Night Owls

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

There was no resemblance whatsoever, so he kept sipping his iced pumpkin spice cappuccino. It tasted of pears and bratwurst.

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

The creature immediately disappeared into thin air. "What the hell is going on?!" whispered another customer at a nearby table. Jerry and the woman remained frozen.