Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Tiny Aliens


At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements. 😉

What if we finally met intelligent life from another world (aliens), except they were tiny compared to us (like the size of a butterfly)? 

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  1. songbird's crazy worldAugust 17, 2021 at 11:18 AM

    We'd probably never know them, we'd probably crush them or ignore them

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  2. L. Diane WolfeAugust 17, 2021 at 12:07 PM

    Hopefully we wouldn't think they were ants and step on them!

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  3. ForsythiaAugust 17, 2021 at 12:11 PM

    Not recognizing the cute little creature as an alien, the kindly old lady takes it home, thinking she will keep it in the terrarium as a companion for her lizard. The next morning the old lady wakes up. The terrarium has been shattered, the lizard is nowhere to be found, and the alien has become so large that he takes up half the kitchen. He is starved for food and ready to eat anything he can find.

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    1. Liz A.August 17, 2021 at 7:14 PM

      Uh oh. What happens next?

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    2. ForsythiaAugust 18, 2021 at 5:46 AM

      The old lady rushes out of the house through the back door, which is in the kitchen. Meanwhile, the alien keeps expanding, as well as growing arms and legs, and soon his bulk is pushing the roof off the house. The old lady can only watch from the street in horror.

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    3. Liz A.August 18, 2021 at 11:43 AM

      This would make an excellent short movie :)

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  4. AlanaAugust 17, 2021 at 3:09 PM

    Hmmm, this was a Twilight Zone plot and, spoiler alert, it didn't end well.

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    1. Liz A.August 17, 2021 at 7:15 PM

      I dare you to not find a Twilight Zone episode for any of my questions. I don't think you can do it. I'm pretty sure Twilight Zone hit all the possibilities.

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  5. JayAugust 17, 2021 at 4:55 PM

    We'd better learn to tread carefully!

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    1. Liz A.August 17, 2021 at 7:15 PM

      Only if we want to meet them. Maybe we don't want to meet them.

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  6. Pradeep NairAugust 17, 2021 at 11:30 PM

    I will be curious if they have some powers disproportionate to their size.

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  7. PamAugust 18, 2021 at 4:02 PM

    I think it would be interesting learning about them as we teach them about us.....if they are friendly.

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    1. Liz A.August 18, 2021 at 8:51 PM

      That's assuming that we recognized them as intelligent.

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  8. BirgitAugust 19, 2021 at 5:36 AM

    Maybe they are fairies. I would build a little village for them.

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