In the Penguin eSpecial, "Not a Star," Lynn has always thought her son, Mark, was a little, well, unremarkable. Until the day a neighbor drops off a porn video at her house, with a note telling her to watch it. Turns out, Mark is rather remarkable in one specific area. Lynn and her husband, Dave, don’t quite know what to think. The revelation of their son’s talent ripples through Lynn's life as she encounters alternately horror and hilarity, and discovers a surprising new family bond.

What do you do in the face of impending doom? You try your damndest to lose your virginity with the hot girl in the Little Berkeley Big Band. . . . In "Otherwise, Pandemonium," the world is a different place; the future is uncertain; the choices one makes are the only thing standing between a semblance of order and utter chaos. And the TV's been acting funny. This is a story that makes you think and feel, and recognize the fleeting nature of time.