Stories by C. Lakewood: "75% Off," Part 5. The conclusion of the multi-part, multi-author story. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "A Change is as Good as a Vacation." Dr. Rachel Reed plans to ruin a colleague (and rightly so), but the villain has a plan of his own. "A Change of Scenery." A 29-year-old Midwestern female teacher takes a vacation into the Southwest that turns out to be something of a journey of self-discovery. "A Dog's Life." Liz, a 31-year-old double divorcée and definite bitch, learns a new definition for the term, "puppy love." "A Memorable Halloween." A very short, last-minute production that I wrote in one day to celebrate Joe Doe's favorite holiday. "Abracadabra." Another battle involving academics. This time neither predator nor victim is very sympathetic. "Action and Reaction." An academic's arrogance leads her astray -- and straight to her comeuppance. (Sound familiar?) "Asylum." A re-write of Joe Doe's story "Powerless!" as requested by a reader. In this version, the D-i-D is not a superheroine. "Atonement." A fender-bender while DUI requires punishment. "Beth & Her Mom Pay Their Debts." This is an authorized re-write of a Deputy Duffy story. Eighteen-year-old Beth and her 39-year-old mother learn that the law is not immutable, and debts-to-society may be paid by barter. "Caduceus Club." A school teacher agrees to "model" for a group of medical and nursing students and faculty. "Career Opportunity." Put a sweaty young female intern and an elegant executive together and.... "Conjiggle Visit." A submissive school teacher samples interracial sex and winds up on the horns of a dilema. "Conjiggle Visit II." The conclusion of the story. Fasten your seat-belt, Connie; it's going to be a bumpy ride. "Costumes." This story begins with a conventional police sweep of hookers...but then spirals off into a series of unusual developments. "Cyberdyne ASM5." CP meets AI in the year 2029, a story inspired by Joe Whatever's "AI: Future Imperfect." "Dusted." Homeland Security flexes its muscles. "Easy Does It." Another academic (of sorts -- a high school principal this time) is, to some degree, hoist with her own petard. "Elsie." A female academic (my favorite sort of D-i-D), whose fantasies get out of hand. "Extracurricular Activities." A marital game goes a trifle awry. "Final Exam." An extensive re-write of Joe Doe's "Number 10,000." "Gone Native." A sequel to Joe Doe's "Going Native." "Halloween Gothic." Charlotte Renfield, an associate professor of history at the University of Chicago, acquires an intriguing painting with a dark provenance.... "Hickory Stick High." Young high school principal, Lana Mallory, is taught a series of valuable lessons. "Inquiry." A feminist lawyer is appointed to investigate possible abuses in the disciplinary practices at Briarcliff Academy, a posh girls' school. "International Relations." A 31-year-old college professor falls under the influence of her Japanese graduate assistant. "It's a Bitch." Barbara Collins, an arrogant, 30-something, assistant dean at a large Midwestern university learns some karmic lessons. "Judicial Restraint." An Ashley Marsh (mis)adventure. "Karma." The Hon. Cassandra Sheridan takes a vacation. "Lessons." Sasha Cooper, college English teacher, finds that one CAN go home again...sort of. "Letter Perfect Addendum." My first story, a sequel to Joe Doe's "Letter Perfect." (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "Little Miss Tayque." A story with another flawed and hapless academic, a ruthless student, a culture clash, and a hefty dose of AR, among other things. "Maid to Order." Duplicitous Susan Ingoldsby acquires a maid. "Marilyn Corbin." An AR story in which the title character is caught up in a comedy of errors. "Match Maker." A wife discovers her husband's secret fetish. "Match Maker II." This continuation might have been sub-titled, "The Best Laid Plans...." "Mexican Holiday." An up-tight 42-year-old professor and her willful 18-year-old daughter pay the price for running afoul of authorities below the border. "Modern Education." A girl and her mother find that the new school maintains old-fashioned disciplinary practices -- but with a twist. "My Rise to the Bottom." She managed to survive the dot-com crash (more or less), but now.... "National Geographic Tracy II." Cultural enrichment on the Dark Continent. