A routine day at the hospital takes an unexpected turn for Nurse Anna Stone, forcing her to slow down and confront a sudden change in perspective. Within the familiar corridors of medicine and duty, ordinary interactions begin to carry new weight. Set over the course of a single day, this is a quiet, intimate story about vulnerability, attention, and the moments that subtly alter the way we see ourselves and others.
First, Ian's fiancee, Desiree, wanted to re-open their relationship, much to his delight. Then he found family that he never knew that he had and became a very rich man, thanks to an heiress in said family. Then he became Almighty God. Yes, he wasn't dreaming! This really was the week from Heaven!
They met through IM at work. They had weeks of sultry IM conversations. What will happen when they finally unintentionally run into each other in dirty Las Vegas. Will it be hot as their conversations?
An older man, after mentally criticizing the latest offerings on movie channels, decided that if he thought he could do better, it was time to suite action to thought. After putting together what he considered a decent movie plot, in screen play format, he submits a sample chapter to a lesser known production company. When asked to show up, he discovers that writing more risky works, can come with it's own reward.
Sometimes even the most respectable of Certified Nurses get into shocking circumstances in the middle of a boring night shift when time seems to pass so slowly.
After a societal backlash against politicized religious conservatives, an alternate USA accepts Registered Courtesans as sources of safe, sane, and consensual (SSC) pleasure. This is the story of the first of a new generation entering a new Family of organized crime, La Cosa Sua. Ada is the Goddaughter who runs it. The Family has selected for stability, erotic talent, and the limited mind control of telempathy.
Sex and politics by wise and erotic metaphors of collections (veneries) of animals
While a collecton of crows is a murder, a set of owls is a parliament. That seems most appropriate for a group of wise people who influence politics, and help Hal correct his unfortunate virginity. Getting rid of it, and nurturing him along with the other owls, makes for a happy band of brothers and sisters, moving the political stables in the best of directions.