Author's notes,
This was written for the
Amorous Goods, Season 03 (2022) Author Challenge
and I will also enter it in the
Halloween Story Contest 2022
. Everyone depicted is over 18 and obviously this is a fictional story. Be sure to vote. I hope you enjoy the story.
Prologue:
A lifelong collector of goods and objects from far and wide has passed and left the entire collection and the business built around them to the only remaining relative, a niece on a career path of her own. Vikki has taken on the task of administering the estate and liquidating the business and collection. However, she has come to find out that many of the goods have been cursed or enchanted with amorous powers that affect those who encounter them. These are the stories of some of those encounters with objects found at Amorous Goods.
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Amorous Goods: The Sumerian Dildo
Amy Madison made a wrong turn and her brow furrowed as she tried to decide what to do. She had never driven down this street before. She made the logical decision, in her mind, to make several other turns in various directions without keeping track. Totally lost, she had no idea where she was nor how to get home. Suddenly, on her umpteenth turn, there on the left, she saw a rather large mansion. It was kind of spooky looking, but there was a large sign in the front of the building, "Amorous Goods." Amy, with a rich executive husband, and Olympic-level skills in spending his money shopping, racked her memory, but she had never heard of it.
A college graduate, she knew what amorous meant and what the word goods usually indicated on a mercantile sign. Never one to pass up a chance to spend money, Amy decided to check it out. She needed a gag gift for Jackie, her older sister. Her older sister's birthday happened to be on Halloween at the end of the week. That was always a hoot, to see her older sister get all that ribbing.
The gag gift on birthdays had started with each sending funny birthday cards. Jackie had started the gift thing when she sent Amy, privately, of course, a beautiful wooden box with an exquisitely carved message on the top;
"Put this in your husband's suitcase the next time he goes on a business trip to remind him of you."
Amy wondered what wonderful thing her sister had put into this gorgeous box. The box contained a red see-through thong and a can of tuna fish.
Amy remembered she had laughed so hard she actually peed herself. To this day, she couldn't serve tuna fish to her husband Larry, in any form, without being sent into a wild fit of laughter. She would still have had the thong, but as a joke, she wore it. Larry got so excited he tore it off her. Well, that wasn't so bad, she guessed.
She wasn't particularly impressed with the outside of the old mansion. It looked seedy and creepy, like something out of a Halloween cheap B movie. Inside, it was cluttered, a bit dusty, and unorganized. Certainly not a Gucci showroom.
The clerk introduced himself as Dylan and explained how he and his co-owner Vikki had acquired the place. Her uncle had been a lifelong collector of goods and objects from far and wide. When he passed away he left everything to his niece, his only living relative. She had her career and had no interest in maintaining the business. Vikki took on the task of administering the estate and liquidating the collection and business. Since, liquidation can be tedious, time-consuming, and expensive, she had taken on Dylan as a working investor.
"Is there anything you are particularly looking for?" Dylan asked.
Amy didn't want to explain because all the gag gifts they did were raunchy, and she wanted this year to be the raunchiest yet. Fuck, she wanted it to be over the top.
"I don't know. I guess I am just looking for a birthday gift for my sister," she said, finally.
So Dylan began to show her around, pointing out various things he imagined might interest a woman.
"Here is a lovely Rockwell print," he pointed out and gave some, supposedly interesting, facts about the artist relating to this print. "Here is a beautiful broach worn by..." he continued, but Amy had tuned out by now.
There were stacks of different odd goods, and she was about to give up when she spied a small glass cabinet, almost hidden in a corner. Her curiosity got the best of her, and she moseyed over to have a look. The object that drew her attention was a phallus statue with balls only about three inches high enclosed in an obscenely large display case. An evil grin came over her face, and she thought about the possibilities. Perhaps a note.
"Put this on your shelf, so when Bill goes on a business trip, you have an exact life-sized replica of his cock for you to worship."
Bill was Jackie's husband, who Amy didn't like. It would be a hidden insult to him and a raunchy gift for Jackie. If nothing else, Jackie would never be able to display it.
Amy called Dylan over to get it out of the case.
"I'd like to look at that object in the display case, please," she said, pointing to it.
"Yes, ma'am," he said.
"Why does it have such a big display case?" she thought.
Dylan handed it to her, and she looked at it from several angles.
"I think this will do. It's a gag gift for my sister," she confessed, chuckling.
Dylan was shocked at her nonchalance.
"Do you know what this is?" he asked seriously.