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?
A writer gets the experience of his life with an Arabic re-enactment group. The first chapter contains sadism and masochism, but the second chapter is just straight sex.