Blackmail Stories

A story in the Central City Universe
In the not so distant future, the State makes sure people pay their debt. If not, your debt may be sold to another. This is a slow story.

A Story in the Dwyer Valley Universe
Date rape can't be used to make friends, surely not?

He's a voyeur, pure and simple. But he catches a married couple in a car and then in a motel. But they're not married to one another. To save their marriages they perform for the watcher.

Just because he's backed into a corner doesn't mean he's defeated.

Mr. Marcus, fresh from his portrayal of Dr. Fleischmann in Dr. Crumholtz's office, recalls the first time he got to "play doctor." I hope that the mental review doesn't distract him while he's driving home. He might rear-end somebody. The episode in question harkens back to daughter Annie's high school senior year, at the fateful volleyball game when Mr. Marcus gave Lore a big hug (that eventually led to "One For Good Luck"). Whose ball is it, anyway?

He gets the girl he had wanted in high school.

A story about two south-Asian families settled in America. They are close friends and next-door neighbors. A moment of weakness between two people spirals into a tempest, ensnaring all in its turbulent wake. The story involves incest and straight and bisexual sex between consenting adults.