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Notes from the Aliens Who Moved in Next Door

We Haven’t Met Them Yet. We Leave Notes Forth and Back in Our Mailboxes. USPS Subcontracts Our Route because of the Danger from Living on the Eluvial Plain, the Underground River and the ICE Storms, but No One Will Take It. We Need Melcarriere.

Ann James
2 min readMar 22, 2025

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Our new neighbor’s hot pink u.f.o. at their old house. Author’s photo.

I’m still learning to parallel park somewhere between this universe and the next. Will 2,00,00,00 $millew Coins cover the damage to your fence?

No worries. Welcome to the ‘hood. Our insurance covers fencing, water polo, and frisbee golf.

House next door. We are not in an HOA ‘hood. Author’s photo.

Looks like we need custom-built doors, it’s a bit breeezzzzy. Recommendations?

Our general contractor is James Veitch. Go to him for all our remodeling. He did a fab job with the underground bunker as well.

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Short and Weird
Short and Weird

Published in Short and Weird

The place for strange and funny microfiction stories (300 words or fewer). If you prefer 301-word stories, then this isn’t the place for you. Come back when you have a shorter attention span. Nah, I’m kidding — stories of any length can be great. But here, it’s all ≤ 300.

Ann James
Ann James

Written by Ann James

Her writing muse lurks in the volcanic hills amidst mustangs, marmots and jackalopes. While hiking with her dogs, Ann stumbles upon stories of dark humor.

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