A thinly disguised extraterrestrial, Alkan was a fervent Anarcho-Dandyist sympathiser. At age 13 he initiated his first (failed) apocalyptic death cult, which managed to attract one other member at the height of its popularity. Struggling to make sense of an alien species, he studied anthropology for several decades at university. Career highlights include chaperoning psychologically deranged cats in a feline correctional institution, washing cheese in a forced-labour, biodynamic kholkhoz, and schlepping infinite washing machines across the dark metropolis. In latter years, embittered by the failure of his career as cult leader; disillusioned in his studies of humanity; he fell under the influence of a shadowy Croatian Fairy Fruit mafia involved in drenjine smuggling. For urgent matters, Alkan may be contacted at: PO Box 169, Hahndorf SA 5245, Australia.