“After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens” by Rachel Swirsky
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Rating: 3/5 Stars.
An interesting story consisting of the relationship between two nurses, one human, one Mantodean (aliens that look like giant mantises and behave like them) living with each other on Earth after a truce in a war between humans and Mantodeans. Through a series of vignettes in the story, we learn more about how humans and Mantodeans live on Earth after the war: initially wary, then acceptance and then the formation of new relationships and new ways to live together.
Story read from 2025/05/06 to 2025/05/06.