“This is hell, darling … All the devils are here among us. We must snatch our pleasure where we can, before it’s too late.”
It’s 1889, and women are being killed in the East End of London. They’ve become the targets of a deranged sexual killer, but why? Because they’re prostitutes? Sapphists? Or something else entirely?
Keira Michelle Telford is an award-winning author with a love for the gruesome, the macabre, and the downright filthy. She writes dystopian science fiction, contemporary and historical erotic lesbian romance, and other lesbian fiction, often with a focus on age-gap relationships.
All the Devils by Keira Michelle Telford is a short story set in 1889, the time that London was in the grip of the Whitechapel Fiend named Jack. Young Lizzie just moved in the one room tenement of one of his brutally butchered victims. As she is cleaning up she finds a hidden compartment under the floorboards containing a few possessions and a bundle of intimate letters from the murdered girl Mary Jane to someone named Kate.
She goes to look for Kate and finds her living in absolute squalor in Cable Street, the worst part of town. Soon she discovers Kate had a connection to all the murdered women and what secret they shared.
“Oh, lummy …” Lizzie gulps down her rum and edges closer, her eyes riveted to Kate’s peculiar anatomy. “I ain’t never seen such a thing.” She ducks down for a better look, her hot breath arousing the sensitive flesh of those parts.
As is per the usual in Telford’s stories, there is a deflowering. The story ends rather abruptly. Like there should be several more chapters to come. I have the feeling this was like a try-out for the epic (724 pages!) novel Quicunque Vult with the same theme (sans futanari) where Mary Jane is very much alive.
f/futanari explicit
Themes: Jack the ripper, Whitechapel, letters, a girl with a winkle, “I feels all queer” (don’t we all. Lol!)
Kindle Price: $O.99 - my favorite digits for book price.
Length: 19 pages - not my favorite digits for book length.
Lesson learned: Futanari - In today's language, it refers almost exclusively to characters who have an overall feminine body, but have both female and male genitalia (although testicles are not always present - poor balls 😱) - source; Wikipedia
Reaction after the first half: Beyond sadness - Lizzie is a kind soul thrown into a harsh world.
Reaction for the middle to the end of the book: Confused, hence the wiki on Futanari.
Most shocking quote but I will definitely be using: "Too hot cunted to care"
Score: 2⩼
Evonnia and The Maiden
My 2nd KMT: Thanks to Alexis once again.
Kindle Price: $O.99 💕
Length: 2O pages
Lesson learned: Nude maidens in the woods are as dangerous as fried food from the fare, once eaten, considered clogged.
Reaction throughout the book: You're screwed, Evonnia?
Most shocking revelation: The ending reminds me of Michael Learns To Rock - 25 Minutes Too Late but in Evonnia's case, 25 licks too late.
Date and location look familiar to you? Horror fans will probably have a good idea who that title refers to. This tale is not about him however, it's about 19 year old Lizzie who moves into the room of one of his victims.
This is a very short story and anything else I say will be a spoiler but here's what you need to know about KMT's writing ability. If you're familiar with her work, you will know exactly what will happen, yet by the time you get to the end you will still be a little surprised that it actually happened!
Final note: If you don't know what the term futanari means make sure you use incognito/secret mode when looking up that term. Oh and maybe also delete your browser history when you're done.
Wow, I wish I could bottle up Telford's writing ability and rain it over everything else I read. I happened to start reading this short story while waiting in a long check-out line and, even in all of the commotion, I was still rapt. This author breathes life into a story in a way I can see, smell, and taste it.
"All the Devils" is a short, dark, erotic piece set in the Jack the Ripper Victorian era. It contains Telford's usual element of odd and taboo. The only downfall is its brevity and abrupt end.
4 stars. Holy shit was that twisted and somehow sexy? I am disgusted with myself but I really enjoyed this. Telford is an author who just really knows how to push boundaries and think all the way outside of the box. This little novella had me absolutely hooked from the opening line and I want more.
A short story in the era of Victorian London, and follows straight after Quicunque Vult. Erotic, but very nicely done and puts a slightly different spin on the intended targets of Jack the Ripper.
I pretty much enjoy anything and everything this author writes. It’s always nicely written and very provocative. She does tend to like age gap with those youngest being around the age of consent and the other love interest being late 20-40’s depending on the time period. Most of her writings are period pieces. It’s the only way the stories being told would work. If placed in modern times would raise way too many eyebrows and moral issues and concerns. It’s funny how the time in which it places these “soulmate” attractions/pairings work and cannot at any other time.
I find myself reaching for this author all the time. She tells stores like no other. I really enjoyed, “Come, My Pet,” “The Prison Trilogy,” and “Falling Hard.”
Once again, Telford is skulking the same streets of Victorian London where Jack the Ripper plied his trade and as shocking as those crimes were - she has found something new (to this reader) down one of those dark alley ways. This is a story of a poor, young woman living in squalor who while cleaning up the blood-stained aftermath of the former tenant's murder discovers a hidden space beneath the floor which contains - among other things - several love letters. When the author of those love letters shows up unannounced at her door, one thing leads to another and a seduction takes place. Having never encountered the genre of "futanari" before, this reader was as taken aback (though not quite as curious) as the girl and the rest of the story is a graphic lesbian erotic tale that should titillate and satisfy because Telford's prose is always confident and skilled.