Four aspects (intellect, sensitivity, fear, and lust) of Waterton Publishing Company fact-checker Herman Brooks' personality help him get through different situations in both his private and professional life.

Herman Brooks is an aspiring writer working as a fact-checker at a publisher. While dealing with life in the big city, his inner thoughts are played out by four characters representing his intellect, fear, compassion, and lust. His "outer world" consists of a trivia-trove boss, two female co-workers, one mouse-ish and the other a social-climbing bombshell, and a best friend whose both a successful writer and a sexist pig.—<[email protected]>