In my search for something “new,” I wandered over to https://18comix.org, where I came across a story about a cyber-gay man surrounded by mirrored screens. In the middle of the story, the hero gets to the heart of this system: the camera slowly slides over his bare back until condensation drips down the glass, and then he touches the cold metal and the screen comes alive with erotic flashes. It was this transition from emptiness to a vivid mass of sensation that knocked me off my feet. After that, I realized that it was not sex itself that turned me on, but that sudden transformation of space.