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Years have passed since Earth encountered its first known interstellar object: Oumuamua. Now an even larger one has been discovered, following the exact same trajectory as its predecessor. Scientists around the world theorize that this can no longer be passed off as mere coincidence - the new contact must be an artificial construct of some kind.

Forestry student Jerry Conklin is fly-fishing when something huge lands on his car, crushing it into the earth. It looks like a big black box-about fifty feet high and two hundred feet long-and the object stirs up quite a commotion among the townspeople of Lone Pine, Minnesota. One of them even shoots at it-and quickly pays for it with his life.

It's been a year of upheaval since Bren Cameron's return from space - a year since he and the aiji-dowager, one of his most powerful atevi allies, returned home from their two-year interstellar mission to find the government overthrown and their world in chaos. Now, at last, things on the atevi world seem to be on the right track, and Bren hopes that life may soon become much more tranquil. But something is coming, quietly, stealthily - just the first ominous twinkle of a new star in the heavens....

Specialist astronaut Evelyn Slater encounters a small, badly damaged, ancient alien artifact on the first ever space junk elimination mission. Where was it from? Who sent it? International governments impose a security clampdown. Evelyn leads a team of handpicked scientists who make amazing discoveries within the alien device. Secrecy becomes impossible to maintain. When the news is finally released, she becomes embroiled in international politics, worldwide xenophobic hatred, and violence.

The Visitors, the fifth book in the 299 Days series, follows Grant Matson, the Team, and other Pierce Point residents as they adjust to a rapidly changing post-Collapse reality. When the Team is summoned to bust a meth lab and protect their neighbors, they find themselves in an intense crime scene that results in the community having to decide innocence, guilt, and punishment.

Once, it was home to half a billion people. A year after the nuclear war, Europe is a radioactive, storm-ravaged wasteland through which a hundred million undead inexorably march. In their wake, they leave nothing but ruins. Ahead of them flee those few who managed to survive this long. Chasing them are the dregs of humanity. Once known as the Rosewood Cartel, they kill, loot, and destroy as indiscriminately as the living dead.

A long time ago, in valleys squeezed between mountains that reached into the heavens, the workers of the mines in a place named Sorrows pushed through the snow and rain to provide for the needs of their families. They descended into the depths of the earth, a place where many wouldn't dare go, to dig out a living in a dark dimly lit place where some never returned. Paid pennies for their back-breaking work, they often supplemented the needs of their families by growing gardens and raising livestock. It was a common sight in the valleys along a lazy river that snaked through the mountainsides.

A small rural community encounters unwelcome visitors that hide among the people who live in the community. There are suspicions that these people exist, but no one really knows...or do they?

For Dalton, spending just one night with Raven shaped the last 10 months of his life. But allowing her to walk away was the biggest mistake he had ever made. Searching yielded no results, until one day, when all hope was lost, she returned. Accompanied by her mother, Adriana Andre, first lady of the Republic of the United Kingdom, Raven carries mankind’s biggest secret and a reminder of the night she and Dalton spent together.

Maya and her international crew have been given a critical mission: Stop the three mysterious objects named the Triad from colliding with the Earth. Maya is also dealing with another "triad" as she decides on who she really loves: her estranged husband Marco, a Cuban-American journalist, who went missing on his way to cover Cuba's first multi-party elections; her new boyfriend, Ivan Petrenko, 21 years her senior; or her best friend, Gabrielle Sevigny, an astrobotanist.

Disclosure, the UFO presence, extra-terrestrials, UAP's, first contact, spiritual crisis. Just a solo podcaster questioning my spirit team and passing on information.

First Contact Mystery in the Appalachians: A UFO Experience John Carter went into the mountains of Pennsylvania to hunt. He came back carrying the future of humanity. When a solitary, aging wilderness guide discovers a crashed UFO deep in the Appalachian Mountains, he expects danger—or answers. Instead, he finds Xylar, a wounded alien unlike anything John imagined: calm, thoughtful, and deeply concerned with whether humanity is ready for what comes next.As the military recovers the craft—believing it unmanned—John hides the alien and nurses him back to health.

In the quiet hours of the desert night, ordinary people encounter things they cannot explain. The Quiet Visitors is a collection of calm, atmospheric UFO encounter stories set beneath the vast skies of the American Southwest. From isolated campsites and empty highways to ancient ruins and remote ranchland, each chapter follows a different witness through a single night that quietly changes everything.

Twenty years ago, Senior Airman Nate Barrows saw something. Something new and alien, flying through American airspace. Now the military has forced Nate to investigate decades-old UFO sightings in a dead-end office in the unassuming town of Orange, Massachusetts, or face a dishonorable discharge. Things turn around for Nate when he meets a vivacious young woman to share his life with. But as they plan their future together, clues from their past make Callie and Nate realize perhaps their meeting was not an act of destiny.

There have been limitations to my travels, it’s not exactly the grand journey I’d always planned. However, the frequent exposure to new information and the fascinating interactions between my companions has made it endlessly more entertaining than my days monitoring the research facility.

The town of Maraud has been taken over by aliens. It’s been a gradual process. At the turn of the century, this was a logging town. But as the logging industry died out, so too did the town. The arrival of strangers was welcomed, especially as they seemed friendly and had brought their own means to survive - they seem to have a knack for finding gemstones.

These three fictional stories, with their wry sense of humour and, at times, chilling aspects, will leave the listener waiting for more stories to emanate from the pen of Alexander Tulloch. The Visitor: Death knocks at the door. He has come to take John away. But John is not ready to accompany him. “I’m too young and there’s nothing wrong with me. I’m perfectly healthy; very fit, even,” he explains. Death is not to be persuaded as he needs John’s footballing skills for the Inter-Stellar Cup eliminator rounds which start next week.

Xhanph was the fully accredited ambassador from Gfun and Earth's first visitor from outer space. History and the amenities called for a tremendous reception. But, Earth people are funny people. All the way over, all through the loneliness of the long trip, he had consoled himself with the thought of the reception he would get; how they would crowd around him, how they would gape and cheer! All the most prominent and most important Earthlings would rush to see him, to touch their own appendages to his tentacles, to receive his report of interplanetary good will.

One woman's outlook on what was supposed to have been an alien invasion. Patty watches the world from her front porch high up on a mountain, unaffected by the happenings of recent days. Far removed from the chaos and panic in the cities she is able to observe the events as they unfold and draw her own conclusions. She learns of the good and bad aliens battling for the planet as well as those committing treason by helping the invading species. Society is turned on it's head as Patty looks on, waiting to see what the future holds.

One day, the devil calmly walks in and sits down in the living room - to watch.