Alienman

Short stories

Speculative Science Fiction and Fantasy

  • Contagion

    Contagion

    Embalmed. That’s what they told her. Her offspring would be primped up like a fat criglet in full display on this ugly planet in front of its debased population. It wasn’t enough for her to die in their 4-wheeled death contraption, she had to have a state mourning. A gaudy spectacle of what should have Read more

  • Pigeons VS Dragon

    Pigeons VS Dragon

    “It’s insane,” the aviation authority puffed up. A fat, little pigeon who could hardly do 50 km/hour – he prided himself for a colorful plume around his neck, and that’s exactly why he was their leader. “You chose us to be the sacrificial flock. Our strategy would work, she would not come after you,” said Read more

  • The Last Sigh of Emperor Moonpie : Chapter 2: Bankrupt

    The Last Sigh of Emperor Moonpie : Chapter 2: Bankrupt

    Sriman Vats twirled his moustache in worry. There were bags under his eyes, his shoulders were slack – as if he were carrying the burden on the entire world, which he was. But this Atlas was in no position to shrug. “Can they do this?” Princess Nony asked. That was the first question she asked Read more

  • The last sigh of emperor moonpie: chapter 1: dipping her beak

    She pounced on them like a tigress amongst a flock of geese. A smile playing on her face, her hair – lustrous black and wild, a sheer dress hemmed above the thigh – Princess Nony strolled into the zenana to the collective gasps of all the wives and concubines.  The prodigal daughter returns! “Each one Read more

  • The Last sigh of emperor moonpie :Prologue

    The Last sigh of emperor moonpie :Prologue

    The apple of the planet, the brightest jewel of all, 7th in line from Tigriz the Terrible, and the blood descendant of the Olard family, Emperor Sweet-cheeks Moonpie Survinder Sahni had it enough. He didn’t bat an eye when thousands of his subjects were slaughtered in the carnage at the Lal Qila L2, he didn’t Read more

  • Vampire of chambal

    Vampire of chambal

    Can Kishan, an IIT aspirant, survive the Vampire of Chambal? Read more

  • The contract

    The contract

    Rahul Chanchalini had gone on a perilous expedition, one that would make him either extraordinarily rich or a juicy peace offering. He had to make a deal with blood-sucking aliens, would he succeed? Read more

  • First Time

    First Time

    It shot through the sky. 4-tiny engines, pushing against its momentum, preparing it for a gentle handshake. Do you think I am fidgeting too much, breaking up the tenuous bonds of water molecules lying thinly on my surface? Well, I am new at this – don’t test me! I see it now – the fiery Read more

  • Crunches

    Crunches

    What if you have a robot as your gym partner? Read more

  • Humans dream of Organic Sheep!

    Humans dream of Organic Sheep!

    I haven’t told you my name, have I? It’s Valmik Zone 365. Sub-writer of Speculative fiction. In direct employment of her holiness, Maa Gaia, Computer Supreme! Read more

  • The Surgery

    The Surgery

    The following poetry has won the First Prize under Poetry Category in ‘Black Coffee Competition 2017’ organized by the Literary Committee at MICA.   Act 1   It clutched the being by his lapels, And thrust the knife into his belly, five times dead. It moved onto the next, before the body fell, Pushing the Read more

  • Graphic Novel 101: Prologue

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  • The Gas had breached the Barrier

    Fuck. It was beautiful. The sky was overcast, with eternal darkness. Thunder rumbled somewhere over the opposite court, on the other side of the horizon… An unassaulted street lamp shed its light on the shifty-eyed earth, which was shying away from illumination; guilt wrought large upon her otherwise inscrutable face – which heaved and sighed, Read more

  • When Hell Recruits

    He wasn’t looking at me. ‘Bhenchod, dual placement karvaega?’ The asshole wasn’t still looking at me. I glowered at his hunched back, had I been Superman, it would have sliced him to pieces. But of course that wasn’t the case. Of course, he was going to get his ass selected in this company. After all, Read more

  • My Mom tells me a Story!

    1.1 ‘Mom, tell me a story!’ ‘Which one, dear? I have told you many.’ ‘You know mom! About that Captain you think is zany!’ ‘Oh, I get it. Is it about That Dwarvian lord who mined the Oort cloud?’ ‘No mom, about the one who braved the Horizon, And travelled through the tunnel that hasn’t Read more

  • Dogs’ Days

    Fuck, of all nights, tonight had to bitch with me. Pretty bad timing. But of course, it had to happen. It had to be this night, it was meant to be this cold. After all hadn’t he just watched on T.V., that weather’s gonna be pretty chilly tonight. In times like this, he wished he Read more

