"As the Paige Turns" by Hawk Richards (heminway@epix.net) Guest review by Mike Hunt.

A week ago I wrote a review of Hawk Richards' "As the Paige Turns." And I slammed it pretty good. I even noted that Celeste had given him low marks on an earlier story and he had revised it and gotten all 10's on the revision. That showed me that he cares about his work, and I urged him to revise "Paige."

The sonofabitch went and did it. And he did it again. It's a great story now, certainly worth 10's, and I highly recommend it.

The story still revolves around a lady psychiatrist who helps a client through his modem fetish and along the line discloses her own fascination with the stories in the newsgroups. And while there's no graphic on-screen copulating or masturbating or blowulating, it's still sexy; it's still a quick read, and it's now quite worth your while. The typos are gone, the logic is logical, the story is fun!

One reviewer's disclosure: he mentions me in the story. That's a nice stroke, but I wouldn't change my opinion just for that. Another disclosure: he's stealing my fucking format, and has added closing remarks that dropped me to the floor with laughter.

Any author who can write a sexy story AND make you laugh at the same time is, uh, probably a mope. Take it from me. But a funny mope, and maybe one who shows a helluva lot of promise. Read "As the Paige Turns (Revised)". It's a goodie.