Workplace Stories

Otto Schaefer is in for a real shock when he learns that his wife Nadia is actually his firstborn daughter from his not-so-ex wife Carmen. The bigger shocks come soon afterward, when Carmen herself moves back in to share their husband's favors and his bed.

An investigative reporter gains passage on an old tramp freighter that works the supply route from earth to the moon. Her well placed sources claimed an alien was hidden aboard. The lack of government news about the aliens and the rarity of their appearances in public made Carrie a curious woman. What she didn't know was the lonely owner of the spaceship had quite an interest in her too. Who wouldn't enjoy seeing a naked news reporter in person.

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.

The story of Lucy, a young woman who moves from Texas to Hollywood in the 1940s in the hopes of becoming a star. However, she soon finds herself in a completely different career. Moving from bit player in movies to high priced call girl.

A Character Sketches of Sketchy Characters Story
"You know why we cahll heem Crahbbair? Eet eesn't because he wahs raised on a plahtfahrm 70 miles offshahre. Eet's because he uses zat wahtersahw he cahrries to peel ze ahrmour off of cybermercs ahnd tahke whaht he finds eenside. Tahbernahc! - Rogitien La Croix - Union Steward - Longshoreman's Union Chapter 539

Krish is on loan from India and decides to give her boss the gift that keeps on giving...

She'd been shopping and stopped off at the shoe store for her last stop. There she had felt playful, so she flirted shamelessly with the shoe salesman. But as she left the store and got to her car, the shoe salesman came up to her with more than flirting on his mind!