If you're going to make their dicks change sizes could you say how big they are. Just a little pet peeve when authors don't right that, it helps get the proportions in mind.

Great story. The obliviousness. The muscles cop brainwashed into a plaything trope. Definitely left my mind making up stories as you mentioned the now-brainwashed detective looking to bring others into the fold.

hot but horrifying!

This story definitely engaged my brain more than my groin, but that's not always a bad thing. You're a master of building suspense, and I liked all the gothic elements, not only the Poe references toward the end, but also all of the "Mummy's tomb" allusions. I can also see why you went with the unresolved ending, which fits very nicely with the Poe homage. But I do wish we got a bit more resolution to the other main thread in the story, which are all the economic elements. Glenn and Ben are scavengers in a late capitalist system, making their money by speculating on abandoned property (and presumably making additional cash by self-promotion on their podcasts and videos). So there are two very different routes that I could see their story going once Ben inevitably drinks the Cycle One. One possibility is that they become even more hyper-capitalist and basically become drug-lords, making huge profits by getting men addicted to their limited stash. In my opinion, however, the more interesting possibility is that they abandon this competitive individualist capitalist mindset altogether and instead become "true believers" seeking to recruit as many men as possible into the Cycle One cult by giving away the product for free. (Just like what happened in the original story, when men talked about Cycle One as a "free gift"--albeit a gift that couldn't be refused and that created unbreakable bonds with the muscle cult that was forming). And that brings me to the other element that, in my opinion, was largely missing from this story, which is a strong personality change element. (You do that so well in the original story; I still remember the uncanny moment when the two firemen the narrator dubs "Quiet Guy" and "Babbler" basically switch personalities after "Quiet Guy" tries the drink). Here, although Glenn starts repeating some of the signature lines from the earlier stories, his basic personality doesn't seem to change very much; he's still making lots of wise-cracks to his brother and doesn't seem like much of a "muscle zombie." If Glenn's sarcasm and quips had been replaced by the sincere fanaticism of a "true believer," well, then the story would have grabbed my groin a little more.

Damien's transformation is totally hot!

To be physically controlled to this level and disconnected from being able to control one's own body would be an incredible (but frightening!) experience. Would love to try it with a worthy Dom. Just the way you have described the natural progression of the testing and fine-tuning the control also ramps up the erotic tension in the story. Very smooth, and very arousing! Thanks so much!

Awesome hot story, loved the details! And thanks!

So glad to see you revisit this series. Still one of my favorites of all time, and you kept it fresh and hot.

Theodore has been my favorite. I'm glad he got the best transformation. And all the stories in this series have been so well written, but this writing excelled. "The ass fucker bucked hard, spasming and forcing the cocksucker further down the pole to his goal." That, and other sentences like it, were perfect during Theo's transformation. This story had me laughing in one paragraph and squeezing my hardening cock in the next paragraph.

haha Yes, probably would be a better Halloween story rather than New Year's, but that's how slow I am.