Billy was thirteen, maybe a little old for babysitters, but he really didn't mind. That was especially true when he met his latest sitter, a cute, athletic high-school girl with an interesting career choice. / (Reviews)
A Story in DB_Story's Sequels Universe
"The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" by Cordwainer Smith is one of the most respected, and reprinted "underpeople" stories in Science Fiction. Here I speculate what might have happened if cat-woman C'Mell and Instrumentality of Man representative Lord Jestocost had secretly consummated their illicit relationship.
Valentine's Day is meant to bring lovers closer together. A strip club bouncer collides with a sexually deviant family, lives are changed, and he finds love in an unexpected way.
Jack's office can't book him a nice hotel for a conference, so he ends up at an old motel outside of the city. Despite his best efforts, Chelsea, a resident catches his attention and they form an unlikely friendship.
Young Patti is looking forward to her 16th birthday as tension between her parents heats up to the point of separation. Patti is heartbroken until she and her dad begin to bond in a way that father and daughter should not.