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"Janey's Friend" by Janey (literary ff romance) 10, 10, 10
"Janey's Friend" by Janey (janey98@hotmail.com). Janey has fallen in love with Taria. In this story, which is sort of a sequel to Taria's "Phone Sex," they meet and do very nice things to each other. Just read the story - it's really silly for me to try to summarize things that the author describes so much better than I can. Actually, this whole affair is somewhat difficult to sort out. Janey's fictional persona is definitely and reciprocally head over heels with Taria's fictional persona (that's a vocational counselor with a college history teacher - at least most of the time); and Janey the real person also has a genuine and likewise reciprocal admiration for Taria the real person - whoever those real persons may be. The exact relationship among all these personas (or perhaps, personae) is a bit vague. For example, Janey the fictitious person strongly recommends "The Power and the Word," which was written by Taria the real person, and in which Taria the fictitious person plays a major role. This confusion of characters may sound confusing - and it is - but that's good news, not bad news. The ambiguity adds to the flavor of the story. As Janey points out, Taria's "The Power and the Word" is truly an excellent story. {I'll repost the review below.} But it's not really a good idea to fall in love with authors who write good short stories. For example, the best short story author I know is Edgar Alan Poe; and he'd be a helluva person to be in love with, even if he hadn't died in a gutter over a hundred years ago. And then there's Mike Hunt, who dropped off the edge of the earth just when my fantasies about him were getting really interesting. Ratings for "Anniversary Party" Athena (technical quality): 10 Venus (plot & character): 10 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10 |