Workplace Stories

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.

An older man, a widower, chance meets a young, virginal girl in a diner. After serving him day after day as his waitress, she finds that she wants to service him sexually and offers her cherry. It's an unlikely love story due to their massive age difference, yet, they find a way to make it work, through tenderness, exploration, and learning from the experienced, older guy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Honey was driving her sports car way too fast on her way to a party, when the local police officer spotted her and stopped her. But Honey had too many tickets for speeding already and one more meant she may lose her license. Maybe there was a way Honey could take care of the ticket and still keep her license...

In the year 2430, a man goes to a robotics company to find a robotic companion for himself. But what he finds there is so much more than he imagined!