Episode 8 of “Homage to Luxenben” (formerly “Stelzer’s Travels”)
Word Count 3971
In which Stelzer’s attendance at the Pageant introduces him to Luxenben’s early history and the planet’s cherished ethos.
Episode Seven of “Stelzer’s Travels”
Word count: 7235
Stelzer attends Luxenben’s most important event of the year, it’s Founder’s Day celebration, and learns more than he anticipated of the planet’s happenings, past and present.
Episode 6, Stelzer’s Travels
Word count: 4130
Our hero undergoes orientation and picnics with a friend.
M. Hurwitz’s Holiday
Word count: 2238
A 1953, French comedy, “M. Hulot’s Holiday,” depicts an amiable vacationer who, with a natural genius for doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, barely survives his vacation.
Episode 5, Stelzer’s Travels
Word count: 2860
Stelzer makes himself at home.
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery One-Act Play
Sherlock Holmes knows no more than you do, but he may be more adept at putting the clues together.
Episode Four of “Stelzer’s Travels”
word count: 2,499
Much to his surprise, David Stelzer finds himself on the way to Planet Luxenben.
Episode 3 from Stelzer’s Travels
Word count: 2067
Stelzer unknowingly takes his first step off earth.
Episode Two from Stelzer’s Travels
Word Count: 4554
A discussion on Luxenben of the shortcomings of representative democracy and how they were overcome on this enlightened planet.
Episode One from Stelzer’s Travels
Word count: 817
Upon his arrival on Planet Luxenben, Stelzer is committed by the authorities to a zoological garden that houses specimens gathered from planets throughout the galaxy. The excerpted segment takes place during one of the pageants intermissions.