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"Dancing in the Dark" by Michael K. Smith (very tender emotion)
10, 10, 10
"Dancing in the Dark" by Michael K. Smith (mksmith1@swbell.net). I have been going through my files, trying to put them in order and correcting mistakes when I find them. I recognized this story, but couldn't find the review. When I searched my database, I found TWO reviews of a different story with this same title. In the second of these reviews, I mentioned that I had accidentally sent the same story to two reviewers. I now suspect that I sent a different story to each reviewer, but AOL garbled the textfile (as is the AOL custom); and one of the reviewers compensated by simply downloading from a.s.s.m. a story of the designated title. He got the wrong one, and you got two reviews of just one of the stories. This was a serious mistake, because it deprived you of a review of a really excellent story. {I'll repost the reviews of the other story, which was also pretty good.} What we have here is a story of a woman who is so depressed that she is squatting alone in the darkened closet when her husband comes home from work. She has just lost her job, and she feels worthless. He tenderly convinces her that she's OK. There's more to the story than that, but the author says it much better than I can. I am very glad I discovered this mistake. This is a wonderful story. If you're a student in a psychology course - or a professor in one, for that matter - read this when you are studying human emotions or human sexuality. Heck, read it both times. Ratings for "Dancing in the Dark" Athena (technical quality): 10 Venus (plot & character): 10 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10 |