  • My Master’s Servant

    I look up in the sky, as my circuits fry, By all that radiation hitting me from the star. The fires ablaze (on the star), put me in a daze, Yet I plod on my work, fulfill my master’s instructions. As I work I sing a ditty, for that my men consider me witty, As Read more

  • Something to write About – Part 1

    “Broken limbs, vision loss, sheared skin, gastric stomach, brain concussion breathlessness, insomnia and a bad taste in the mouth- I think you are well versed with the difficulties which you might be facing in this God-Forsaken mission?” “I am, sir.” “So the Transplanetary Transport takes no responsibility whatsoever regarding your DNA’s future in case you Read more

  • Tryst With Destiny

      My Brothers and Sisters, We still have a deed undone, a task left for us to see to its fruition. And it will be the single most important deed that you would ever perform in your entire life. Our future depends on this very moment. Because today we fight for our robust scaly skin Read more

  • Foreign (Alien) Direct Investment in Multibrand Retail

    If it’s on the Internet, it’s gotta be Alien. It turned out to be quite a weird day. Never ever read any newspaper on the internet. Now you may feel that I am a primitive and nostalgic old moron, loving the scent of the cheap faded white pulp that a newspaper emanates. Partially, it’s true. Read more

  • Sweep her off the feet

    I really don’t know why am I doing this? It’s not that I am sentimental, nor is my brain addled with the fuzzy thoughts of love. You can say, I have a dearth of ideas right now. I promised my readers that I would explore all the facets of the life of an Alien , Read more

  • The Flight Across Space- Part 1

    Inspite of a gap of a few light-years between them, a stench of the sweat of the lesser aliens from the other side of the portal disturbed his extremely sensitive nose. Saptarishi thought that the general was making a big show of it even though he wasn’t actually coming with them into the hostile territory Read more

  • Worthless

    When you are an alien hunter, as a rule, you are alone. For days I would survive without any sort of human contact. Well, the other guys could sense it very well that I happened to be a weirdo. So they mostly stayed away from me. Even when I wasn’t actually able to discern humans Read more

  • It all begins here…

    I sized up my opponent. He looked nasty and hell bent to maul my face. Maybe I might have pricked his underbelly a few times in past. From his face, it looked like he would flatten me with his broad massive girth of a body. Anyways looks couldn’t kill, could they? So who exactly am Read more

  • Lavaic- Prologue

      “I cannot find any damn anomaly,” he said, frustrated. “Try harder bony lass. Penetrate it apart with your very consciousness,” the operator said, guffawing at his own joke. Behind that roaring bass like laughter, Saptarishi could hear a strain in his voice. There were very angry and important people breathing down their neck as Read more

  • Not in Me…

    I never wanted the thing to go the way it went. No one ever does. But once the dice rolls, you are quite helpless to predict the outcome. I wasn’t one of those. You won’t believe me, but I certainly know how the dice will roll and what number would surface. I know very well Read more

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  • 3.2mp Spy Hidden Camera

    3.2mp Spy Hidden Camera In Key Chain wid USB. Spy Video/ Audio Recording/ Clicks photo. Expandable upto 8GB. MRP: Rs. 4990 Offer Price: Rs. 1990 Sms ANAND 555 to 567678 Damn these stupid SMSes. Not for them, I wouldn’t have my leg propped up in a hospital bed. Multiple fractures, I know it sucks!! But Read more

  • Lonely Planet

    “Arvind, I told you we are god damn ruddy lost.” “We are not, don’t worry we would find a habitable planet soon.” “You never ever listen to any one,” his wife was frustrated beyond imagination. “It must have been better if we stayed in queue.” “Now this is reaching a saturation point. You have been Read more

  • The Autobiography of a Haywire Asteroid

    It’s crash and burn. It’s boom and bang. You realize that all that you have ever strived for, all that you have ever aspired for, all that you have achieved for yourself is no longer important. You realize that your master wants you dead. You realize that you serve a purpose by being dead. You Read more

  • The Lost Race

    Date:                                12-03-3045 Subject:                            CLDR-234 Classification:                  Unknown Description:                     Subject is responding to external stimuli. It is characterized by high level of neural activity. High Brain Body Ratio. No apparent arsenal to hunt. Food:                                It is in infantile stage. It can be taught to eat any type of food. Based on the initial conditions, probability of its Read more

  • Revenge of a Computer!!

