It's the mid 1980's and Young Walter Small relives his introduction and eventual friendship with his childhood tormentor, Amanda - who later became known as Fat Mandy. Fat Mandy has a secret. She's a young masochist and pain slut only 2 years older than Walter.
Melanie's boyfriend has sent her a sexy chair for Valentine's Day, but he's halfway around the world, so Melanie asks her neighbor Nils to help break it in.
From the Archives of The Order
It's Pruning Day! Rae, the shopkeeper of Two Vines, has a little surprise for her pet tentacle 'monster', but first she has to deal with The Order. A consentacles story with a twist: a very different power dynamic, somewhat less extreme amounts of plant come than usual, and FEELINGS. (You've been warned.)
Anne's husband had left her for a blonde he met at a party. So Anne turned to the one person she thought she could count on - her friend Jim. A meeting at the coffee shop to explain what happened leads to dinner together. But dessert is waiting back at her place...
Rob and Courtney are shopping for a Christmas present for Rob's young niece, and they come across a little chair. Courtney tells Rob that when she was a child she had to sit on a chair like that as a punishment, and then she tells Rob that they really need to get this chair. Illustrated.