Growing up is hard to do from the perspective of Lois. She is confused and unhappy about her prospects because girls seem so limited in relation to boys that have all the choices and the opportunities that girls have to almost beg and scratch just to get their fair share.
A story in the Dark Tales Universe
Paul Cliff is an asshole. All of his ex-wives told him that, as had many other females. A "Store Detective", he often preyed on those he caught shoplifting, promising to go easy on them if they were nice to him. Especially the young ones.
In the early 1900's a western male is drawn to a shady port in the Arabian Gulf, by the promise of wealth, and the draw of a woman. Though the shrouding of the feminine form might be deemed oppressive by many, here, he and other males discover it cloaks a mysterious sexuality within a sect of women. He is soon taught their chosen path in life for all masculinity... a world away from that existing beyond their society.
This story is a continuation of the story Brianna's Master in which the heroine from the TV series Outlander is sold into slavery instead of being rescued at the last minute.It describes how the Master is able to achieve his fantasy of buying and breaking a "Lady" so that she thoroughly accepts and enjoys her enslavement. However,one day, the slaves learn that the Master has been lost at sea and that all the Master's possessions, including the slaves, will be sold at auction! The story continues
Peter and Emin, two clerks at the supermarket, catches a thief who turns out to be willing to do a lot to avoid being reported to the police, however, is she willing to do as much as her captors demand of her?