in a strange bed and do you love me Summary

'In a strange bed' finds spaceship pilot Lykin and his copilot Bradly having lost control of their spaceship as aliens hurtle it towards a poisonous gas cloud in space. The ship lands on a strange planet as a telepathic fish-boy they've stowed away with them calls him over. Lykin goes to the fish boy.

Ali suddenly wakes in his appartment, but is thrown out by the manager. He goes out into the streets, then buys a strange creature that looks like a newt with a human head. He leaves and gets lost in a canal maze filled with the same creatures. He finds a prison guard who allows him to stay safe for several days. Meanwhile, the newt-boys are growing up everywhere, and when Ali leaves the...