The Future Starts Here Day Six: Obedience

 

Woof! Bark! Yip! Yip! Growl! Oh dear the Universal translator circuits seem to be on the blink. I must have knocked them with my tail…Wait, that’s better now.

Hello, I’m Dotty the spotty Argibraffe and I’m here to act as your faithful companion though the ‘Kindred Spirits’ promotional blitz day six. Argibraffes are a bit like dogs and adapt the colours of every planet they live on – I’m a spotty Argibraffe but I believe you have tartan argibraffes living in Scotland in the future! I used to live on Earth as a humble pet, quietly living my best life doing all the things pets usually do: digging for bones, growling at the post-Mrasianart and watching documentaries on the ‘history’ channel. All until my Human owners put a camera on my collar and discovered that I was not only sentient but really quite bright, so they did what all owners would do in that situation: sent me to Clandusprod Community College to become a student. Enrolling and going to lessons was a shock to me, as I hadn’t even been allowed on the furniture till then. They’d never had an argibraffe student before and I made history – although I’d much rather be reading about it. Human history fascinates me so much. All that knowledge, all that understanding passed down to each other across generations all those lessons learned, you must feel very…communal! 

I’ve only ever felt that important twice in my life – once when I was saving the universe from an evil Human dictator named Chyren and accidentally opened up a dimension from times long ago past (long story) and once when I was illustrated by a very wonderful Human artist. Her likeness of me is so good it made me wag my tail most profusely. There’s a lot more to my story including a set of 12 intergalactic crystal skulls, some seriously dodgy (and messy!) flatmates, an absent-minded Mrasianart professor and his archaeology team (I so love digging for things!) and some space dinosaurs who roamed the universe 65 million years ago, but if you want to know more you’ll have to either read the book, wait for the series to come on the intergalactic history channel in the 24^th century or watch this fab video by another of my favourite Humans (please adopt me, I would love to be your pet!) 

You can buy ‘Obedience’ here: rebrand.ly/ukgiwfv

Remember, the future starts here. But if you can’t wait for tomorrow then come visit the website www.kindredspiritbooks.blogspot.com (you can even find out which alien you most resemble in our fun quiz!), buy the ‘Kindred Spirits’ merch that will be up as soon as the Redbubble canines have stopped chewing through cables at www.redbubble.com/people/AlansArchives (Check out the dog blankets which work just as well for argibraffes!) or if you want to do things the easy way just look out for one of the Mekkion time-travel machines from the future! Or of course you could just immerse yourself in eleven whole other worlds by buying the e-books, paperbacks or the two compendiums over at Amazon Convergence I: rebrand.ly/yoleg4l Convergence II: rebrand.ly/izcovt7 Not forgetting, of course, that the books are all free to read asd part of a Kindle unlimited subscription (it’s good to have lots of history to read). 
Well goodbye for now Humans, I wave a paw in greeting to your current timeline. I know things are scary and unsettled right now and it feels as if the bad guys are winning, but if you worry if things are going to be alright remember no they might not be now – but they will be, for I have seen your future and its marvellous. Eventually. Remember, be on the right side of history come what may and never let your leaders put you on a leash! Woof! Bark! Yip yip!