Paul Simms' "Attention, People of Earth" (short story, humor, free): Earth just received a "friendly" message from aliens

It's a long message, but this piece is representative: "We mean you no harm. Truth be told, there is a faction of us who want to completely annihilate you."

They're almost here - should be landing in just "four hundred and fifty to five hundred years"!

Fact sheet.

First published: The New Yorker, 21 September 2009.
Rating: A.
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