Workplace Stories

I had my future planned out: degree, good job in business, attractive wife and later children. My boss changed everything by asking me to do a job for him.

A Character Sketches of Sketchy Characters Story
'War meant death, death meant there were less people to grow things, to make things, to buy things. War meant that roads and rivers and seas were not as safe to move goods on as they should be. War brought with it uncertainty and when people were uncertain they seldom parted with coin easily, lest they need it and not have it when they did. No for them, stability was their creed.' - The philosophy of the Oracura

When Marek loses his job his girlfriend ditches him. Desperate for rent money Marek takes a job as a night security guard. At the start of his first shift the departing guard rags him about watching out for the ghost.

Sitting at her desk, Jennifer is approached by a customer. A very common pickup line, used by a very uncommon suitor, with a very wonderful result. The violence is short and sweet, but very, very necessary.

A Story in the Walnut Street Universe
This is a lesbian love story. Janet, a twenty-something software consultant on a training assignment befriends Eva, her client's receptionist. Eva is a dozen years older and married. When Eva learns her husband intends to divorce her, Janet opens her apartment to her. Janet reveals to Eva that she is a lesbian and she senses Eva also has lesbian leanings. Gradually Eva comes out of the closet and they form a strong and lasting love together.

A sequel to IVORY COAST, picking up the story in the bar we hurried to immediately after clearing in through customs, immigration, port doctor, and the other official populated departments of Abidjian's government.

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 Tech and State Universe
A character-driven romance: Martin, a 48-year-old widower and Irene, 34 and single are assigned to work together on an academic research project. Their relationship, initially frosty but professional, warms to the point that Irene suggests they become friends-with-benefits, to enjoy no-strings sex. The arrangement works well for both, although Martin's feelings toward her begin to deepen. Then, an old flame of hers enters the picture, and Martin faces the prospect of losing her.

This is the story of Andy, whose life is turned upside by death and betrayal. As she matures and falls in love, she emerges from the firestorm of her life, stronger, wiser, and confident she will survive. The main characters tell their graphic stories about what brought them to a vacant house in Lincoln, Nebraska. Woven around their journey are the bonds homeless people form, their daily fight to survive, and the love stories that unfold, living in an abandoned house.

A mom/MILF first gets her son a job where she works. Her boss gets fired. She thought she would move in as the new boss. She didn't get the position. Next was a power play. It backfires. She ends up becoming a whore for the new boss. Son ends up involved.