!' Ze greep in haar buidel en pakte een steen. Het was meteen de zwarte. Ze herkende zijn gladde ronde vorm.'Dat klopt,' zei de monnik. 'Ze blijven ook van jullie. Ik ga er alleen voor zorgen zolang je pa dat zelf niet kan. Zodra hij overeind staat, mogen jullie ze terug. Tegen vergoeding, uiteraard.''Vergoeding?' Marikken voelde het wit worden achter haar ogen, zo kwaad was ze. De steen lag zwaar en glad in haar hand.'Ik...