<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Asylum on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/asylum/</link><description>Recent content in Asylum on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/asylum/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Halloween Hospital Adventure</title><link>/stories/2024/10/30/halloween-hospital-adventure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2024/10/30/halloween-hospital-adventure/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;…&amp;ldquo;What do you want to do for Halloween THIS year dear?&amp;rdquo; I asked my significant other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;ve got nothing, literally not a clue,&amp;rdquo; he responded back.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I feel the same way to be honest, so I can&amp;rsquo;t find fault, I&amp;rsquo;m just not into it at all this year particularly. We simply don&amp;rsquo;t get near the volume of trick-or-treaters like we used to back before covid; there used to be easily a hundred, but last year that number was maybe fifteen total, to include the little ones on our block and their precious costumes though. It was at one time a great way to get reacquainted with the neighbors, just a fun party-like night, but if last year was any sign of the times we knew it would be all over shortly after dusk, and we&amp;rsquo;d be left with far too much extra candy in the house…&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Institute</title><link>/stories/2024/08/29/the-institute/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2024/08/29/the-institute/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="chapter-1-the-new-job"&gt;Chapter 1: The New Job&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A large stone room with stone walls and vaulted ceilings. In it, a group of women, all but one dressed in black. They are wearing tight, shiny clothing - rubber? - gas masks, corsets. Not a single square inch of skin is visible. One is limp, barely conscious, several tubes and wires coming from her head and groin area. Her feet, clad in ballet heel boots, are dragging on the ground. The others are carrying her. The last woman follows, wearing red latex. Her face is blank, the only visible feature a zipper covering her mouth. She takes notes on a clipboard.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Leon City Stories</title><link>/stories/2023/08/07/leon-city-stories/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2023/08/07/leon-city-stories/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="12-the-bondage-hotel"&gt;12: The Bondage Hotel&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beatrice&amp;rsquo;s initial anticipation of seeing her friend Cass again soon had flattened, after the third traffic jam in which she had gotten stuck on the way to Leon City. She stared out of tired eyes at the cone of light her car cast on the unlit highway and wondered if Cass went along with this every time she drove back home. After they both graduated from high school, they parted ways as Beatrice sought out a college closer to home while Cass got a spot at LCC. The long distance made it almost impossible for them to visit one another, so they always had to wait for the vacations to see each other again when Cass came home to her parents anyway. But as luck would have it, they now both had time off from college stress and Beatrice had decided to visit Cass in the big city. As she passed a sign announcing that she would soon be arriving in town, her mood improved a bit and she blinked several times to refocus on the road. She wiped a strand of her dark brown hair from her face and sat up. The tight PVC pants she was wearing squeaked softly and Beatrice rolled her eyes. The whole ride, she had regretted putting on these pants, but she wanted to impress her friend with her new clothes. Normally Cass was always the one with the flashy and daring clothes and Beatrice the quiet inconspicuous girl, but she wanted to change this during her visit. Her feet were in ankle boots and her upper body was covered by a skimpy silver top. Beatrice never thought Cass would suffer so much for her fashion. The sudden illumination of her cell phone distracted her from the road for a moment, and she read Cass&amp;rsquo;s name on the screen. A smile graced her lips and, with a swipe of her finger, she answered the call.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mental Institution Weekend</title><link>/stories/2022/05/22/mental-institution-weekend/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2022/05/22/mental-institution-weekend/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="part-7"&gt;Part 7&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id="chapter-19-all-wrapped-up-in-research"&gt;Chapter 19: All wrapped up in research&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The lights came on in my cell, and Patti walked in. “Hi Mr. Murphy, how are you on this fine morning?”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Good!” I said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Well, it’s a big day for you, going for another wet pack. Are you excited?” Patti asked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Well, excited and a little scared,” I said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Well, you liked your last one, didn’t you?” Patti asked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“It was interesting last time, but this time it’s for a whole week!” I said.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mental Institution Weekend</title><link>/stories/2022/01/20/mental-institution-weekend/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2022/01/20/mental-institution-weekend/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="part-6"&gt;Part 6&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id="chapter-15-the-long-drive-home"&gt;Chapter 15: The long drive home&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We drove towards the state hospital. A few minutes after setting out Cathy pulled into a roadside drive-through. The girls ordered some food to go for themselves and we pulled out as soon as they collected their order.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I said, “Hey, what about me?”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Oh, don’t worry, Mr. Murphy, we have food drinks in the ice chest for you!” said Kelly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They drove a little farther down the road and pulled over at a roadside rest stop. There were a few picnic tables under some big trees. Cathy pulled the van up by one of the picnic tables and stopped. Kelly announced that we were going to have a picnic. Cathy took the food and drinks and set them on the table, while Kelly opened the sliding door. I obviously stayed sitting, strapped down in my chair.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mental Institution Weekend</title><link>/stories/2021/11/29/mental-institution-weekend/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2021/11/29/mental-institution-weekend/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="part-5"&gt;Part 5&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id="chapter-12-packing-up-the-old-life-or-now-you-see-him-now-you-dont"&gt;Chapter 12: Packing up the old life (Or now you see him, now you don’t)&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Over the next few days, there was not too much to report for me, as I was secured to my bed, except for being taken to the shower room and showered once, so the days started running together. However, other plans were being laid for me by my girlfriend and my doctor at Amanda’s home.