This stand-alone story is a kind of prequel to my story 'My Son, the Photographer' and tells how two of the characters in that story first become intimate.
This is the story of Peter Simon Wolf going into retirement. As a reward for outstanding service, Wolf is given a slave girl--and a coded message to flee the planet. Getting off-planet and out of the star system was just the beginning.
Scientists bring back a plant sample from a far off world. It is studied by a team of Earth's best scientists. But the plant isn't ordinary, it is sentient. Now it is on the loose and the local high school is it's next target.
Two cops investigating an illegal operation discover something otherworldly which changes their lives, their partnership and who they are forever. While one struggle to accept these changes the other tries to accept the changes of their friendship.
A chance encounter with a MasterPC user in a bar gives Barry a night he'll never forget. Told from the perspective of a MasterPC user's beneficiary rather than the user's viewpoint.