#mine:starstruck

[shirewalker]

@booksociety​’s Author Debuts Event:                           ―    Starstruck by S. E. Anderson

      “Was there a handbook that could tell me what to do next? There were thousands of books that taught parenting; I was pretty sure there wasn't a self-help book about alien roommates. If there was, it was probably about abductees, not subletters.”

[shirewalker]

@booksociety​’s To the Stars event: Starstruck by S. E. Anderson

“Back to being normal, I expect.” He grinned. “You can forget about hitting an alien with your car, about the, um, near death experiences.” “That's what I'm afraid of.” “Isn't that what you want?” “It may have been what I wanted before my world grew. Before I got my own taste of the universe. Part of the cosmos has been living in my spare room for the past two months, and returning to such a small, closed normality just…it just doesn't fit anymore.”

[shirewalker]

@booksociety​’s To the Stars event: Alienation (Starstruck #2) by S. E. Anderson

A car alighted beside me, and out stepped two birds, elegantly groomed and wearing silk shifts, with elaborate markings on their short beaks. Their legs were as long as I was tall, and spindly, making me wonder how they supported their body weight. The taller of the two gave me a shifty look.

“Macreneens don't like our eyes to linger.”

I jumped. I hadn't noticed Zander’s sudden appearance at my side.

“If we were on their home planet, they'd have you thrown out of the aviary for that transgression.”

My face flushed. “I wasn't trying to be rude.”

“It's okay. People are used to it here; it's such a melting pot. People often offend others without realizing it. They won't sweat the small stuff. They've learned to live with it. Purposeful culture insensitivity is a major offense, though. Anyway, come see!”

Before I could respond, he took my hand again, pulling me along toward the city.