Jeff is not happy that he has to spend the 4th of July holiday at his boss's winery, attending a party. But then he meets the boss's trophy wife and the fireworks soon fly.
In Wyrm City, everything is dragons. Dragon Lines connect magical thinking machines modeled after draconic brains, using the dragon magic to access and store information. Dragons drink sewage and piss clean water. Dragons breathe polluted air and exhale the fresh scent of pine. Dragons run the corporations and corporations run the government. And if you want to make it in this cutthroat world, you gotta get some dragon
It got his attention. (Note - several readers have asked me to repost this story as it seemed to get lost when the site went down a little while back).
A young trophy wife's entire life is changed by a visit to the dentist. She makes the mistake of combining alcohol with a drug the dentist prescribes and her stepsons take advantage of the effect they have on her.