Two sharply satirical short stories about ordinary people caught in extraordinary government absurdity.

In Mabel Has an Elephant Problem, Mabel Sanger is under surveillance—her every word recorded by a malfunctioning humanoid assigned by the New Government. As Mabel fights to keep her privacy and dignity. Scrambled circuits lead to a hilarious battle of wit versus wiring.

In The Cicadas Have Landed, Bunny, a Texas-bred lobbyist with towering hair and even bigger morals, meets her match during a buggy lunch break in D.C. As cicadas swarm and friendships fray, Bunny learns the hard way that Washington isn't kind to women who think with their conscience.

Witty, weird, and just a little too close to real, Insects and Elephants explores the strange friction between personal integrity and the systems that try to squash it.