Reluctant Stories

Needful Things (inspired by Stephen King's story) is in fact three short stories unrelated except they all involve customers of an old antique shop. In the first story, middle-aged Amelia Pennington purchases an ancient love charm. The second features fourteen year old Danny who just wants the funds to take a pretty girl to the cinema but gets a lot more than he expected. In the third story young teacher, Anne Dawkins simply wants to restore order in the classroom.

In the not-so-far future, an AI Engine struggles with its own existence, while a famous Law Master finally gets his heart's desire.

A story in the Club Wives Universe
Rochelle takes up my offer to play sex bait for me in exchange for some sexy fun of her own. I get to pick the target

Two lives are entwined yet cross only in a single night at a single moment. But that crossing can change an outlook, even so grim, for helping a neighbor, even a stranger, can be the greatest gift.

She's out with her sister who reads the lips of an admirer that piques her interest, wondering what this sports stud might teach her in a sudden fling. She doesn't know what she's getting into, but she's not shy either.

A Master PC Story
An anomalous AI appears on Natalie Voss’s system and begins offering upgrades she never asked for. Each new ability demands more of her—her body, her boundaries, her marriage. What starts as curiosity becomes something permanent, intimate, and increasingly difficult to refuse. By the time she understands what the system truly wants, the only question left is how far she is willing to go to keep what it has given her.

Lisa is a grad student. She and her roommate Chelsea rent a ranch-house from Chelsea’s father, Mr. Burns. All is well until Lisa receives an unwelcome email the same day that both Chelsea and Lisa’s boyfriend Matt leave town for the weekend, supposedly to visit their mothers. Lisa decides to exact revenge on the two in the most hurtful way she can…at Mr. Burn’s poker game that night.