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Other Novels by Floyd Kemske
Labor Day
The Third Lion
The Virtual Boss
Lifetime Employment
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HUMAN
RESOURCES
A Corporate Nightmare by
Floyd Kemske
Catbird Press
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© 1995 Floyd Kemske
CATBIRD PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kemske, Floyd, 1947-
Human resources / by Floyd Kemske. — 1st ed.
ISBN 0-945774-29-X (alk. paper)
1. Industrial management—Fiction.
2. Corporate culture—Fiction.
3. Vampires—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3561.E4226H86 1995
813’.54—dc20 95-21704 CIP
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Every couple has a standard argument, that single dispute
that inexorably draws to itself, like some kind of
interpersonal black hole, all other discussions and
differences. For Norman and his wife, it was Norman’s
attitude toward his job.
On Wednesday night, as the two of them were getting
ready for bed, Norman remembered that his boss had
scheduled him for an early meeting the next day.
“Would you please fix the children’s breakfasts in the
morning?” Norman folded the coverlet down on his side of
the bed, pulled on the sheet, and doubled it over. He
couldn’t stand coverlet against his face while he slept. “I
have an early appointment with Pressman.”
“Again?” Gwen slipped out of her nightgown and
climbed into her side of the bed without folding the sheet
over.
Norman had early morning appointments with
Pressman once a quarter, and it annoyed him that Gwen was
surprised every time it happened.
“Yes.” Norman suppressed his irritation. “He wants me
there at five-thirty.” He took off his underwear and laid it
on the chair, then switched off the lamp and climbed into
bed. Norman and Gwen had been sleeping naked for twelve
years, although they no longer took advantage of it every
night.
“Five-thirty? And you told him you would be there?”
“Of course.” Norman rolled on his side to face her,
and even in the dark he could see she was giving him that
look.
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