More Blackmail Stories

A friend of mine dropped by a couple of days ago and gave me a copy of the leaked pilot of the planned "Wonder Woman" television series that was not picked up, and it was surprisingly good. I mean, I expected something abysmal, something reboot-of-The-Bionic-Woman terrible, but no, I liked it. That both Adrianne Palicki and Elizabeth Hurley are quite easy on the eye was not overlooked by this particular viewer, let me assure you. This review at iFanboy summarizes my impressions quite nicely.

My smut reading has been tending towards the darker side these last few weeks. Here are a few of the stories that I enjoyed.

First off, Blanco y Negro by W. L. Telford: "One morning a husband has enough and sells his wife to a Panamanian brothel." Nicely written, at least the few parts that have been published, and it's ongoing. Assuming the author sticks with it, this should be a fun one. (Well, yes, I do have ex issues. What? You never picked up on that?) Telford also wrote the great Worlds Apart that I mentioned here.

Next up, two blackmail stories, both somewhat... amateurish... but with some very good scenes and some interesting ideas. From Dawn1958, we have An Email to Jennifer: "Mark and Jennifer were university students who lived together. Mark was like any 21 year old man and seemed to pester Jenn all the time for sex. Jenny dreamed of being a youth counselor and was working at the YMCA during the summer months counselling troubled young offenders. Mark enjoyed taking pictures of the two of them and one day sent some to her at work which turned out to be just what young Justin needed. He wanted to get the upper hand on Jenn and the email did the trick." The dialogue here is a bit hackneyed (okay, okay, a lot), but I like the fact that the poor boyfriend, Mark, gets into it. It's like poor Jenny's getting it from both sides, and that tickles me. Pet peeve: why do writers insist on writing "Gawd" for "God"? I mean, are they worried about offending someone? We're in the middle of a story about a girl blackmailed into nonconsensual sex written entirely to titillate, for Gawd's sake, I think the offense's already been committed...

And from H. Dean, we have Object of Affection: "Albert, a gawky teenager, uses old pictures to blackmail his teacher, Susan Jones, into being his sex slave." I love these teacher-blackmailed-by-student stories, I don't know why. Maybe because I keep thinking of a particularly hot teacher I had when I was younger. In any event, this one is not the best written story, but it has enthusiasm to spare. Although you do feel like slapping our heroine (?) Suzie around a bit, because she is rather thick at times.

As usual, if you come across anything like the above and want to share, leave a comment, and the legions will follow and read.