Jill is correct. It is always possible to be more screwed. A valuable life lesson.
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Pretty cool design for a remote, no?
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Study Abroad: Chapter Four, Page Twenty-Five written and commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)
They had cameras.
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Study Abroad: Chapter Four, Page Twenty-Four written and commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)
Our mermaids are indeed different. They’re made by mad scientsts in tubes!
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Found at the tumblr Pulp Cover Art.
Afterthought: The title of the pulp graced by this illustration appears to be Terror Tales, but what if what is being depicted is a brewing process involving captive mermaids? Could it be Terror Ales?
It is rarely a good thing when you find yourself coming to consciousness, paralyzed, and in someone’s madlab.
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Study Abroad: Chapter Four, Page Twenty-Three written and commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)
Sometimes devices do not work as described.
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Preparations for a party.
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It is my pleasure to announce the addition of Artisanal Erotica to the blogroll here, a very promising-looking story site clearly being run by folks who are taking the process of making their own seriously. Plus they have a lovely header illustration of the process of one-handed reading.
I must confess somewhat shamefacedly that when I first saw their URL, though, I experienced a real-life version of The Problem with Pen Island trope, so I guess I must count as a pervert through-and-through.
Footnote: I believe this is the 800th post here at EroticMadScience. And it seems like only yesterday I was scratching my head and wondering how this WordPress thing was supposed to work…
How bad “kept woman” is as a role depends on the keeper, I guess.
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In any operation, enough training can make the difference between success and failure.
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Study Abroad: Chapter Four, Page Nineteen written and commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)