Helen is a writer who was tired of typical porn sites and came up with her own - Illustrated XXX Stories. At first I thought this would be another toon site, but found myself immediately intrigued.

IllustratedXXXStories is a cool idea and one that I've rarely come across. The member's page is attractively designed and easy to navigate since all the content is dispersed across three pages. Additional bonuses include access to 13 bonus sites. While I'm sure that there are regular updates across the network ring, I couldn't find any date stamps in the exclusive content.

There are no movies, but what's really unique about this site is that it offers exclusive full-length stories galleries that can be erotic, romantic and even hardcore. Stories have a good length of over 2,500 words. Themes are diverse and you obviously can't get this kind of imagination with video porn. Narratives include college fun, blowjobs while driving, MILFs, lesbians and even a few fetish themes. I read a story called First Time Anal. The writing is solid with a bit of background. While there isn't much in the way of description or depth, there is a load of action.

Illustrations are exciting and detailed. Colors and lines are effective, but I was disappointed that I couldn't download any of the ones that I saw in the 'pictures' section. These are regular-res drawings. However, the images in the 'photo' section can be downloaded. There are about 80 to 100 shots in each set and the pictures are crisp and clean, high-res sets (1600x1057). The lighting is terrific and the angles and framing make the scenes exciting.

There are 60 hand illustrated stories and five photo narratives, which is five less and four less than we saw nearly two years ago. This amount hardly seems like enough for the price. However, you do get 13 bonus sites with some heavy duty hardcore, so that makes up for it to some extent. Illustrated XXX Stories has a unique concept in mixing solid quality writing with impressive photos and illustrations.