Inhuman
Absolute XPress, 90 Pages, July 2010.
There are other beings out there. Demons, fae, aliens, robots and more. Creatures that have been watching us for a long time. "Inhuman: Absolute XPress Flash Fiction Challenge #4" contains 20 stories from 18 established and break out authors.
"Silent Observers" — When a deaf person leaves behind a pen and card requesting a donation at a food court table, money isn't the only thing being collected. A team of xenobiologist students from another planet are monitoring the eating habits of humans in their most natural environment at a shopping mall. When a test subject has a heart attack, one of the students telepathically intervenes and provokes a debate about being objective observers out in the field.
NOTE: This short story is now available in as a short story ebook.
