Abigail is just a nasty, nasty woman. Hungover, dehydrated, sleep-deprived, she could care less about customer service at her job. That is, until a young man shows her something on his phone. Now, she’s all about service. Especially if you ask if she is open…

In the far future where nanotech has become a burgeoning new enterprise, corporations rule whole planets and individuals are often taken for granted. A former mercenary named Amareth is captured by an evil crime boss and her AI.

Amber’s abductor hypnotises her so that she can only report her violation to others on the most demeaning of terms.

Karin works in a theatre, behind the scenes. Podcasts screen out the silence, but will her newest listen change her?

Piper, a rebel captured by the dastardly Affini Compact, becomes a test subject in an affini mad scientist’s newest experiment. Things don’t go as planned, and Piper suddenly finds herself with some big vines to fill. An HDG story which pays canon little heed.

Beth is surprised when a girl turns up at her door declaring herself to be from an “Amnesia Service”.

Upon learning that her daughter is constantly bullied at work, Aurora decides to stand up for her, and have a talk with the boss lady that rules the office with an iron fist. But such a confrontation carries an inherent risk of Christmas-themed, sapphic danger…

Natalie’s life changes forever when her daughter Kathryn upgrades her understanding with a simple lesson: a mother’s love belongs to her daughter.

Business is bleak at Magic Park. Visitor numbers are down, guest satisfaction is down and the park is staring bankruptcy in the face. Management is willing to do anything to save the park, even if that means trusting the strange girl from R&D.

The mistakes of a young man in a crime family begin a series of events that drag Detective Dana Iglesias into an underworld of drugs and mind control.

Fledgling superhero Joy is still trying to manage living two separate lives, wishing for a peaceful college life separate from her crime fighting nightlife. When the opportunity arises to capture one the city’s most illusive crooks, Miss Murmur, Joy thinks she has the upper hand.

Maria takes drastic measures after getting dumped, and responds to an ad looking for a doll. Originally written in April 2020.

Fleur offers her overworked friend Lauren a vacation from her stressful doctorate - and from her intelligence

In the wake of an Anti-Affini protest gone south, an activist debates philosophy, gender and the merits of green imperialism with a young plant. You’d never anticipate this, but one of them probably winds up as a floret!

Faced with a desperate and cruel plan of the Free Terran remnant, Cassiopeia follows her conscience, directly through the barrels of her former comrades’ guns. In her hold, she carries the key to it: a precious cargo in which a restless Affini might find meaning.

Florence is having sexual compatibility problems. Luckily, Dr. Cecily Ductress, Licensed Hypnotherapist, is extremely qualified to help. Her methods, though, are slightly… unorthodox.

The former brainwashed bimbo of a billionaire tech entrepreneur learns how to log off.

In the fantasy city of Tarabat, an elf coffee shop owner experiences a few mishaps and accidentally hypnotizes a male customer. She soon discovers her own sadistic side…

Microfiction originally for the Mind Control Literature discord, to the prompt ‘morning’.