Imagine if Aliens Really Landed on the Night of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds Broadcast

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Only, not how Welles described them on October 30, 1938 to thousands of petrified radio listeners. These peaceful aliens—blessed with a majestic sense of timing—touch down in a much quieter place, and are seen by just a handful of witnesses, chiefly a small boy whose curiosity overtakes any fear he might feel. That’s what happens in Patrick Biesemans’ dreamy scifi short Embers and Dust.

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