Stranger: A Vignette by Torn MacAlester

by Torn MacAlester Pho­to by Chris­t­ian Fridell from Pex­els Alex hand­ed the cus­tomer his whiskey in the Lunar-strawed cup, expect­ing to have a reac­tion. All the tourists react­ed. “Why not a prop­er glass?” They would ask, not know­ing that it was impos­si­ble to drink most liq­uids from a reg­u­lar ter­res­tri­al glass. This man did not. He mere­ly accept­ed the glass with­out com­ment. “I under­stand there was a prospec­tor that tells sto­ries here,” the well-groomed man said, not even both­er­ing to try the whiskey first. “Yeah,” Alex answered. “Nils hasn’t been here in months.” “Oh,” the man looked con­fused. “Sor­ry. Did you need a […]