The Plaything

The Plaything is an unpublished short story written by Kristina Leigh with cover art by Garry Marsden. A general outline was posted on DeviantART in 2007 along with several preliminary sketches. Attempts were made to publish the piece through Lakehurst Press prior to the company's foreclosure in 2008.

Summary
''Vicki's cheeks flushed at the sight of all that luscious, silky lingerie. He shifted uneasily on the bed, shaking his head in rising panic. He'd never felt so vulnerable, so exposed in his entire life.''

"I - I can't wear that," he stammered breathlessly.

"Oh, I think you can," Helena purred, stepping forward...

Rejected by his family, abandoned by his closest friends, Vick Sullivan takes to the road, a restless young man with little hope for the future. But when a kind stranger at a midnight diner offers him food and shelter from the rain, Vick has no idea of the bizarre twist his life is about to take.

Taken in by this darkly alluring woman, Vick makes the transition from backlane wanderer to pampered housepet in a matter of days, his fragile male ego smothered in an avalanche of lace and satin. And while this transformation is embarrassing in the extreme, "Vicki" soon discovers it is not without its secret, guilty pleasures....