    She fried my circuits, scorched up the wirings and had me infested with viruses of all kind. Pooh, I hate humans- jealous, egotist freaks. Okay, I get it. You won’t be able to help me out without hearing the case. So let’s start at the beginning. I am an EAU-49 computer. It simply means Emotion Read more

  • Shri James Bond Chalisa

                                      It’s dark time indeed that has settled over the earth, When evil thought perpetuates the world, When dictators slaughter millions in their self-consuming lust of power, When bankers gluttonously pounce upon gold, When Crazy Crackpots are given the Read more

  • The Guy with an Alien Accent

    The other day when I was in the Toilet Shack, I met the guy with an alien accent. Better still, I had a meaningful conversation with him, if you go by the rhetoric. It was a Monday Morning. Monday mornings are always rush hours, if you know what I mean. It’s so exhausting working as Read more

  • Revenge

    This is one of my oldies, which I hope I can continue before boredom takes me in her lair… Read more

  • Chapter 1: Gumnaam Engineer

    There he was, doing it again. Brash, pompous, with little or no acting skills, this young muscular henchman of a hero was once again straining his larynx to its loudest to get the message across and the heroine (clad in a skimpy costume) drooled over his each dialogue, though they have been used in at Read more

  • Prologue: Chook Chook Gadi

    Well, the Aanshan has started, you may post in your views on the blog… Read more

  • Beauty and the Beast

    “We shouldn’t have come here.” “But here we are, on your very insistence,” Vinay said, snorting. But of course she ignored him. Almost everyone did, except the parrot Mitthu- who did not, solely due to his prime time greed of green chilli. She went forward, put a hand on Ramesh’s shoulder, faked an emotion of Read more

  • Shape-Shifting Ex-Spy

    In this Episode 1, you would see how Simon Putter would enroll the help of a Shape-Shifting Jupiter born alien, to get him out of a fix……. Simon, as you know is wanted by the Interplanetary Mafia, the Port Authorities and the Police Squad. In short ‘gyara mulkon ki police uski band baja rahi hain’………. Read more

  • In Pursuit of Peace

    Bolo International Bhagwan ki? Jai!! Who is this International God? As the myth goes, he is the person who saved humanity from the disastrous end as it was tethering from the edge? Now there are more than 5000 ashrams on Moon dedicated to his purpose. We give you the sneak-peek… Read more

  • Lying Low

    Being a reporter of a secret magazine is not easy, but Dash Dot is a Vampire. And Vampires are proficient at this job. Dash Dot reports at Kerza, a nebula revolving planet- which is actually a Zombie vacation haven- where nearly invisible ghosts have been sighted. Read it as Dash unravels the planet’s best kept… Read more

  • A stupid suicide note

    A Stupid Suicide Note   Why live? Nevertheless, a rhetorical question asked thousands of time by philosophical stalwarts and nutcases alike (who consider themselves as one). Why did entropy go to all that trouble only to create something that had properties far different from it? (Maybe it was far reaching in its thoughts, and it Read more

  • Rock n’ Roll

    I do think he did this to spite me, he thought acidly, as he scooped out one more bug clinging to his neck, squishing it between his thumb and index finger. Maybe I shouldn’t have got involved in that brawl at all. He coughed. The fat asshole was puffing the smoke on his face as Read more

  • Facsimile

    He could not imagine how that stupid technology, out of all the gadgets spurting out of the electronic maelstrom survived so efficiently in a market effervescent and stooped over the back of rash and irresponsible younger generation. Yet there it was, fitting perfectly on his grandson’s upper body, in bright yellow color taking the form Read more

  • Captured

    Well, what would you do if you receive an S.M.S. from an alien?!!!! Read more

  • The Match Maker

    WANTED BRIDE Ponta family invites proposals for their son 25 year old, 6’4”, engaged in family business of Fabric Designing, sector29, Planet UVZ; handsome seeks good alliance from a good homely and beautiful girl from well cultured family. Respond with BHP to ……………… You might ask me how I manage to do the seemingly impossible. Read more

  • The Match Maker

    WANTED BRIDE Ponta family invites proposals for their son 25 year old, 6’4”, engaged in family business of Fabric Designing, sector29, Planet UVZ; handsome seeks good alliance from a good homely and beautiful girl from well cultured family. Respond with BHP to ……………… You might ask me how I manage to do the seemingly impossible. Read more

  • Attention Guaranteed

    They did that again. They pronounced my spelling wrong, along with just a varying body scent index number, forgot even to mention from which planet I sprouted from, sigh, it always makes me dejected. Is it my fault that I don’t have a universally attractive body or for that matter universally super ugly body to Read more

  • SUICIDE NOTE- MUNDANE FINALITY

    So this is my suicide note. I don’t know if this were the right way to write a suicide note- but here it is. By the time I pull trigger you might have become grand-paa to someone. But if you have time to spare and have nothing better to do, remember me- a lonely guy Read more

  • SUICIDE NOTE- PERSONAL HISTORY

    You would ask, why I took such a lonely job? I had no intention to. If I say that my family was facing rough times and I wanted to support my family, I would be stupid. As it were, I was stupid. By the time I received my first monthly check my entire family had Read more