Workplace Stories

There Was This Girl - The Universe of Romance in Quick Time
She said it was the first time she'd been to that dump. She was cute, blonde, and deadly with a pistol. He couldn't help but fall in love with her, the best looking Sky Marshal Charlie had ever met!

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

A story in the The Jefferson High Geeks Universe
A little magic breaks down some mental barriers so our heroes can find love.

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.

When Rohan falls in love with Manushi Chhillar nobody is surprised. She is beautiful like an angel and he is the kind of powerful, handsome, rich boy that this angel deserves to belong to. He may be madly in love with Manushi but he is not so blind that he would ignore what a stunning beauty her mother is. A former Miss India who still causes men to turn and stare, Madhuri Dixit may be gorgeous but she is not slutty enough to make a move on her daughter's boyfriend.

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.