Life’s a grind. Sometimes you punch a clock, and sometimes you get punched. Either way, the struggle is real—endless hours pushing paperwork or pushing training mats, and one final showdown with a powerful boss...

Fist City by James Mendez Hodes: Among the Chicken Huts and strip malls, a secret community of martial pilgrims bows to no earthly authority, and disregards such mortal concerns as effectiveness, authenticity, or taste. Dare you walk the boulevard of broken boards? Fist City is about suburban America's most mediocre martial artists and the epic, life-consuming rivalries between them.

Business Casual by Steve Segedy: Another day. Cubicle walls and fluorescent lights. Your manager shadowing your every step as you type out yet another mind-numbing report. But today's the day it all changes, right? Time to stand up and tell them what you think. To get that promotion or get out of this hell forever. Or maybe just burn it all down...