An inspector of the Antwerp criminal investigation unit faces problems not only in his professional life, but also at home. When he is partnered with a young, over-confident colleague, he loses control over the case in hand.

This is the story of a man who travels to Brussels, and meets some people with whom he spends a few days. When they all go on a day trip to the "slanting plane" of Ronquieres, all sorts of bottled up frustrations flare up.

A black crystal fell from space thousands of years ago and landed in the desert of the eastern Zahambra. Anyone who gets their hands on this meteorite can make a 'bad copy' of anything. A very dangerous stone, but luckily no one knows where the Black Crystal is hidden.... until criminal Axel finds it. In a nerve-racking race, Mieke, Toby and the others try to get it out of his hands. Will our friends manage to destroy the dangerous stone in time? What if they don't succeed and Mega Mindy has to deal with an evil copy of herself?

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

André Mahy, an artistic but unemployed director, gets an offer to make a movie, the script of which appears to be a 'Kiekeboe' comic story entitled Misstakes. A fascinating dialogue develops between the fictional story of the family Kiekeboe and the real story of André Mahy and his film crew.

Louis made his fortune selling candy, but no one buys them anymore. He steals grandpa's love serum to put in his candy which can turn people into devoted slaves. Mega Mindy has to stop him before it's too late..

Gnome Plop expects a visit from Santa Gnome, just like every other year. Only this year things have taken a turn for the worst! Mik and Mak, two gnomes who have been forgotten by Santa year after year, steal his sleigh and as a result Santa not only loses all of his presents, but also his very important magic wand..

An Ukranian woman enters Belgium illegally and hides in the van of a driver abandoned by his wife. He ends up helping her to find her husband who had emigrated long before. They are joined by his wacky Spanish mother and cute young daughter.

A young thug is up to no good.