(W) Various (A) VARIOUS (CA) Rich Stahnke. NOW MONTHLY "Scorched Mars" (Scott O. Brown* Horatio Lalia)* "Bug Eye: Pretty" (Rich Stahnke). "Scorched Mars" (Scott O. Brown* Horatio Lalia): Indentured on Mars* archaeologist Roland Allegro leverages an ancient cache of alien data to escape the Red Planet. Instead of finding a way home* he finds himself marked for death* hunted by the Martian government. Taking refuge with a nomadic clan of "Dusters*" Roland must convince them to help* or die in the sands of Mars. "Bug Eye: Pretty" (Rich Stahnke): On a planet ravaged by natural disaster* a diminutive alien scavenging for valuables encounters a real beauty--a shapely female Alliance Science Officer. Will he be able to obtain the treasure that has caught his eye?