#the varn

[rjalker]

"look zyg if I wanted to kill you I'd have done it already can you please just trust me already we just want to be friends"

[ID: A detailed, black and white ink drawing of a scene from the short story Cry from a Far Planet, by Tom Godwin, showing a large, cat-like alien with black fur and lighter markings rearing up on their hind legs, using one paw to brush the face of a human man, who tries to move away from it, holding a scifi gun in one hand, his other arm raised to protect himself. The two are standing inside a darkened spaceship, with knobs and dials around them. End ID.]

Cry from a Far Planet, by Tom Godwin, from Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1958.

Also available as an audiobook on Librivox's youtube channel in this collection video

I love this concept. yes. Lets travel the stars together and make friends with people!!! And stop having communication issues!!!!

not that the telepathy is a guarenteed way to fix the communication issues. as is the whole thing going on here. RIP

[rjalker]

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