This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- More than 40 years after the first "Alien" movie hit theaters, the xenomorph is back, this time to terrorize audiences at home. The new FX series "Alien Earth" is the first ...

I was sure “Threshold” was a sure hit after seeing the pilot. The inaugural show — a story about an alien invasion — scared the heck out of me. It was well done, well casted and riveting. After seeing ...

Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia ...