"In a chicken farm, giant bugs become a suspect when a rivalry develops between the Empire and an asthmatic junkie." What do giant bugs have to do with this rivalry? What does the entire Empire have against one junkie? And which of these characters is named Barney? Our guest Logan R. Kearsley is here to work out all these details! Check out his writings on human-alien linguistics (and more) on his blog: http://gliese1337.blogspot.com/