Meet the aliens

A lineup of weird visitors, each with a backstory. Every one of them is invented, and none is dangerous. Probably.

Blorp the Polite

From: The third moon of a very small planet

Blorp crossed forty light-years to say hello and has been stuck in a loop of apologising for the delay ever since. Known for tipping a hat it does not have.

Captain Zindle

From: A planet that is mostly ocean and opinions

A retired starship captain who lost her ship in a card game. She now borrows other people’s saucers and returns them with a full tank and a slightly different paint job.

The Quiet Ones

From: Unknown, and they are not telling

A trio of tall grey visitors who communicate only by standing very still in cornfields. Nobody has ever won a staring contest against them.

Mx. Fizzwick

From: A nebula that smells of cinnamon

A shimmering, shape-shifting traveller who collects Earth recipes. Has opinions about toast and will share them.

Old Gorrum

From: The long way round

The oldest visitor on file. Gorrum has seen four hundred sunrises on four hundred worlds and still thinks ours is one of the good ones.

Pip-7

From: A factory on the edge of a galaxy

A tiny scout robot that was sent to count Earth’s moons and has become hopelessly attached to one particular cat.

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