"Brian and the Aliens" by Will Shetterly

First published in Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens (Scholastic, 1994). Now available in And Other Stories by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly, an ebook and a trade paperback from all fine and some not-so-fine booksellers.

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Brian and the Aliens
by Will Shetterly
A boy and his dog were walking in the woods when they saw a space ship land. Two space aliens came out of it. One alien was blue, and one was green, and they were both covered with scales, large red eyes, and long tent...