I, Alien

An all-original collection of twenty-seven stories by some of today's most inventive authors about alien encounters with humans-from the aliens' perspective.Contents 1 • Introduction (I, Alien) • essay by Mike Resnick 3 • Diary of a Galactic Émigré • shortstory by Laura Resnick 11 • The Injustice Collector • novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 39 • Creature for Hire • shortstory by Paul E. Martens 51 • Pedagogy • shortstory by Michael A. Burstein 63 • The Last Wave • shortstory by Kay Kenyon 73 • The Eagle Has Landed • shortstory by Robert J. Sawyer 81 • Correspondence with a Breeder • shortstory by Janis Ian 93 • Resident Alien • shortstory by Barbara Delaplace 109 • Xenoforming Earth • shortstory by Tom Gerencer 125 • The Skeptic • shortstory by Jennifer Roberson 129 • Natural Selection • shortstory by Laura Frankos 139 • Aortic Insubordination • shortstory by Batya Swift Yasgur and Barry N. Malzberg 151 • Harvesting • shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman 157 • What Must Be • shortstory by Josepha Sherman 165 • And I Will Sing a Lullaby • shortstory by Paul Crilley 173 • Aquarius • shortstory by Susan R. Matthews 187 • First Contract • shortstory by Linda J. Dunn 201 • Anakoinosis • shortstory by Tobias S. Buckell 219 • Threshold • shortstory by Terry McGarry 229 • Nobodies • shortstory by Adrienne Gormley 241 • The Loaves and the Fishes • shortstory by John DeChancie 251 • Alien Ground • shortstory by Anthony R. Lewis 265 • Hi, Colonic • shortstory by Harry Turtledove 275 • Acts • shortstory by William Sanders 285 • Life Happens • shortstory by Ralph Roberts 295 • You • shortstory by Stephen Leigh 301 • Me • shortstory by Mike Resnick