Alien House and What It Means to Be an Alien
World UFO Day Reflections
In Alien House, I wrote about a man who loses everything at the UK border — not because of a crime, but because of immigration bureaucracy. His wife is deported. He is left alone and homeless. But that’s not the whole story.
The real theme behind Alien House is this: What does it mean to be alien?
We often think of aliens as beings from other planets. But ask any immigrant, refugee, or homeless person — and you’ll find that “alien” is a label humans apply to one another with devastating ease.
On World UFO Day, while others talk about spacecraft and government coverups, I invite you to read Alien House as a quiet exploration of identity, loss, and second chances. There may or may not be aliens in it — you’ll have to decide that for yourself. But one thing is certain: the feeling of being adrift in your own country, in your own skin, is all too real.
