All Stories, General Fiction

Hell by Michael Smith

Today’s one of those team-building exercises, you know the sort. Sales are down, management wants to raise morale (and hence production (and hence profits)), so we’re all here to waste a day, listening to a team of consultants (hired at great expense, no doubt) impart some modern thinking upon us, “injecting cutting edge vitality”, I think they said.

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All Stories, General Fiction

Random Acts by Sarah Bolmarcich

Mr. Blake was very excited.  His performance review was today, and he was looking forward to it.  Whistling, he knotted his tie and inspected himself in the mirror.  He thought he looked good.  Solid, mature, but with a twinkle in his eye—a guy you’d like to have a beer with, because he seemed like he knew how to kick back.

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