A story in the Central City Universe
In the not so distant future, the State makes sure people pay their debt. If not, your debt may be sold to another. This is a slow story.
In a recent FBI: Most Wanted episode, Kristin Gaines discussed when she was captured and tortured in the past. She told her ex-husband the scars on her back were not from a car accident as she told him previously. "Anything you can imagine they could do to me, they did." I took that as a challenge and imagined what she went through and wrote it down.
Having suffered the delicious fate of being married to both a wife and mother-in-Law, Brad is now treated to a honeymoon with the latter; the red-headed senior woman who truly owns him. Hedonistic in the extreme, where the women are concerned, Brad is not only treated to the whims of dominant womanhood, but also to the witnessing of a ritual which confirms the power of femininity over their masculine slaves.
A story in the Faith and Paul Universe
Faith and Paul enjoy a little roleplay now and then. Faith's collection of wigs makes for an interesting evening.
A Swarm Cycle Story
Martin Wolfe is second from the youngest in a family of siblings left behind by the Confederacy's pickups. He is also the only male, and that soon makes him more than just an annoying brother now.
Alice Moody wants to take over taking care of her daddy from the moment her mom runs off. Her dad makes her wait until she is fourteen to do the most important "taking care of a husband" job. Alice thinks she has everything she ever wanted when her father marries her. Sometimes things don't work out the way you expect.