As Aylina sat behind the desk, she glanced up at the cameras to see a small group of grey-skinned humanoids shambling towards the front door. Sighing, she grabbed her trusty flashlight, Mark hovering curiously beside her as she headed for the lobby.
It was starting to become harder for me to repress the feelings of fear and anxiety that had plagued me all that time, so I made the decision to ask my mom to tell me the full story.
What in life makes you happy? Life itself. If people have their worries and their troubles, it’s really hard to take in the beauty that’s around you ~ the architecture ~ the color of the flowers. If you’re curious…this is what it is to be alive. This is what it is to be human.
TThe dinner was normal enough. He was charming and sweet, gracefully flagged the server down for the bill.The most alarming thing about it was its breath.
hat Time I Went on a Date with an Alien
by Albert Garcia
It’s ripe, the melon
by our sink. Yellow,
bee-bitten, soft, it perfumes
the house too sweetly.
At five I wake, the air
mournful in its quiet.
My wife’s eyes swim calmly
under their lids, her mouth and jaw
relaxed, different.