Stockholm From Home (short story)

Stockholm From Home, also spelt Stockholm from Home, was the fifth story in the anthology True Stories.

Plot
Having found that she had had apparently booked herself into a health spa whilst drunk, Benny arrives on Bella IX by shuttle and finds that the clientele are all of advanced age. When it comes to nap time, she suddenly feels tired and confused and pays little attention when Colin sends a message from the planet's orbit identifying the Corsain as their overlords, forgetting about it by the morning.

Benny learns that nobody leaves the health spa and goes to confront the warden and is told by the matron that, as the spa is a retirement home, she will never leave. She is also told that she came because she was mesmerised by an advert in a mirror which targets those of retirement age and was triggered by her pulling funny faces. They are psychically attacked by Colin once more and told that invasion is imminent.

to be completed

Characters

 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Colin
 * Warden
 * Matron

Continuity
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