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Prop Room</title><link>/stories/2021/02/21/the-prop-room/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2021/02/21/the-prop-room/</guid><description>&lt;h4 id="a-weekend-trip"&gt;A Weekend Trip&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“So when am I going to find out where the surprise destination is?” Darlene asked. She and Joe Riordan, the owner of the movie prop company, were the only two left in the building on a late Friday afternoon. She was sitting at her desk in the rear of the building, in the accounting department behind the warehouse. Joe sat on the edge of her desk.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Not just yet. I do have some coming attractions though. Want to hear the trailer?” Joe had taken over the family business a few years ago from his father. The main line was providing various props to movie and television production companies. A lucrative sideline was selling old movie memorabilia, primarily on the internet. Darlene, an aspiring art director, had been hired to catalog props when they were used in order to document the provenance, the proven history, movie fans demanded.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Patient</title><link>/stories/2020/05/28/patient/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2020/05/28/patient/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;None of the nurses knew who patient 746 was. Not that it mattered to them: The small woman was just part of their job and daily routine. They would unlock her cell, check on her straightjacket, hood and gag. They would use the small valve in the gag to feed her a nutritious sludge. She would choke, cough, sputter and complain with unintelligible sounds. Sometimes she whined and gargled and struggled and they would have to hold her down with more force. But restrained, hooded and gagged as she was, she was fairly easy to handle.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Andreabound at the Institute</title><link>/stories/2020/02/29/andreabound-at-the-institute/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2020/02/29/andreabound-at-the-institute/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="part-one"&gt;Part One&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After my rescue from the clutches of Doctor Sara by the FBI I found myself without a job of course. In one sense this didn’t matter too much as I didn’t need to worry about finding a roof over my head or paying for the essentials. You see, Mr. Mazzoni and the Doctor had been rounded up and I was whipped away into a safe house where my basic needs were looked after and I could be kept safe until the trial. It turns out the FBI had been after him for a while and so I found myself embroiled in the middle of a high-profile trial as a key witness. One reason I needed to be in a safe house was that Mr. Mazzoni’s henchman – the guy who had taken me to the doctor’s lair - had avoided arrest and the FBI feared that he would try to silence me. Sure the doctor had been caught red-handed torturing someone and her conviction was assured, my testimony there was just to add strength to the prosecution’s case. But I was the only tangible link between the doctor and Mr. Mazzoni’s nefarious shipping activities. These, I turned out included the import and export of drugs and young women for the sex trade. At least I now knew what fate had been planned for me once the doctor had tired of her tortures and why she was at pains not to mark me too badly.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Making a Monster</title><link>/stories/2019/06/03/making-a-monster/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2019/06/03/making-a-monster/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Amy and April had just reached the final locations on their sightseeing assignment. Both young ladies worked for a film company that mainly did horror films. They had been searching the UK in order to find a filming location. They had spend all week going from one end of the country to the other. So far they had found nothing that would work. This was the last option and if it did not live up to expectations, their boss would be having strong words with them. They had spend lots of time and money and failing to find somewhere would put the project back.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mind Fuck</title><link>/stories/2017/07/02/mind-fuck/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2017/07/02/mind-fuck/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
A short story about what really goes on upstairs at Jack&amp;rsquo;s Place.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be careful going upstairs at Jack’s Place.
You may not be able to handle “the real stuff.”
And no one will believe you afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
 * * * * * * * * * * * *&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Secret Book of Spells</title><link>/stories/2014/12/29/the-secret-book-of-spells/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2014/12/29/the-secret-book-of-spells/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;A young man finds a special book at an auction.
Would you bid everything you had for the contents of a sealed locker?
If you did, what would be the results?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; 
 * * * * * * * * * * * *&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Sold to number 24!” screamed the auctioneer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I couldn’t believe I did it. I just paid $2,730 for the contents of a storage locker, sight unseen.  I have
an absolute maximum of $800 that I will bid for the rights to an unclaimed locker. I have bought dozens of lockers at auction and never paid more that $800 for any of them– ever. But for some reason I had bid $2,730 for this one.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Sectioning Sarah, leaving Louise</title><link>/stories/2010/10/10/sectioning-sarah-leaving-louise/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2010/10/10/sectioning-sarah-leaving-louise/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m indebted to Cropsncuffs for the origins of this story. The characters and plot are based on the superb story titled &amp;lsquo;&lt;a href="../storiesek/ghostsofnursespast.html"&gt;The Ghosts of Nurses Past&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rsquo; recently posted on Gromet&amp;rsquo;s site. You really have to read it first to see how things happened. It&amp;rsquo;s such a great tale and one I felt deserved a part 2 so here&amp;rsquo;s my attempt. Please let me know what you think. Shelley. xxx.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once I’d recovered from the latest orgasmic haze I saw the figures still around me, gently wiping away the sweat from my brow. The oldest and clearest of the nurses looked at the others as they finished up.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Ghosts of Nurses Past</title><link>/stories/2010/07/25/the-ghosts-of-nurses-past/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2010/07/25/the-ghosts-of-nurses-past/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;“It must have cost James an absolute fortune to set this gig up” Louise said “This place is huge”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I heard” I said, leaning towards Louise for emphasis “That it cost more to clean the place up than anything else. The owners were only too glad to have it made use of”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Louise shrugged and took a sip of her drink. Maybe I was right, but as it didn’t directly effect her, the fact past her ears by as if it had never been uttered. Then James himself came drifting past them, basking in the glory of a successfully arranged party of such vast proportions. Louise grabbed his arm as he passed them by, and as he came to a halt he favoured us both with a dazzling smile.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>