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Anyone remember those great Russ Meyer B-movies of the late 60s? For those not in the know, or those who need a brass knuckle on the side of the head to remember, they were about half-undressed, monumentally stacked heroines in unintelligible plots that always involved them doing things that made their breasts bounce...frugging in go-go clubs, wrestling, kickboxing, running from the law. They had titles like "Vixen" and "Mudhoney" and the incomparable "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (which featured half-Japanese half- Apache karate expert Tura Satana.) They were to the 60s what film noir was to the 40s. They were total trash, and total fun. What Raven has done is turned Meyer's personal vision into some great erotic fiction. The heroines of these stories are women who enjoy beating the crap out of other women, but there's also an erotic component: it makes them horny as hell. The two opposite drives thus give a strong D/s flavor to the proceedings, with more of a payoff than Meyer ever gave us. The star serial from this author is "Hollywood Cat Pack." It concerns a sort of alternate-world version of the studio system where starlets fight other starlets in sandpits and wrestling rings for shots at choice movie roles. Real-life stars (Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner) are amusingly mixed with fake ones (Stella Stellar) and star sound-alikes (Jane Blonda, Margaret-Ann Magnuson) in a world of drugs, booze, cigarettes, double-dealings, orgies, and ancient rituals. Rocky, a naive young actress, is seduced into the Hollywood Cat Pack by her manager, who tells her membership is the only way to become a big-name star. Female members are required to fight each other for the mens' amusement, so first Rocky fights capitol bitch Angie Prickerson, then battles Stella Stellar in the Playboy Club (the latter with both combatants dressed as bunnies.) To her horror and amazement, Rocky finds herself enjoying her battles, and enjoying the sex that follows even more, as the winner gets to fuck the loser. In between these bouts she has dreams of a Greco-Roman alternate universe called Catalan where she was once a high-ranking noblewoman who fought her countrywomen to rise higher in the royal court. As it turns out, the male leader of the Hollywood Cat Pack is the reincarnation of a slave Rocky once wronged in that other life, and now he's out for revenge. The story was fast-moving and entertaining without an excess word easing the pace, and the fight sequences were truly breathtaking. The sex was of the D/s variety and on the violent side; there was no love or tenderness in these stories. However, I didn't miss it, as it's a given that the appeal of fiction like this is to read about avaricious bitches fighting and clawing their way to the top. The same principle exists in TV soap operas like Melrose Place in a much-muted form. But Raven takes them to their most extreme point, and there's no turning back. If you haven't guessed, I enjoyed these stories a lot. As of 4/24/03 this site is much dimished; the Cat Pack stories are now hosted on the Diane the Valkyrie site while the other stories seem to have disappeared... perhaps archived elsewhere in Diane's capacious library. Which, if you like catfighting stories like these, is kitty heaven for both newbies and aficionadoes alike. So take a look, you'll probably find similar fics to tickle your fancy.
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