"Toys" by Sista Shakespeare (sista_shakespeare@my-dejanews.com).

This story has several annoying grammatical glitches; but the style is so overwhelming interesting that I found myself ignoring the mistakes and simply enjoying the story. It takes a pretty good story to do that to a veteran English teacher. As I got further into the story, I realized that the apparent glitches were actually a fairly successful attempt at dialect.

The narrator's lover has bought her a new sex toy, which he plans to try out on her in a public place. We then lapse into a series of flashbacks where we hear about this couple's previous kinky escapades. The alphabet soup on the title line contained the word "odd," but it's odd in a delightful way - uniquely sexy.

I won't tell you any more about it, but I suggest you take a look at this unusual story.