Turned down by every woman in a 50-mile radius, Turner moved to the neighboring state after finding data that showed the ratio between men and women there was in his favor.

He flicked the light off in his office, closed the door for the last time and wondered if it would be raining when he made his way across the parking lot to the car.

No one was willing to tell the pop star that she had lost touch with her fans even after her last album "Sleeping on a Bed of Money is Itchy" failed to chart.

Once he touched her he knew nothing would be the same again.

The sky was slate gray and pink as the fog rolled in.

Zane dreamed of pancakes and a mysterious death and wondered, when he awoke, if the two were connected.

The tipplers toppled out of the tavern after it closed and continued there merrymaking in the lane.