Earth has been conquered by...?

More of a note to myself than anything else, with thanks to pbristow
http://dreamer-easy.livejournal.com/291783.html

A writing challenge, with possible publication and consequent small amount of cash. The Earth has been conquered - by somebody! Who, I wonder? I can play SF, fantasy... I'm requested to avoid the obvious fantasy suspects of "vampires, werewolves, fairies, dragons, and zombies", but other than that, anything goes. 7-8K words requested.

I'll see what that stirs up from the subconscious.

Been car-booting

It's a lovely spring day, so we went round the car-boot (with breakfast out as a treat - bacon & egg butty with added onions, yum!)
Dave has a lot of plastic kits to build (all right, to add to the pile of kits he'll build someday, honest), and I have this.



I'm not sure what it's meant to be. The top comes off to reveal a plastic liner, so it can be used to store things. To my mind it's obviously the stronghold for an Undead army.

On the way out, passing the pond, we saw movement - not just the ordinary ducks and ooh-cute-fluffball ducklings, but greylag geese, and goslings! I'm not sure I've seen a family like that before. They were swimming away from us, and then very determinedly climbing the bank towards all those exciting cars and people. Toddlers! What's the most dangerous thing in the vicinity? That's where we'll head, then...