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* "The Black Knight: An Erotic Adventure" by Alan Barclay (chivalry, bdsm & humor) 10, 10, 10
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* "The Black Knight: An Erotic Adventure" by Alan Barclay (I think). Sir
Englebert the Ungainly is in the midst of a rather hectic adventure when he
comes upon a naked woman - I mean fair maiden - tied to a stake. The young
lady is the nearby village's offering to one of the great beasts of the forest
to persuade that monster to spare their homes from destruction. If the dragon
devours her, he cannot then in good conscience attack the village. It was a
sensible thing for the villagers to do, and the good knight very nearly rides
on by. But there's something about the fragile beauty of a damsel in distress
with her naked body dangling like a misplaced modifier from a stake so that
her breasts....

This is the sort of story that really upsets me! It includes a focus on sex
slavery and a large amount of spanking - but that's not what upsets me. After
all, this is a story about chivalry, and chivalry has specific Rules. For
example, a chivalrous person must always open doors for lady of rank equal to
or higher than his own, allow an opponent to be armed before he lops off his
head or blows his brains out, and accept sex slaves when they are assigned to
him and treat them as their status deserves. No, that's not what bothers me.
What upsets me is that at the time I am reading this story, I already have
TWENTY-ONE stories on my Top 15 List for this month; and here I am reading
number TWENTY-TWO! In today's mail I received the "J" story from Mark who
does the Alphabet series. I'm going to wait until December 4 to review it. I
can't stand any more really excellent stories this month!

The only significant problem with the story was this sentence: "I told her
that I labored under a curse; that I could not enjoy a woman who was well and
recently spanked." Actually, the opposite was true: he could not enjoy a
woman UNLESS she was well and recently spanked. It's a big difference, but I
figured the curse correctly from the context. Since the story was otherwise
so good, I decided to forgive this one sin.

Anyway, this is a really excellent story. I don't want to ruin it for you,
but I'll advise you that it's meant to be funny. Thomas Mallory and Alfred
Tennyson may have taken knighthood seriously, but more recent authors have
discovered that knights were really funny people.

This story was presented by Lust So Stories. Since it was a good one, I might
was well cite their web page: http://spellbinder.bc.ca/lss/

Ratings for "The Black Knight"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10