A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
Stanley drops out of agricultural school to join the Navy, and is sent off to a space station known as the Pinwheel to complete his training as a UNN marine, there he meets Raz, an unruly alien who he will be forced to befriend if he wants to complete the program.
Adam, smarting a recent divorce, is renting a bungalow from a friend until he can find a permanent residence. A call to an electrician to fix a faulty outlet results in Kara showing up for the job. He discovers she has similar interests and invites her to dinner, which she reluctantly accepts. They fall in love. Adam is surprised to learn Kara is a 29-year-old virgin. At her request he deflowers her. Their love is tested when Kara suspects, despite their engaging in safe sex, she is pregnant.
Family gifts are passed down usually as little baubles, but sometimes they are a little more. Hunger may only be skin deep but family secrets run deeper.
When Rachel Romanowski told her lover, Stanley that she wanted him to meet her mother, he wasn't preparded at all for the unconventional woman or the matter in which she judged his fitness to marry her daughter.
A New Arcadia Story (5) At the invitation of another couple, Dick and his wife visit New Arcadia. Dick describes his first day there, and how his preconceptions of sex are turned upside down by a teacher of the erotic arts and a young lady whose pubescent figure belies her sexual expertise.
A story in the Sara series (1) Finally, at 52, one of my inventions takes off. I have a factory now, so I need a secretary, don't I? A sixteen-year-old wasn't supposed to apply, honestly! Okay well, not the first one at least...
A Tale from the Roadhouse Their best friend was getting married, and they wanted to do something memorable. At the Roadhouse, "memorable" often has a twist to it.
Aaron's ashamed of his life, and feels depraved. The one person he feels comfortable with is his childhood friend, Molly. As he develops feelings for her, doubts and worries cloud his mind.