Lunch with the Alien and Other Short, Short Stories
In his second short, short story collection, Greg Roensch takes us to the raw and nervy edges of life. We might find ourselves running from a heist gone wrong, preparing for a championship fight, or having our guts ripped out by something from our nightmares.
In settings both familiar and fantastic – from a caf writing group to an experimental military lab, from the jungles of the Philippines during WWII to a cave after the apocalypse – these stories depict outsiders and misfits, losers and dreamers, all trying to get ahead … or just fighting for survival.
These are tales of bad luck, bad decisions, tragedies, and betrayals, set in different times and locales, and even different realities. Yet through humor and pathos, Roensch’s stories explore our shared humanity and remind us what it means to struggle, strive, aspire, and live.
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Breakfast with the Alien and Other Short, Short Stories
A mysterious woman stumbles into a campground in the dead of the night. A pair of extraterrestrials conducts a secret mission in a hospital maternity ward. An arctic tour guide loses radio contact with his ship. A young island girl dreams of a new life in a foreign land.
In this collection of short, short stories – some just a few paragraphs long – Greg Roensch breathes life into characters from all walks of life and creates whole worlds, many of which exist in the shadowy realm between dream and reality.
Full of chance encounters and missed opportunities, these stories remind us that life is strange, frightening, remarkable … and always surprising.
Pick up Breakfast with the Alien and Other Short, Short Stories online or order a copy from your favorite local bookstore.
