Solar Stiff

"Solar Stiff" by Chas. A. Stopher is a comedic science fiction story that follows a Mercurian named Probos Five as he journeys to Earth with the ambitious goal of abducting Earth creatures to solve food shortages back home. Set in a future where space travel exists, the story explores the humorous clash of cultures as Probos battles quirky technical issues with his spacecraft and grapples with the difficulty of capturing the beings he seeks. His mission becomes increasingly absurd as he plans and navigates Earth's strange environments, culminating in a crash landing in the Polar regions, where bewildered locals mistake him for a totem pole, turning what was supposed to be a scientific expedition into a comical misadventure.