'My Name Is Gerald' is a short story of about 5300 words.
science fiction, scifi, sci fi, speculative fiction, alien, aliens, alien abduction, alien abductee, hikkikomori, hikikomori, loner, isolated, agoraphobia, social anxiety, social aversion, alone, stargazing, astronomer, landfill, climate change, global warming, fourth of july, freedom, alien society, alien empire, learning, new experience, society as prison
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