FOR SALE: One flying saucer, slightly dented from crash in Roswell, NM. Traditional mid-century pie-plate design. Owned by an immigrant from Alpha Centauri who flew over picnics, playgrounds, and outdoor weddings to provide indelible memories. Originally powered by love and nostalgia, now retrofitted to run on fear, suspicion, and hatred.

John Christenson lives in Boulder, Colorado and shares a fondness for penguins with his wife and cat. His publications include short stories in the New Mexico Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, The Whisky Blot, MoonPark Review, and several anthologies.