WRITTEN BY PHOEBE: A woman loses a bet and agrees to being tied naked and spread-eagled to a bed for the night in a dorm room at Arizona State University.
A Story in the Download Universe
This story is a sequel to BENNIE DOWNLOADS MARYA that first appeared on Bewildering Stories issue #181, January 2006, and to SATHYA DOWNLOADS BENNIE that that first appeared on Bewildering Stories issue #201, June 2006. It is not necessary that you read those stories first, but some things in this story will be clearer if you do.
Four teenage friends—Harley, Frankie, Jordan, and Skyler—hear rumors about The Sultry Spur, a saloon with dangerous “live shows.” Sneaking in at night, they watch its owner, Mrs. Alexis O’Connor, stage a cruel public humiliation of a woman named Mrs. Tyler. Shocked, they learn she was bought from a secret auction house.Determined to investigate, they infiltrate the auction and see another woman, Mrs. Beatrice McClure, sold to Mrs. O’Connor. A beggar, bribed with whiskey, reveals that “damaged”
Verity Chance is a wayward waif of the Victorian era, whose sexuality is awakened on her being abducted. Treated brutally by her male abductor, she soon finds that a woman is really in control of not just masculinity, but of her destiny too, and her journey to enslavement has her oblige both sexes... taking her to a heaven through submission and masochism that she could never have imagined.
Janie is a force of nature, alone in the world, and a stubborn brat. Drey is a dominant man, new in town. The two meet in a bar, and Drey knows has to have her, and he wants her on his terms.