The Great Galactic Service Station
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Last published Sun, Mar 18, 2018
When Ralph gets an unexpected visit from three rather strange people his life is turned upside down and inside out. The three strangelings stop at nothing to refill their starship and get a hot sausage roll... Things go from weird to weirder very quickly leaving Ralph to try and make sense of it all.
©Simon Farnell 2017
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