Workplace Stories

Camille Wynter, suffocated by corporate life and hollow relationships, abandons everything to live naked and wild in Unbar Blackwood Reserve. Renaming herself Lena, she becomes one with the land—until Kelvin, a government consultant, arrives with plans to "restore" the reserve. Initially hostile, Lena teaches Kelvin the canyon’s rhythms, and he abandons bureaucracy to join her.

A physically damaged philanthropist and an emotionally damaged physical therapist find each other under strange circumstances in the mall.

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
An ice miner from the barren moon of Ganymede gets the break of a lifetime when a UN job placement program relocates him to Valbara – a lush paradise planet with fresh air, clean water, and no need for pressure suits. He soon realizes that navigating the local culture and office politics will be a challenge. The aliens are small reptilian creatures with strange social behaviors whose females outnumber males by 7-1, and he finds himself the unwitting focus of attention in the workplace.

Married guy uses his photography hobby to seal the deal with a long time lust object

An Apartment Building Superintendents Adventures. This story is one of three stand alone stories that are each told from different point of view of a common event. The other two are "Aikira" and "Jason Cole"

I fell in love with a fat girl / (Reviews)

A The Adventures of Cocksockett Story
Yet another Cocksockett story. Calvin begins to put his memories together, and face some hard truths.

This is not a combat story, but a recounting of the activities of my father, a transport driver, and his friends in the Australian Army during World War 2. It's the incidents and events they talked about over a drink when they got together to remember the old days. Most are funny, in many ways, and some are frightening. They convey what they did to stay sane, and also why they were there. Included is the poetry by the author, nearly all of which was written whilst on active service. 24,900 words