In a future where pleasure is bought in virtual reality parlors, one man creates the perfect lover. Spun from binary code, everything he could want in a boy except real ... or is he?<br><br>Be forewarned: this story is different from what you're used to reading. It's in the second person POV, the present tense, and contains two nameless characters.<br><br>Welcome to a world where pleasure is bought and sold in virtual reality parlors. Where customers can fashion a computerized fantasy playmate who is always willing and caters to their every sexual desire. Where reality blurs between worlds, and the only thing you can believe in is love ...

VR Palace

You don’t have to open your eyes to know you’re not on the beach.


There’s warmth but it’s not the sun—the low crackle of flames suggests a fireplace. At first you think you’re not completely in the program, because you can feel a tightness that hugs your body like the VR suit, but you realize it’s thermal underwear, snug down your arms and legs, trapping in your body heat. No, this is definitely notthe beach.


Chapter 16