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The Alien: A Letter to Future Self
The heartbreaks, aspirations, grief, hopes and dreams of an earthbound alien.
Abraham Lincoln: “The best way to predict the future is to create it” (thus the title) The Alien: A letter to future self. A tour of the life of an immigrant (illegal alien) earthbound from soaring to his aspirations yet thriving on therapeutic words “pleasant as honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing” from depression and heartache for the future.
The narrative is raw, cheeky, insightful yet humorous—spanning from finding true love to hope, dreams, happiness, patience and (late blossom) success.
Abraham Lincoln: “The best way to predict the future is to create it” (thus the title) The Alien: A letter to future self. A tour of the life of an immigrant (illegal alien) earthbound from soaring to his aspirations yet thriving on therapeutic words “pleasant as honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing” from depression and heartache for the future.
The narrative is raw, cheeky, insightful yet humorous—spanning from finding true love to hope, dreams, happiness, patience and (late blossom) success.
29 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 18, 2014
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About the author
Marc Seraphs
7 books1 followerFor Marc Seraphs, creative writing was “alea iacta est” after discovering the therapeutic awesomeness of writing.
Before moving to the US, he spent a decent amount of time "living la vida" in the urban jungle of tropical west-Africa.
Humor, cheerfulness and moral fortitude are the laurels of his writing. Enjoy!
Before moving to the US, he spent a decent amount of time "living la vida" in the urban jungle of tropical west-Africa.
Humor, cheerfulness and moral fortitude are the laurels of his writing. Enjoy!
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November 24, 2014
“THE ALIEN- A Letter to future self” by Marc Seraphs is a beautifully scripted, comprehensive narration for all ages wherein the author superbly endeavors to caution the illegal immigrants from the Third World Countries to the impending miseries, risks, calculated insults and racialism faced by them in the United States. He deplores the refugees to rethink and refocus before venturing out for the greener pastures towards the grave mental, physical and psychological stress, strain and trauma that they are subjected to over there.
All the same he hails the Obama administration for rewriting, redefining and reframing the nation’s immigration laws- a much awaited move providing respite to those living in oblivion to facilitate fulfill their cherished dreams and ambitions.
Indeed a good and noble attempt to focus the world attention on the miseries faced by the ALIENS.
All the same he hails the Obama administration for rewriting, redefining and reframing the nation’s immigration laws- a much awaited move providing respite to those living in oblivion to facilitate fulfill their cherished dreams and ambitions.
Indeed a good and noble attempt to focus the world attention on the miseries faced by the ALIENS.
November 18, 2014
“The Alien: A Letter to Future Self” is about the hope and dreams of an Immigrant from a country rife with political instability, corruption and others. The narrator whom the words is written for and by feels in his new home (the United States) of greener pastures he could soar to the heights of his aspirations if he is given the opportunity to do so.
This is a serious and heart warming work that is truly “pleasant as honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing.” Yet humorous, cheeky, raw—moreover hopeful! I enjoyed the little poetry too and insight into the United States Immigration system.
My only qualm with the work is how brief it is, but a seamless delivery nonetheless. Bravo!
This is a serious and heart warming work that is truly “pleasant as honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing.” Yet humorous, cheeky, raw—moreover hopeful! I enjoyed the little poetry too and insight into the United States Immigration system.
My only qualm with the work is how brief it is, but a seamless delivery nonetheless. Bravo!
November 19, 2014
In an email to the author:
~ I did genuinely like what you've written. I love how personal it is without revealing too much. As a non-American in an Americanized/Westernized world I find so much that I can relate to. What with the James Blunt lyrics, and Fitzgerald references. I sit here, halfway across the world from you and understand the feeling of being Alien. A child of too many worlds, but never truly belonging to any one. ~
~ L
~ I did genuinely like what you've written. I love how personal it is without revealing too much. As a non-American in an Americanized/Westernized world I find so much that I can relate to. What with the James Blunt lyrics, and Fitzgerald references. I sit here, halfway across the world from you and understand the feeling of being Alien. A child of too many worlds, but never truly belonging to any one. ~
~ L
November 25, 2014
Excellent style and content. Keeps one really absorbed till the end.
November 28, 2014
Good, resourceful and informative work,keep it up.
November 27, 2014
Indeed an eye opener regarding the immigration policies and issues of USA.
December 1, 2014
Delightful and mind blowing comprehensive narration highlighting the problems of illegal immigrants in the United States of America.
February 3, 2015
The Alien, a Letter to Future Self, is a very unique book by Marc Seraphs. When I first picked it up, I thought the author was describing himself as an alien, as in an outer space person who doesn’t belong on Earth. But it became clear very soon that he meant as in undocumented alien, a person from another country who came to the USA. At the very beginning, Seraphs begins writing a letter that hints of all the things that were occurring in his life and hopefully be cleared up at an older age—one major part of which was his non-citizen status.
I find this a very interesting way to look at life. Anyone who’s been around for a while knows that no matter how catastrophic an even may seem when it begins, after it’s over and even a few years later you realize it didn’t take as long as you’d expected and didn’t even get as bad as you expected. By looking ahead one might expect that the situation would be cleared up.
After the questions to his future self about whether this or that situation was cleared up, he then goes on to give an opinionated monologue on racism, using a monkey’s point of view! He relates episodes from soccer games where the ultimate insult is to be called a monkey. This is supposed to refer to black players and he makes the point that the monkey is insulted to be used to express racist views. All in all, The Alien is a most thoughtful book by Marc Seraphs and I enjoyed it. Any thinking person who is open to new ideas might.
I find this a very interesting way to look at life. Anyone who’s been around for a while knows that no matter how catastrophic an even may seem when it begins, after it’s over and even a few years later you realize it didn’t take as long as you’d expected and didn’t even get as bad as you expected. By looking ahead one might expect that the situation would be cleared up.
After the questions to his future self about whether this or that situation was cleared up, he then goes on to give an opinionated monologue on racism, using a monkey’s point of view! He relates episodes from soccer games where the ultimate insult is to be called a monkey. This is supposed to refer to black players and he makes the point that the monkey is insulted to be used to express racist views. All in all, The Alien is a most thoughtful book by Marc Seraphs and I enjoyed it. Any thinking person who is open to new ideas might.
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