In "Cost of Appearing," barista Juana Perez trades her dignity for cash in escalating psychological experiments on vulnerability and shame. Starting with public humiliations, she becomes a corporate weapon, numbing her emotions for high-stakes deals. As payments soar, she loses her humanity—until she turns against the exploiters, exposing a shadowy network of emotional commodification. A dark thriller on the price of self.
After a devastating accident, Alice’s son Ben awakens from a fourteen-month coma. But his recovery is overshadowed by a single, shocking physical change and a torrent of new, confusing desires that both terrify and consume him. In the quiet of their home, a dangerous new bond forms. How far will a mother's guilt-driven devotion go to save the son she feels she broke? In the hushed stillness of their basement, a dangerous new therapy begins—one where a mother’s touch becomes a son’s deliverance.
A Story in the The Office Universe
Jenny is a new network technician at Hubbard & Associates. Things there seem...different. First, there's the partial nudity, and then what is going on in the break room?