The Art of Negotiation    by J.A. Marlow
Price: $1.49 USD. 11440 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on May 28, 2011. .
After overseeing the downsizing of a construction facility at Arcturus, Zada Harper comes face-to-face with an old friend... whom she just helped lay off. Zada then finds herself the next target of the ISC Corporation layoffs. She is suddenly without a job and forced into automatic arbitration for a severance settlement. But Zada won't go quietly. The ISC feels the sting of her departure.