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"Control (Out of)" by Kevin Kangas (sex on the beach) 8, 7, 8 {Not Yet Archived} "Control (Out of)" by Kevin Kangas (miraco12@aol.com). Reviewed by Fiddler. Mick is removed from being a beach bum by a thick bank account. Kristina (Kris) is a beauty who moves in across the street from him. He invites her out for dinner, and they find that they have a great deal in common. On the beach later that night, they develop even more in common. The sex scene is nicely written. The author tried to wrap it in some emotional commitment, at least on the part of the man. But not knowing why he was so despairing in the first place, his recovery from that despair in the arms of a woman doesn't affect us as much as it could. Another paragraph or two motivating his weltshmertz would have helped. So would some reasons for Kris's reciprocating his interest. Kris is somewhat the intellectual's dream-woman. She is beautiful and interested in what interests Mick and interested in Mick, nicer--but no more believable--than those sex-crazed cheerleaders who populate the lower reaches of stroke- fiction. All in all, this was a competent story just missing top quality. Ratings for "Control (out of)" Athena (technical quality): 8 Venus (plot & character): 7 Fiddler (appeal to this reviewer): 8