The New Neighbors
By Gary Kuyper
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Aliens have landed on Mars and have started terraforming procedures in order to colonize the red planet. The powers-that-be on Earth are not happy, but have little choice other than to establish diplomatic relations with the new neighbors when they unexpectedly pop over for a friendly visit. The situation becomes downright hilarious as humans must adjust to differences in political, social and especially anatomical areas. This light-hearted foray into the world of science fiction could easily be subtitled, '50 shades of Diplomacy.'
Gary Kuyper
Gary Kuyper began his professional literary career writing self-help and general interest articles for Daan Retief Publishers who produced a monthly book for their woman’s club called Woman’s Forum. These articles would sometimes require research and had titles as diverse as The Human Brain and Body Painting!Being a professional photographer on a part-time basis Gary has also managed to have his articles on photography (With accompanying photographs) published in books and magazines. He has also done some free-lance photography and photojournalism projects for numerous local newspapers.Over the past four years he has constantly managed to be one of the top finalists in the Nova Short Story Competition (A competition for budding writers of science fiction and/or fantasy).Last year (2009) Gary had the pleasure of seeing The Devil's Little Tadpoles grace the pages of the local SF & Fantasy Fanzine Probe.He is an avid film buff and amateur film maker. A few years ago I managed to take first prize in the SA Ten Best Film Makers Competition with a short film entitled The Crimson Cobra - An action-packed martial arts / superhero movie using some of the very talented local artists.He is a qualified prosthetics make-up artist and has used this talent on both amateur and professional productions. He has also appeared on television in a youth program especially made for enlightening people in the art of special effects make-up.Gary has a rather excellent general knowledge being not only an avid writer but reader of any material that is able to stimulate him cerebrally.He taught himself Adobe Photoshop and has become adapt and proficient enough at utilizing the software to such a degree that he has managed to sell a number of creations to various institutes and organizations. He is particularly fond of a logo designed for the Krazy Mug Coffee Shop and several covers that have graced the front of Probe.Gary has a vast knowledge of music and has appeared on the local Television Music Quiz Show Note for Note where he was able to win a substantial amount of prize money.In 2008 he entered the SF / Fantasy Mini Radio Play Competition and took first prize with his The Adventures of Captain Max Power of the Intergalactic Police - an obvious homage to the early Flash Gordon radio series’. A number of skilled professionals are now planning to produce Max to CD and have it aired on a local radio station (SAfm).All his literary and photojournalistic accomplishments have been done on a part-time basis due to the fact that his full time career is lecturing mathematics as well as engineering science at a Technical College. Although this is a most fulfilling profession, it has long been Gary's ideal to become a full-time writer – especially of fantasy, science fiction and horror novels.He has recently published his first full-length fantasy novel - The Chronicles of Baltrath: The DARK WIZARDS.As a considerable amount of time and effort has been expended in building the world of Baltrath, Gary has begun work on a sequel to The Dark Wizards.
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The New Neighbors
by
Gary Kuyper
Helloo, we just moved in next door and thought we’d pop over to say, ‘Hi!’
President Mary C. Bush who was sipping her unsweetened chamomile from a delicate teacup stared in shock and awe at the seven tall reptilian figures that had materialized with a flash and a whoosh in the Oval Office.
What the hell?
she sputtered. "Security!"
No need for alarm, Madam President. We-come-in-peace.
The words had been enunciated for clarity. Darn, I love saying that line. No matter how many times or in whatever language it always seems so cool.
Two dark-suited men entered with their weapons drawn. Wow, it’s just like in your movies.
The president held up her hand towards the men. Hold your fire! For the moment anyway.
Then she glared furiously at the strange scaly green creatures. "Who the hell are you? What the hell are you?"
The seven, it would seem, had a spokesperson, although he was clearly not a person. The same creature in the center that had spoken before spoke again. Xyrians or cerrellians. Take your pick.
"Or? What the hell is it? Cerrellians or Zeezowhatsians?"
"It’s like a choice between humans and Earthlings. We are cerrellians from the planet Xyr in the Cryn Nebula. Hence we are