The alien out back - LJ Idol Week 13

[zhent]

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“Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Houston Office, Agent Nowak speaking, how can I help you?” Nowak was bored tonight, but it was his turn to pull night duty on the investigation line.  Most of the time the callers had very little information, but he had to follow every lead.

The voice on the other end of the line

Comments

[teenagewitch]

Very cute. Also I wouldn't want to come back here either if I had a space ship.

[zhent]

Thanks! I really liked writing this! And I have to agree, I wouldn't come back either...

[tsuki_no_bara]

an alien in coveralls, hee. and he turned mrs smith's shed into a tardis! this was very cute.

[zhent]

Thanks! Fun stuff like this is why I like the open topic weeks!

[uncawes]

I guess it's not just the odd little planet that has old tech. Poor Trogdar - his universal translator couldn't handle Texan.
Then again, a lot of folks who live here can't handle Texan.
Nice work

[zhent]

Thanks!

Sadly, I'm one of those who has some trouble with Texan sometimes, and I've lived here for 18 years...

[improper_me]

This was a very cute piece :)

[zhent]

Thank you!

[catwomon]

I like this. I'm not usually one to read short fiction, but something about this bad me keep reading. Cool.

[zhent]

Cool! I will take this as high praise then. I'm much the same way about LJ Idol posts in general, I need them to pull me in to feel satisfied about the writing.

Thanks so much for reading!

[kehlen]

I agree with catwomon, this piece drew me right in :)