We Found Your Name in the Star Registry-Do You Have a Moment?

When the strange fellow shows up on our narrator's doorstep, confusion reigns. Once the purpose of the unusual visitor's sudden appearance is made clear, the narrator is stunned. Has he just made first contact? Or more accurately, has first contact just happened to him? And how should he respond to his odd guest's request? A comic short story of galactic proportions. About 1125 words.

Alpert L Pine lives and writes in a small cabin, off the grid, in the Northwest United States. Once per week, he treks to the nearest town on foot—rain, snow or shine—and spends the day transferring his material into a digital format, with the help of the kindly librarians whom he has befriended. When he's not writing, he spends much of his time with a metal detector, looking for a rumored Templar treasure which is said to be buried somewhere nearby. To date, he's found a few nails, an old Liberty head penny, and a strange amulet.
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