COZY UFO - Lost and Found

A Heartwarming Small Town First Contact Sci-Fi Novella

By: Lester Wolfe

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Rain streaks the windows of Luna’s Diner. The neon sign buzzes its eternal complaint. Tessa Cole stands behind the register at 2:00 a.m. refilling napkin dispensers. The silence is safe. It is exactly what she needs.

Then a streak of fire cracks the sky. It lands in the woods behind the parking lot. Tessa’s quiet night takes a sharp turn into the impossible.

The thing in the woods is not a meteor. He is tall and terrified. He is stranded. He does not speak the language. He trembles with fear. His only way home is a broken beacon that looks like a river stone.

Tessa has two choices. Call the authorities and let the world tear him apart. Or do what the crew at Luna’s does best. Offer him a warm booth and a cup of coffee.

She joins forces with a stoic cook and a motherly waitress. A retired signals engineer joins them too. He has waited sixty years for this moment. They have until sunrise to fix the unfixable.

There are no laser battles here. No galactic wars. Just four ordinary people helping one traveler. It is a race against the dawn to get him home before the rest of the world wakes up.