Excerpt from the original 46000 word fiction-based-on-fact story titled
'HOUDINI CONNECTIONS' by Jim Stewart

TOPIC = MAIN CHARACTER INTRODUCED

Married with-kids British fire-fighter A.J. ‘Chunky' Proctor had never been able to resist a challenge. Even his job is full of calculated risk-taking and potential danger, but recently he'd had an uncomfortable feeling growing inside him that he might enjoy somebody else making a few choices for him ... taking control, taking charge. That was the stage the hero of our story had arrived at ...

A man who, at 35, still thinks of himself as being in his prime, is beginning to suspect he might have missed out somewhere along the line. Erotic alternatives; the sort of things always sneered at or disapproved of by the sort of blokes he'd hung around with all his life, Chunky Proctor is now tempted to explore. Long resisted fantasies seem to be occupying more and more of his ‘thinking time'.

Amicable separation from his wife ... current girlfriend willing to try a bit of kink but Sarah was hopeless at tying knots in spite of all his tuition. Most of the imagined games that turned him on, hinged on him surrendering some of his physical power ... and a lot of responsibility. 'Tying up' situations had always attracted him (in fantasy) ... “Houdini Stuff” as he liked to think of it. Somewhere in the back of his mind he had always known instinctively that handing over control to somebody else might open up all sorts of possibilities he'd never really explored.

So - as a momentous step - on the day the story opened Chunky had decided to buy a pair of handcuffs. This might make it easier for Sarah to take control. Handcuffs had always fired up his imagination. He'd deliberately hung out with coppers when the opportunity arose - and steered the conversation around to handcuffing techniques. But he'd always been nervous that showing interest might expose him to ridicule - or make his mates suspicious.

EXCERPT

... situations that surrounded arrest, imprisonment, interrogation under pressure and physical restraint had always fascinated him - but somehow disturbed him. Perhaps that's why when a few years ago, having filled out an application form to join the police, he'd settled for the fire service. He'd never made the erotic connection, but had always been aware of this 'thing' about handcuffs and all sorts of “Houdini stuff” when he was a kid. Manacles and shackles and prison scenes in films seemed to lurk disturbingly in his imagination. The possibilities of arrest, imprisonment ... restraint had resulted in him pushing his luck when he was an apprentice in a machine shop. Pranks with wire, rope, soldering irons and even adhesives had got him into tight corners and occasional trouble.

On the soccer field and pubbing and clubbing, his mates would say “There's no holding Chunky Proctor” and his stock reply was always the challenge, “Come on, try it you bastards”. Sometimes they did try, which would result in scuffles and tackles and torn clothes. A couple of times in the past he'd been on the verge of buying a pair of handcuffs. The magic shop had had them when he was a kid and he'd been very tempted ... but something usually held him back ... he didn't know what. But now he had no family budget to consider and, hopefully, he might find a legitimate use for them ... to give Sarah an even chance in their bedroom rough-and-tumbles.

In a local newspaper he and his mates had read about a new 'queer' shop which shop stocked an impressive range. Chunky had scoffed along with his mates ... but secretly made a note of the address. As the story begins, he has guiltily risked a visit to 'The Inner Man' - and it isn't at all what he expected ...

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1. The story continues with 13 excerpts (listed below) - each describing a different "Houdini Connected" restraint or bondage challenge.
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22 - HANDCUFFS AND MORE = the shop 'The Inner Man' is not what was expected
03 - HANDCUFF EXPERIENCE = first time into a pair of handcuffs
44 - SOLID CENTRE HANDCUFFS = an efficient control device efficiently used
05 - TEAMWORK = shared experience and team involvement
06 - MANACLED = metal and chain in the hands of an expert
07 - Q & A SESSION = getting to know you
08 - SHOWTIME = video footage of games men play at 'The Inner Man'
09 - SECOND SITTING = continuation of 'Showtime' - self-applied restraint sequence.
10 - ARRIVALS = different folks / different strokes
11 - ARMY GAMES = heavy action in army gear
12 - BAGGED = an efficient restraint sack efficiently applied
13 - DE-BRIEFING = as far as the story goes (or is it?)