Xenophobe
This first appeared in Vertex, August 1975.
I think I’ll dedicate this story to the Republican Party. They do so well at drumming up distrust of homosexuals, foreigners, and others who are different from their “norm” that one can only imagine what they’ll do when we encounter true aliens.
They won’t find me here.
No, not them. They probably won’t even come looking in a place like this. Offend their sensitivities, that’s what it’d do. They’d probably curl up at the wingtips just thinking about it.
Christ, it’s dark. And wet. I’m gonna catch one hell of a cold if I stay here, that’s for sure. These pipes must be leaking. The water’s soaked through my pants already. I can feel it around my knees. It’s probably dirty, too, crawling with scum and everything. Damn them!
But at le
