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* "Adrenaline Games" by DG (high-risk sex) 10, 10, 10
* "Adrenaline Games" by DG (dionysian@hotmail.com). Guest review by BillyG. "Adrenaline Games" is a very well-written, tightly-knit tale by DG that touches on the aphrodisiacal powers of risk and fear. DG gives his e-mail address as dionysian@hotmail.com which gave me pause for a moment, for one of the definitions of dionysian includes irrational, frenzied or undisciplined. But it also touches on the orgiastic and ecstatic. As it turns out, none of those apply so much as Nietzsche's philosophy of creative-intuitive power. That intellectual rumination aside, the story's hot, fast paced and just a little bit tense as, of course, it's intended to be. Andrew Miller is a 21-year-old college student who's just been arrested for the rape of Sarah Glassman. When questioned by the detectives, he maintains that it was all a game, that Sarah *wanted* to be raped for the thrill of it. The detectives are initially unmoved but when Andrew offers to tell the whole story, they're willing, even eager to listen. The story flash backs are very well done, capturing the mercurial antics of unpredictable Sarah, "a weird chick." Initially she goads Andrew into tying her up but she wasn't prepared for his creativeness. He surprises and thrills her with his spontaneous topping. She clearly gets off on edge work. Hunter Thompson might well have used her in his book, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." They get hooked on their own adrenaline-producing scares. I've done just enough of my own edge work to have an appreciation for fear-generated juice. But did something go wrong? Did Sarah go round the bend on the last one? Is Andrew going to take a fall because of this "weird chick?" By all means, read the story and try to imagine yourself in it. It'll get your juices going. Grades: 10,10,10 |