The first in an ongoing series by award-winning lesbian fiction writer Georgia Beers, "Balance" introduces you to Norah Ellison, who has a gift...or is it a curse? She knows nothing about the women whose names appear to her in the morning, only that she must help them, and that time is of the essence. She's spent more than a decade building a tiny team of trusted assistants, but even they can't guarantee she can figure out what needs to be done—or ensure that she'll get it done in time. (This story was originally printed in the collection "Outsiders," released by Brisk Press.

Picking up right where "Balance" left off, Norah Ellison heads to Poughkeepsie in the hopes of figuring out why her estranged mother's name has appeared to her.