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "Phone Call." A persuasive argument for the usefulness of Caller-ID. "Pit Stop." A strange encounter in a Latin American lavabo. "Pool Girl." A 30-something, female, former professor, falls under the influence of an 18-year-old girl. In this early tale, I deliberately set out to tell a story, packed with detail, in the fewest words possible. "Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?" An Ashley Marsh/WIP adventure inspired by a Joe Doe plot idea. "Reflections." It's the year 2109, and Sgt. Sylvia Simon, having been reprimanded for actions that exceed police department standards, has been reassigned as a prison guard. As she transports a female convict to the same prison, they travel along a much more devious path than might have been expected. "Reversal of Fortune." Yet another female academic in trouble, in a somewhat darker story than usual. (Indeed, I fancy it is rather Parker-like.) "Rita's Dept Store Adventure." An AR saga in which the mood and pacing undergo a shift part way through -- and there's actually some character development. "Sara's Diary." A sequel to Joe Doe's story, "Searching Sara" -- a recap and further adventures told as entries in her diary. It is also a prequel to my story, "The University Health Crisis." "Second Time Around." Kimberley gets to re-visit the scene of a crime from years before that was trivial in its seriousness, but vast in its consequences. "Shan." A phone call in the night from an exotic female voice begins Rachel Bothwell's journey...down the road to who-knows-where. "Show and Tell." Featuring a high school teacher with dark fantasies, who falls prey to a mysterious blackmailer and winds up the principal player in a medical melodrama. "Show Time." A man takes advantage of an opportunity to show off his wife, allowing her to experience her desires and confront her fears, in relative safety. "Show Time II: Spring Break." A somewhat more daring adventure than in the original "Show Time," with a beach setting and a larger cast. "Show Time III: South of the Border." The "Show Time" saga heads to Mexico. This story lurked on my PC for a very long time. Basically, I had the opening and the conclusion, but lacked a plausible middle to tie them together. I hope it now passes muster. "Sisters." Justice long-delayed. "Stress Management." An AR story centering about a harried public relations manager. "Suburban Psyche." How valid is "The Secret"? "Sucker Bet," Part 2. A would-be reformer gets more than she bargained for. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "'Swap-Mate.'" TV offers a young couple a way out of their financial difficulties. "Taking Her Medicine." A pretentious female academic (imagine!)undergoes a life-altering experience at a free clinic. "Tanning at the Beach." Joe Whatever wrote the rather whimsical Part 1, and I took Part 2 down a somewhat darker path. "The Big Game." A sequel to "Tickle Training." "The Chapel." An absolutely true story, a bit of nostalgia for a vanished era, half a century ago. "The Friendly Mailman," Part 3. Mr. McFeely is a "hands-on" sort of civil servant. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "The Full Employment Act," Part 3. This is the solution to the unemployment problem devised by members of the lame-duck Congress, scurrying like cockroaches. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "The Spider and the Fly." 18-year-old Bethany in a battle of wits with 13-year-old Rhoda...and one of them is badly out-gunned. "The University Health Crisis." Bulgarian lice pose a problem with interesting ramifications at Doeville U. "The Voyeur." He had become a mere observer. "Tickle Training." Sara becomes the temporary coach of a soccer team of 18-year-old boys. "Time and Tide." An "upper class maid" story, set at a time in the 1950s when certain pre-War notions were still practiced. "Train Travel." An American couple discovers the benefits of sampling a foreign culture. "Tracy in the Slave Market," Part 3. A trifecta of sorts -- a Tracy story, begun by Joe, and finished by me. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "Transformation of a Middle-Class Woman," Part 4. A bourgeoise Frenchwoman changes places with her Portuguese maid. (This story is in the Nerdly folder.) "Treat," A life-long loser is close to cashing in, when Fate takes a hand. "Undercover." An important assignment leads to an unexpected outcome for a pair of FBI agents. "Uninformed and Uniformed," Parts 4-6. A successful professional woman tries out her Halloween costume for a couple of days in a bet with her daughter, but things get increasingly complicated. Another multi-part, multi-author story. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "Uniform-ty." Yet another academic finds herself in a bind (as it were) when she brings her AR fantasies into the real world near to Halloween. This is my Halloween story for 2010. "Virtual Search," Part 4. Ashley Marsh is enmeshed in a virtual reality game. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.) "War Diary, 73 B.C." A re-write of Joe Doe's "War Diary," making what seemed to me to be desirable changes in time and place. "What Goes Around...." A lesson in manners, in the context of a medical exam story. "Work Experience." An office saga in which Kitty, an 18-year-old girl, turns out to be harder for Peri to escape than Jean Valjean's Javert.