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Hitching to Aurora

Hitching to Aurora

By Jay Lake Sci-Fi & Fantasy 21/02/2011

A brief and sordid tale of rednecks, UFOs and redemption. One of the few humor pieces from award-winning science fiction writer Jay Lake, "Hitching to Aurora" chronicles the true fate of the alien buried in Aurora, TX in 1897.

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