Titan Comics will publish a new collection of Star Trek stories from Star Trek Explorer next month – some only previously seen by the magazine’s subscribers.

As we previously reported, the collection takes its name from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine short story written by comic creator Michael Collins, the hardback collection, Star Trek Explorer: A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die, features fourteen short stories collected for the first time, with a cover by Neil Edwards, including an adventure written by Chris McAuley and Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov in Star Trek: The Original Series and seven feature films.

Other writers will be well known to Star Trek fiction fans, especially Keith R.A. Candido, Greg Cox, David Mack and Una McCormack, for their previous and ongoing Star Trek storytelling.

Michael Collins is of course perhaps better known as Mike Collins, whose many credits include a number of Star Trek comics, Doctor Who comics and storyboards for the TV series, and more.

Artist Philip “Phil” Murphy, who provides the frontispiece for the Star Trek: The Animated Series tale by Rich Handley, “Forewarned and Three-Armed” will be a name familiar to fans of Star Trek: Lower Decks, which he worked on as prop designer at Titmouse LA.

Many of the stories, all presented with a specially commissioned frontispiece by artists including Louis de Martinis, Andy Walker and Pete Wallbank, were initially published in the digital supplement of the long-running magazine.

Star Trek Explorer first launched in 1995 as Star Trek Monthly, which, sadly, will cease publication with Issue 14 in December.

All the stories were commissioned by John Freeman, with invaluable, essential input from John Doherty and Dayton Ward. The collection was edited by Jonathan Wilkins.

• Star Trek Explorer: A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die is available to order here from Forbidden Planet (Affiliate Link) | AmazonUK (Affiliate Link) | Bookshop.org UK (Affiliate Link) | ISBN: 978-1787739642 | 96 Pages

The Stories…

Explore the Star Trek universe in this anthology, which features stories starring iconic characters from Star Trek series including The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. For the first time ever, the book will collect stories including characters from Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and Star Trek: Picard.

“Chekov’s Challenge” by Walter Koenig and Chris McAuley, with a frontispiece by Neil Edwards

“Jack of Diamonds” by Una McCormack, with a frontispiece by Louis de Martinis

“The Trouble with Jones” by Greg Cox, with a frontispiece by Andy Walker
“Sundering” by David Mack, with a frontispiece by Wamberto Nicomedes (“aka Wam Nik”)
“The Kellidian Kidnapping” by Keith R. A. Candido, with a frontispiece by Wamberto Nicomedes
“A Dish Served Cold” by Chris Dows, with a frontispiece by Pete Wallbank

“Working Miracles” by Jake Black, with a frontispiece by Pete Wallbank
“Forewarned and Three-Armed” by Rich Handley, with a frontispiece by Philip Murphy and additional art by Aaron Harvey
“Academy Acquisition” by Jake Black, with a frontispiece by Andy Walker
“A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die” by Michael Collins, with a frontispiece by Michael Collins
“See and Seen” by Peter Holmstrom, with a frontispiece by Louis de Martinis 

“Lost and Founder” by David Mack, with a frontispiece by Pete Wallbank
“Work Worth Doing” by Keith R. A. Candido, with a frontispiece by Louis de Martinis

“Confirmation Bias” by Michael Dismuke, with a frontispiece by Pete Wallbank

• Star Trek Explorer: A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die is available to order here from Forbidden Planet (Affiliate Link) | AmazonUK (Affiliate Link) | Bookshop.org UK (Affiliate Link) | ISBN: 978-1787739642 | 96 Pages

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.

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