Gwen, a genetically engineered "human" of perfection, recalls the aftermath of her escape from the lab that created her, and her efforts to find Bravo Team. She tries to make sense of a sexual encounter at a space colony diner, where she learns - to her unexpected pleasure - that she is something other than "human," thanks to having the genes of Those Who Came Before. A self-contained story set in the DizzyDills universe.
When a burglar breaks into a house to steal, he finds that the husband and wife are home. The cowardly husband offers his wife in place of himself when he is threatened and has to suffer the indignity of watching the burglar rape his new wife while she is still wearing her wedding dress.
This is a revised edition of The Atonement which is already posted here. I am the original author of "The Atonement" under the pen name "Racecar." There are two additional chapters added by other authors that are not edited, in addition to another new chapter written in the 1990s that I never posted.