The Following is a
written review of H. Grant's works written by the tenacious Mark
Starr who is an avid critic of online erotica:
Review:
I made a beeline directly to H. Grants writings when I first
found the alt.sex.stories postings. I was in no way disappointed
at all. He is an excellent writer. While not attracted to some of
his main themes directly such as scat and degradation, I was
immediately drawn to the deeper expression of human desire deftly
craved in his writings that underlie his use of these tools. This
deeper human desire being, to have absolute sexual power over
other human beings. To have the unabashed freedom to express and
reinforce this power. Its a desire humans have craved since they
were old enough to see, old enough to recognize a will, old
enough to enslave, a desire now crushed and repressed by self
fear and societal pressure. He deftly uses guile, dominance, and
degradation to color this desire to life. I found myself
immediately fascinated to these forms of sexplay that he used to
flush out his plot and characters, to a crescendo of an total
delight of the protagonists will expanding to absolute authority.
The reader can literally feel the power rush build, as if to see
through the eyes of a god. A corrupt and all powerful puerile god
perhaps, but a god nonetheless, who reveled in enforcing his
domination and will through conquest and degradation. I found his
writing style to be incredibly seductive and was literally drawn
into the story and following right along with his protagonist,
feeling and living their very own desires. H. Grant didn't
neglect to touch on the emotional states, fears, and anxieties of
the other characters just enough to bring them to life.
If I could offer any weak criticism at all, it would be that I
would like to feel even more the thoughts of all the characters -
especially those acting as well as those being acted upon. Being
an writer myself however, I know there is only so much time in
the day to write. So I can not fault him for this. I will
continue to look forward to his stories and await them like a kid
on Christmas day - hoping to get that bb gun so he can finally
shoot at the fat assed old neighbors down the street. Goodie!
What glee. LOL :-)
Review by
Mark Starr (March 30, 2002)