Backyard Starship: Origins 4

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Backyard Starship Origins 4 includes two new short stories in the Backyard Starship Universe.CALLSIGN PONYAll of his life, Owen Tudor knew that his father Mark was keeping secrets from him, because of course he was. Mark Tudor lived and worked in the shadowy world of military special ops, after all, and as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, Owen just accepted that.But when Owen is recruited by a secretive government agency to test-fly a radically new experimental aircraft, he suddenly finds that he has some secrets to keep from his father, too. Profoundly sensitive secrets. And dangerous ones, at that. In fact, they might even be downright deadly.WORST CONTACTTony Burgess has always wanted to believe that UFOs and aliens were real. And, thanks to Van Tudor, he's finally learned the truth. There really are aliens out there, whole, star-spanning civilizations of them.Unfortunately, it turns out a lot of them are jerks.Now, some of those aliens have landed on his doorstep. Worse, they're not alone. Tony suddenly finds himself caught up in a midnight whirlwind of conspiracy theories, alien visitations, secretive government agents and, worst of all…Probing.It's a close encounter, alright. A close encounter of the worst kind.

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Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

Two military-focused sci-fi short stories featuring test pilots, secret government agencies, and alien encounters with moderate action violence and humorous conspiracy theory elements. Light comedy regarding alien probing.