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Burglar Fantasy

A classic never gets old. It is always fun and exciting. It happens with movies, with books, and with bondage scenes. I’m young, barely 25. And I don’t care to[…]

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Most Expensive Shibari Scene

Have you ever thought about what the most expensive Shibari scene would look like? Well, ask yourself no more. American millionaire Frank Gavalas has teamed up with Japanese artist Hikari[…]

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A Bored Wife

“Things happen when they are meant to happen, and if they’re not meant to happen, then they don’t happen.” That’s what my old man used to say. And I think[…]

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Victorian Shibari

My name is Willebald Smythee. I do historical research for a museum in Birmingham. I’m an expert on the Victorian period. That’s why, when I found this story about Victorian[…]

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Sleeping Beauty

And now, twenty years later, I find the pictures on the Internet. I can barely recognize myself. I have changed a lot in these years, for better and for worse.[…]

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I Saw the Friction Marks

We were in the middle of the biology class when it happened. Mrs. Garland, our teacher, arranged her skirt while she was sitting on her desk, following an exposition. The[…]

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Consent Is Mandatory

You can be vanilla, or you can be kinky; that depends on you. However, you should try never to be a jerk. And in the world of kink, this means[…]

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Sedated

You probably saw the viral clip about the woman who thought she had a BBC on her mouth while she was under the effect of some anesthetics. This kind of[…]

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Broken-Hearted

They say the only time you get to really know people is when you’re in trouble. And I think it’s true, at least for me. I always thought of July[…]

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