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* "Reunion" by Steve Black (romance) 10, 10, 10
* "Reunion" by Steve Black (c621097@showme.missouri.edu). When I reviewed the first story by this author I complimented him for trying to blend the emotional with the rational, but I chided him for going too far to the rational side. This author is a fast learner: this story is an excellent blend of the two components. I'm not going to describe the story in detail. Briefly, it's about a man and woman who used to be lovers but drifted apart and who become reunited at the end of this story. Some readers will dislike it because in the first two-thirds of the story there is no sex at all in it. Sometimes lengthy monologues about "how I screwed up our relationship" are really boring, but the author effectively uses lines from "their song" to break the potential monotony. Incidentally, I don't mean this as criticism of this particular story, but in real life when there's a problem with a romantic relationship and people seem to be drifting apart, there's at least one good solution besides having an affair or dissolving the relationship. It's called counseling. If you find that reading a.s.s. stories and even my reviews doesn't help you get your life in order, go to the phone book and look in the yellow pages In the Sulfur Springs Yellow Pages, you would look under either "Mental Health Services" or "Marriage, Family, Child & Individual Counselors." I don't know why it's not even cross-referenced under "C" for "Counselors.". It has always angered me that it's so much easier to find a car dealer or dentist than a counselor. It's not an admission of failure to seek help. On a less serious note, this story raises the question: When two people are alone in a house and no one else even has a key, why do they close the bedroom door when they make love? This was an excellent, romantic story. Ratings for "Reunion" Athena (technical quality): 10 Venus (plot & character): 10 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10 |