Laura Sanders is an artist who is tired of the depravity of mankined. Her husband is a useless drunk. An artistic afflatus seizes her one day, and she paints the best picture she ever made.

A tale about the horrific experiences of a young man who goes looking for a job that would do his qualifications justice. The jobs his best friend suggests are probably not his cup of tea. Warning: This story is darkly humorous in places.

In a remote little town there lived a little old couple whose only purpose in life now was to salvage their reputation as the winner of a particular prize, which their disagreeable neighbors suddenly robbed them of.