I was talking to a friend one night when I abruptly ended the conversation."I'm sorry I have to go," I said. "Otherwise I'll miss the 8:16.""Oh, are you catching a train?" she asked me."No," I replied. "An alien."The truth was, we had a quandary. Well, it wasn't really that much of a quandary. It was more like an event. A very long, slow, and slimy event.It started one day when I was outside pruning my plants. I looked down and noticed a path of slime across my back patio. I [...]
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