Unwelcomed Visitor by William Morrison Episode #13
William Morrison | April 19, 2022-
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Unwelcomed Visitor by William Morrison Episode #13
William Morrison
UNWELCOMED VISITOR
Episode #13 · Written by William Morrison · Narrated by Scott Miller
An alien emissary crosses the vast emptiness of space to deliver a message of friendship to Earth. He expects crowds, celebration, and awe. Instead, his arrival barely causes a ripple. People pass him without curiosity. Children ignore him. Even his spacecraft is treated like discarded junk. What should be a historic moment becomes a baffling non-event.
Determined to understand, the visitor studies human language and behavior. Slowly, a disturbing explanation takes shape. Humanity is not afraid of him. Humanity is bored. Science fiction has already imagined every possible visitor, every shape, every intention. The real thing cannot compete with decades of stories, images, and fantasies. The result is a quietly devastating revelation about imagination, expectation, and cultural fatigue.
Unwelcomed Visitor is a sharp, ironic story that turns first contact on its head. Rather than fear or wonder, it explores indifference as the true danger. The story is humorous on the surface, but beneath it lies a thoughtful critique of how repetition dulls curiosity. It asks what happens when imagination is exhausted before reality ever arrives.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
William Morrison was a respected science fiction writer of the Golden Age, known for blending speculative ideas with wit and social commentary. His stories often focused less on technology and more on human reaction, revealing flaws, habits, and contradictions through deceptively simple scenarios.
Morrison published widely in influential science fiction magazines and became known for stories that felt light in tone but carried lasting insight. His work remains relevant because it examines not the future itself, but how people respond to it. Unwelcomed Visitor stands as one of his most clever and enduring ideas.
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Listen to Unwelcomed Visitor by William Morrison — a vintage science fiction tale where first contact meets human indifference in a sharp classic sci-fi twist.
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