Charm Offensive is a short story I wrote for
Broken City Magazine in 2008. It's a product of having spent unfortunate periods of my life in dull office jobs and it is probably the only benefit gained from being gainfully employed in a clerical capacity, beyond whatever meagre monetary tokens I was lucky to receive.
It's my longest piece so it's included as a link to a PDF, instead of inserted here. The story can be found on pages 10 to 12.
Here:
http://www.thebrokencitymag.com/BC3web.pdf