WIP collection of stories with cool public domain aliens. Will be updated. Check the original post if you see it on your dashboard.
Feel free to link cool stuff you've found!
Cat and Mouse by Ralph Williams.
An old man who lives in the woods finds an opening to another world outside his doorstep, and has been, unbeknownst to him, recruited to help deal with a pest problem.
Warning: Weird useage of the N slur to describe a tree stump???
Main cool species: The Harn
Around 10k words long
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Cry from a Far Planet by Tom Godwin around 5k words long
Terra has sent out many missions to other planets with intelligent life on a quest for understanding and learning -- but the lack of a shared spoken and body language, and the fear and misunderstandings it brings, keeps dooming every attempt the Terrans make to gain the trust of the aliens they encounter.
Main cool species: The Varn
around 5k words long
(Very ironic that both of them so far have rhyming names lol)
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Trader's Risk by Roger Aycock
A dangerous wild animal accidentally gets loose on an alien ship, so they deposit it onto a nearby planet, after making sure it won't harm any of the native species. But, unfortunately, no one told them that Terrans had arrived on the planet since their last visit...
Many cool species
Around 5k words long
This post will keep getting updated. Check the original post if you see it on your dashboard.
PRoblem by Alan Edward Nourse
cool species: Grdznth (pronounced gird-zinth)
around 5k words
