When the Marlowe family-Stefan, his wife Harper, and their two children, Yasmin and Xander-come across a glowing neon sign for Vruzai's Diner in the middle of nowhere, it feels like a stroke of luck. Far from civilization on a research trip in space, the prospect of a hot meal is a welcome reprieve from their spaceship's barely edible rations. But the moment they step inside, Stefan senses something is off.The atmosphere is unsettlingly perfect. The food is impossibly delicious, the music is eerily reminiscent of Stefan's childhood favorites, and there's not another soul in sight. As the evening unfolds, the peculiarities deepen. Stefan begins experiencing memories of events no one else seems to recall-moments so real, yet inexplicably absent from his family's collective experience. Each attempt to make sense of the anomalies only twists reality further, pulling Stefan closer to the edge of madness.In The Gracious Dinner Guests, suspense and mystery weave a chilling tale of fleeting horrors, fractured realities, and a haunting question: What do you do when you're the only one who remembers the truth? Doug Mansfield is a Fine Artist, Illustrator, Musician, Author and Educator living and working in Colorado Springs. Receiving a Masters of Art Education degree in 2019, Doug has been involved in numerous art exhibitions, dozens of special events, designed album and magazine covers, created a line of merchandise and teaches the visual arts. Starting his career in music during the resurgence of Punk Rock in the early 1990's Doug was guitar/singer, songwriter and co-founder of the long running Punk Rock Band "The Mansfields". The Mansfields toured 13 countries and most of the United States, recorded 5 full length albums on "Gearhead Records", produced a full length DVD and was the coolest song in the world on "Little Stevens Underground Garage" during their Long career.