This edition of The Black Box contains the novel Civic Compact, six included novellas from The Black Room, and an illustrated bonus story. Every title is also available individually in the shop.
Civic Compact-75K words- Kinks served: Psychological manipulation, blackmail, corruption, slut transformation, reluctance, girl/girl, gender betrayal: In the heart of the D.C. swamp, Heather works the mail desk for Congresswoman Rebecca Midwell, an idealist eager to drain the swamp and enact real change. Then she's tasked with writing the public-facing copy for Midwell's new bill, The Civic Compact. The language promises opportunity, hospitality, complementary service. Sponsored by the DomCo corporation, its true purpose is to train women to accept degradation at the hands of powerful men. By the time Heather realizes the truth, Midwell already has evidence of her in compromising positions. Blow the whistle, or keep the bill moving? Moving a bill through markup may require the kinds of favors only wet holes can provide.
Milked Into the Herd-13K words- Kinks served: Hucow transformation, lactation, breast expansion, forced personality modification, nonconsent, breeding kink, public display: Rebecca Kerr, a top-performing accountant, expects a quiet wellness retreat at the Beeman Wellness Ranch. The paperwork mentions "proprietary hormonal protocols." Marv Beeman calls the first injection a wellness boost. By morning her blouse won't button, and by week's end the barns are calling her. Every milking takes a little more of the woman who signed those forms. And the ranch's annual auction is coming.
Stepsister's Summer Takeover-20K words- Kinks served: Stepsibling taboo, blackmail, domination, obedience training, brat taming, public humiliation, pet play, reluctance: Larissa comes home for the summer loud, early, and sure she's in charge, with photos from Connor Blake's phone and plans for how he'll pay to keep them quiet. She thinks she's the predator. She hasn't checked the security cameras. Connor has. With his parents away, he rewrites the rules: silk scarves, outfits he chooses, a carefully perfected morning smoothie. Each lesson chips away at the brat until "Sir" comes easier than insults. And the family barbecue is coming.
Pit Slave-22K words- Kinks served: Post-apocalyptic, nonconsent, sex slavery, auction, group use, domination, power exchange, survival: Tarena keeps the settlement's trucks running, until the eastern gate explodes. Now she's inventory, auctioned to Caplin, the scarred raider boss with a soft spot for mechanics. In the compound's pits, women are passed between enforcers and wagered in grudge matches. You learn, or you break. Tarena plans to do neither. But the wasteland changes a woman, and the hardest thing to escape may be what she has learned to want.
Sorority Bimbo Initiation-24K words- Kinks served: Bimbofication, forced personality modification, mind control, drugged elixir, breast expansion, public exposure, group sex, pet play: Melissa Cartwright is president of the Feminist Student Coalition. She has no business at Omega Tau Sigma, a sorority that doesn't exist in the university registry. But Melissa is tired of fighting, and Jade Sterling offers her a single sip. The elixir spreads like honey and fire. Every week brings another whisper, another sip. Her tops get tighter, her wardrobe smaller. Family weekend is coming, and Jade has already picked out a new name.
Cruise Ship Swinger's Deck-21K words- Kinks served: Group sex, gangbang, public sex, exhibitionism, slut transformation, divorcée awakening: Three years of marriage. One bitter divorce. One singles cruise booked on a whim. Kayla Tenant steps onto the Lido Deck in a sundress chosen to make a statement, and Mark Reynolds reads it first. One wild night turns into a seven-day itinerary of escalating firsts: a midnight note under her door, a cabin crawl, a shore excursion that isn't in the brochure, and an invitation to the Captain's private table.
Free Use Mommy-22K words- Kinks served: Incest, mom/son, free use, MILF, exhibitionism, public acts, sharing: Twenty-one years of marriage end in four words and a pair of taillights. At forty-three, Brianna's body has gone untouched far too long. Then she overhears her college-age son, Cory, after a date gone wrong, and makes an offer she can't take back: whenever he needs it, however he needs it. A morning ritual begins. The bay window stays open. Once a household rule is made, it only grows. Cory's friends are about to ring the doorbell.
Illustrated Bonus: Reluctant Suckslut: Gloryhole Girl-1.5K words, illustrated- Kinks served: Reluctance, coercion, gloryhole, oral, degradation, humiliation: Sophie's car dies on an empty two-lane road, next to a dive bar that hasn't changed since the seventies. She's a feminist. She's independent. Then her card is declined, and the bartender offers a choice: the sheriff, or five dollars a customer through the hole in the bathroom wall. Sophie says it's disgusting. Her body disagrees, the way it always does.