Suspect 4000 words when finished. Road Rage Blues - aliens introduce a virus that supercharges the bodies of those under the grip of Road Rage. Packrat Tempus - Writer discovers that miniaturized historians from the future have been inserted into writer's brains to stop them from throwing away papers and notes of historic value, thus the 'pack rat' syndrome. Strange Customs - Aliens come to earth offering great advances in medicine and science. Occasionally, for no discernable reasons, they strike and kill people.
Force fields prevent retaliation.
Obsolete - Mollars, personal hovercars, become widespread, and the highway system is shut down except for some corporate roads. Historical Figures - an research agent from the Temporal Protection Agency goes back in time as a field agent to foil a plot to change history. The agent she's paired is attracted to her, and the historical figure she dealing with is also attracted to her. According to His Abilities - Damon finds that his exceeding clumsiness at mechanical tasks is due to innate magic ability. Funadama - after the Daimyo's sumurais kill her family, a woman takes refuge on a fishing boat, only to encounter a Funadama, a Japanese boat spirit.