“You’re like an Adonis, chiseled in stone,” she scoffed.

Oblivious, he pulled her into his perfectly sculpted arms. She pushed away, repulsed by the rocky feel of his muscled flesh.

Heedless, he savored his god-like reflection in the mirror, flexed his bulging biceps, then reached for another testosterone cocktail hit.

A scientist by trade and writer by nature, Laura searches for fiction that is truer than life, conjuring up stories that both draw and promise relief from years spent in a fact-filled, SciTech world.