My husband’s job

10 Comments / Journal / By Mary Robinette Kowal

Rob works with spaceships. At night, the Martians open this cockpit and ooze out. They are slimy and smell like fermenting grapes.

Three of their landing craft arrived at the same time. Rob is making sure that the landing gear is stable. When the landing gear isn’t stable, the spaceships fall over. That makes the Martians cross. We don’t like that.

After the Martians have oozed out of their spaceships and across the hanger, Rob has to squeegee the floor to get rid of their slime. It is very slippery. In the back, you can see the conveyor belt they use to get back into their ships.

They disguise the hanger as a winery in downtown Manhattan. But don’t be fooled. Who would build a winery in Manhattan?

10 thoughts on “My husband’s job”

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September 25, 2008 at 1:47 am

Wow, the spaceships, um, tanks, sure are beautiful, all shiny and quilted and tall! (however, in both of these pictures, it looks like Rob is squishing a cockroach with his boot…) Hope the aliens aren’t giving him too hard a time.
1. Mary Robinette Kowal
  September 25, 2008 at 10:12 am
  
  I believe both times I caught him in the act of turning. The Martians want him to do many things at once.
Kelvin Kao
September 25, 2008 at 1:59 am

Now that’s just out of this world…
1. Mary Robinette Kowal
  September 25, 2008 at 10:16 am
  
  That’s why I love going to visit him at work.
J. Cheney
September 25, 2008 at 9:44 am

Come to think of it, a winery in NYC does seem a bit odd…after all…the space. If it’s not a store front, it’s insane. People should be suspicious.
1. Mary Robinette Kowal
  September 25, 2008 at 10:14 am
  
  See! The overlords have arrived.
Jeff
September 25, 2008 at 10:21 am

Are those spaceships or clone tanks? I had no idea Rob worked directly for our new Overlords. At least our new Overlords have sci-fi aesthetic tastes. :D
1. Mary Robinette Kowal
  September 25, 2008 at 11:19 am
  
  The clone tanks are in another part of the building.
Mike F
September 25, 2008 at 11:08 am

When did they move Area 51 to Manhattan?

So we are tricked into drinking our new Overlords, thinking it is wine, then they take over our mind and body? :)
1. Mary Robinette Kowal
  September 25, 2008 at 11:21 am
  
  I think they are expanding their market.
  
  So we are tricked into drinking our new Overlords, thinking it is wine, then they take over our mind and body?
  
  No, no, don’t be silly. The wine is just wine. They have to have that to complete the front. I can’t talk about their plans for global domination.

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