Camouflaged Encounters
by David
J. Englund
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BLURB:
Forget
what you think you know. How well do you really know your neighbors or fellow
workers? Do you trust your boss? What about politicians? The fabric of our
society is under attack. Our way of life, our livelihood, our very existence is
under full assault. No one even realizes that it’s happening. Disguised as
horrible natural disasters on the news, the world is caught unsuspecting as
events draw us ever nearer to extinction. As “natural disasters” escalate and
tensions between nations mount, one man hears a whisper. It has begun . . .
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Excerpt
Clark gasped and dropped his fork. There they were in
downtown Des Moines! Four aliens, large as life, were walking around disguised
as humans. The phone device allowed him to see two images in the spot where
each alien existed. The human image appeared as his eyes saw them. The alien
image had a fuzzy, faded hologram-like appearance to it.
He could see the red tinted skin with black spots on their
bodies. Their heads were long like a horse’s head with narrow yellow eyes on
either side. They were roughly three-feet taller than their human disguises.
Their knees bent outward as they walked. Each alien wore a black skin-tight
uniform. The most alarming features were the four arms each alien sported. In
each case, the two unseen hands carried various gadgets that they fidgeted with
as they walked.
The human disguises appeared as smiling, happy people while
the Ascanti images each revealed scowling angry aliens seemingly trapped in an
unpleasant form. These creatures would have won casting rolls in any Hollywood
horror film.
I can’t believe this. This can’t be happening. Everything
Rick said is true. Aliens walk among us. They look so natural in their
disguises. They fit in perfectly within our society. Look at them just walking
up the street. That one across the street is delivering a UPS package. That one
over there is carrying shopping bags, like she’s just some average housewife
out on errands. This one over here is crossing the street, as if it’s perfectly
okay for aliens to cross the street in Des Moines!
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
David Englund
is a storyteller (science fiction author) and teaches economics at North Dakota
State University. His first three
titles, Upsetting the Tides, UNSEASONAL WAR, and Camouflaged Encounters are
available on Amazon. Camouflaged
Mischief is in progress.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for promoting the book! I would be happy to answer any questions your readers have.
ReplyDeleteAliens in Des Moines??? I'm not sure I believe it either. Can't wait to read the book as I really liked the excerpt.
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