In 1950, the aliens came to Earth. They did none of the things science fiction stories had predicted — they didn’t come to conquer, didn’t want our women, didn’t even particularly seem to want to talk. They just flew around each doing their own things.
But grad student Wendy Wilks thinks she may have an in, and hopes to beat her colleagues in her university’s new Department of Extraterrestrial Studies to the punch. Some of these aliens might not want to chat, but they do like a good burger.
A standalone short story — cheap!