A Story in the Just Good Friends Universe
A middle-aged housewife takes a job as a Home Help. Her first client turns out to be in need of more than domestic assistance....
A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
A scientist is granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to the Trappist system, home of the Brokers, where no human has set foot before. A seemingly simple expedition grows more complicated as he is forced to balance the interests of his government and those of the enigmatic aliens who have requested his help.