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"Somewhere Out There" - Part One

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  Part One             New York City, circa 1885.             The corner of Grand and Hester Streets was bustling with activity – people traveling to and from, dozens of conversationalists chattering away, and the hooves of horses clomping away along the stone streets. Under any other circumstances, it would have been drowned out by the emergence of a tall, black rectangular alien monolith that materialized there on the corner, accompanied by loud hums and grinds.             However, the monolith wasn’t so tall at the moment. Nothing more than a small domino on the street.             It did, of course, make its usual noises upon dematerializing.             In actuality, the tiny monolith was a Type-...
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"The Great Hollywood Invasion" - Part Six

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  Part Six             Jennifer felt like she was in one of those montages in the movies—when a reporter or a detective went from door-to-door or place-to-place, asking questions to random people. The only thing missing was the peppy orchestral music and those swiping transitions that made the investigation appear quicker than it actually was.             If only it were that way, as she and her U.S. Army team stopped through all of the major studio lots in Hollywood—Warner Bros., MGM, 20th Century Fox, RKO, and Paramount. She tried not to get too starstruck over every famous movie star and film director that she questioned. It was General Powers’ bright idea to do the investigation under the guise of ‘susceptible communist activity,’ which only made the likes of Burgess Meredith and Burl Ives sweat more than they already had.       ...
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