ViralNo one notices the invasion. A few instruments on orbiting satellites flicker at the unusual gravity-wave fluctuation. But the anomaly passes so quickly that monitoring systems simply log it for later analysis. No alarms are raised, either in orbit or down on the surface…
Johnny J sat on his balcony, strumming his acoustic guitar under the stars of the Arizona night. The cicadas sawed away in the trees, giving him a backbeat. He needed one more song. His comeback album was complete except for that killer lead-off track. A hook to get the fans excited again, get them talking about him. He'd been out of the game two years. There were singers out there whose entire careers had come and gone in that time.
He made himself stop thinking about it. About anything. You had to open your mind,
