IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS - I'm an Earthling, surrounded by other life forms, presumably male. We all live in a dreary prison with no windows somewhere off-planet. We have no memory of how we got here or why we're even here. The need for connection is intense; it often results in interspecies couplings that defy the imagination. I feel a bond with my fellow prisoners that only grows stronger as we find new and exciting ways to be intimate with one another. When will we ever break free from our bondage and see the light of day, any day, somewhere in the universe?

THE ORCHARDMAN - My name is Shepard Boone, and I'm a full-blooded Monachee. Until a plague rendered most of the planet sterile, we were just a bunch of Virginia hill folk who minded their own business. We were a little different, though. See, our menfolk can carry babies, too. As was tradition, my Pa put a baby in me, my firstborn son. Then came the great sickness. Our fertility was a prize that needed to be captured and harnessed for the propagation of the wealthy "helmsmen" who ruled over the decimated population. We're just chickens in a coop, popping out more chickens for the wealthy. Will we ever know freedom again?