Short stories from Borealis: Without a CompassNorth and Shaw: Out of Office Volume 2 is a collection of short stories. It includes the following:“Couple Friends”Asa (relatively) new couple, North and Shaw learn what it means to havefriends as a couple—and how to be friends in a relationship. This storytakes place beforeIndirection.“Good Friends”North and Shaw spend the day together for Shaw’s (make-up) birthday. This story takes place beforeMisdirection.“Just Friends”Northand Shaw figure out how to be just friends while helping a pair ofolder men recover their stolen money. This story takes place beforeRedirection.“Boyfriends”North and Shaw track down Teddi’s missing boyfriend. This story takes place beforeCodirection.“North and Shaw: Out of Office”Northand Shaw go to a continuing education convention for privateinvestigators and bump into some old friends. This story takes placeafterCodirection.Please note that the first four stories were distributed in a preliminary form to mailing list subscribers.“North and Shaw: Out of Office” is exclusively available in this collection.