The Pearl was a Victorian underground magazine that ran from July 1879 to December 1880. One story within it was titled Lady Beatrice Pokingham: Or, They All Do It. This torrent contains the Pokingham story with new material that has not previously been published.
This story is set in the near future. It tells the tale of Maria, a beautiful and highly intelligent young woman, and her experiences with an AI-enabled sex toy.
"You mean, it's like having Alexa up my twat?" asked Maria.
"Exactly," replied Yoni. "only much, much better..."
I was a widowed thirty-something loner, living by myself in a backwoods cabin, when I witnessed a woman die of a drug overdose in front of me in the supermarket. Then I felt a small hand insert itself into mine.
A To Serve and Protect Story Husband and wife cops hunt for a serial killer. They find they may have encountered something more than they can handle without help.
A sixteen year old boy fleeing Child Protective Services in Missouri, helps a runaway girl about to be picked up by police at the bus station in OKC. They go on a motorcycle ride into the mountains of Arizona where the boy is drawn to a cave in a canyon hidden from the world. Here they find love, mystery, and danger!
An Oscar Story He's a nerd, riding a restored classic Norton. She's a Doctoral candidate, driving a classic MG with a problem. They both, you might say, have issues.
A story about space dragons in space!
Merton Miles is your average, every day, burger flipping, nerd slinging D&D player. Princess Relix Castrovel is your average, every day spoiled draconian princess of the Five Talon Empire - the dragon led feudal state that rules the entire galaxy. And she needs a dupe for a husband. Merton (and his family, best friends and girlfriend) are about to find out that when a dragon wants something...they get it. And Princess Relix is going to learn: Never. Underestimate. Humans. / (Reviews)
Eighteen year old Ray Harrison is fresh out of high school with plans to attend Kansas State University. Ray's hopes of living in a dorm, joining in all the crazy antics he'd seen in the news about college students having fun, are about to be dashed. He's an only child-his parents are school teachers and very strict in their convictions. They have other plans for Ray. Plans that do not include him living in a college dorm!
Helena is a straight-laced student at Rome's prestigious Rosewood University with dreams of joining the Swiss Guard, but her fate is no longer her own. The Antichrist has come to Rome, looking for innocent souls to torment before taking over the world. He has set his sights on Helena and will do whatever it takes to win her over. He'll enslave everyone around her and use them as his toys, but no matter how much she hates him, the more time they spend together, the stranger her feelings for him.