The prospect of the 10th High School reunion positively turned Stephanie Carson off. In High School, she'd been fat and not part of anyone's 'in' crowd. But now, she was reminded by her friend Joan, she'd changed, had worked at it. Joan thought she should go and show herself off. She agreed finally. The reunion turned out to be exciting, with one bore to deal with and a Marine Colonel to become reacquainted with.
Cathy is obsessed with her best friend's mom, Mrs. Glist. While her best friend showers, Cathy stares at Mrs. Glist as she dresses in the morning. Neither of them speak, but Cathy knows Mrs. Glist is letting her look at her. After Mrs. Glist has a baby, their relationship becomes more charged and Cathy admits to herself what her feelings really are.
In the future the world is no longer the one we know. Small districts are spread across the planet's surface with many having to find their own sources of power. One such district has a method but it need volunteers for the program and they get those volunteers any way they need.
"Independence Day", "War of the Worlds", "Alien", "The Thing". Why do aliens have to be so damn horrible? What if they were benevolent? What if they wanted to help the Human race? Well they might still abduct some of us. What would that be like?