🎙️ Erica W. Weems

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Do you believe in UFOs?

I’m so disappointed I haven’t seen one. Yet.

On a scale from 1 to 10—10 being “freaking out uncontrollably”—how do you think you’d handle a situation like this?

I’d say around a 7. I’d be intrigued, but my heart rate would go up to 150 beats per minute. In my current location, I’d freak out about anyone unknown entering my home—safety first.

How do you think things would’ve gone with the extraterrestrial if it wasn’t raining?

Perhaps the end would have been different, since Marcy and Joe remember that it’s risky to use rotary phones during storms, and act out of concern for the exterrestrial.

Something about this is giving 80’s vibes to me—what time period is this set in?

I envisioned a setting more than a time period, but the rotary phone and landline do give 80’s vibes. Also, do kids prank call these days?

When’s the last time you found yourself caught outside in the rain?

I was travelling in Paso Robles, California on the 13th of February, 2025, and had no food with me, so I needed to venture out in a rainstorm to find breakfast. I can’t remember another time I ate pancakes while being completely soaked. 

Do you think Joe and Marcy can go back to their lives as normal or will this experience hang over them for a long time to come?

They will continue to wonder what the neighbors think. It’s that kind of a town. 

What's a great short story you’ve read recently?

“Ce que disent les fleurs,” by George Sand

What book are you reading right now?

L’aménagement du territoire, by Aurélien Bellanger

Do you have anything else you'd like to share or mention?

I have a sci-fi piece, “The Divine Bottle,”  published in abducted cow and a humor piece, “Interrupted Joke,” in Superpresent. I also have a flash piece, “Promenade,” in BlazeVOX and another short fiction piece, “Wind,” in The Razor.

Thanks to Erica for chatting with us about the mysterious and unknown!