Rogue Reviews Digest No. 20 - October 19, 1998


  NOTICE

If you are easily offended or under the age of eighteen then please 
do not read what follows.


  CONTENTS

Mailing List Information

Ratings

Reviews

  No. 220 ["How I Lost My Hair" by Yosha Bourgea]
  No. 221 ["Orange County Babylon" (Part 3 of 8) by MichaelD38]
  No. 222 ["Grandma's Window" by Schulzie]
  No. 223 ["Users and Losers" by David 2]
  No. 224 ["The O'Stikkit Inn" by Mike Hunt]
  No. 225 ["Night Swimming" by Vickie Morgan]
  No. 226 ["Playing With Fire" by MichaelD38]
  No. 227 ["Blinded" by Miss Behavin']
  No. 228 ["Shining Spirit" by Rosemerry]
  No. 229 ["Counting Stars" by Adhara]
  No. 230 ["North From Jerusalem" by Adhara]


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  RATINGS

In order from best to worst I rate stories as follows:

Outstanding
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Grudgingly Good
Not Good

The "Outstanding", "Excellent", "Very Good", and "Good" ratings 
indicate, to varying degrees, that I like the story.

The "Grudgingly Good" rating indicates that I think the story is 
well written, but that I find some of the elements in the story 
so disturbing that if I were to review the story based solely on 
my personal tastes I would give it a "Not Good" rating.

The "Not Good" rating indicates that I do not like the story.


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  REVIEWS


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Rogue Review No. 220 - October 12, 1998

How I lost My Hair by Yosha Bourgea

M/F

Length: 6,600 words

Rating: Good


  SUMMARY

Paul gets his hair cut by Maggie.


  COMMENTARY

I was not completely satisfied with the characters in the this story.
Paul seemed real enough, but Maggie seemed to be more of a type than 
an actual character.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15289.txt [1/2]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15290.txt [2/2]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=390942882&fmt=raw [1/2]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=390942887&fmt=raw [2/2]


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Rogue Review No. 221 - October 12, 1998

Orange County Babylon (Part 3 of 8) by MichaelD38

M/F/F

Length: 8,700 words


  NOTES

This is my review of the third part of Orange County Babylon.

Part 1 - Rogue Review No. 201
Part 2 - Rogue Review No. 212
Part 3 - Rogue Review No. 221

Since reviewing the first part I have decided not to rate the 
individual parts of this story.  I plan on reviewing a part a week, 
until I have read the entire story.  Once I have read the it all I 
will compile all the individual reviews into one big review.


  SUMMARY

Summer and Becky get into a fight over Jack.


  COMMENTARY

There is not much sex in this part, until the end.

This part seems to be here to advance the plot.

I like the way the author has developed the characters to this point.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14763.txt [1/3]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14764.txt [2/3]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14765.txt [3/3]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385735558&fmt=raw [1/3]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385735563&fmt=raw [2/3]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385735567&fmt=raw [3/3]


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Rogue Review No. 222 - October 12, 1998

Grandma's Window by Schulzie

M-solo, M/F+, Exhib, Teen, Pedo?

Length: 12,800 words

Rating: Excellent


  SUMMARY

Danny's desire to show himself off, leads to more than he had in mind.


  COMMENTARY

I found this story very arousing.  It is a stroke story, but the 
author drags out the action, in a good way.

There are parts of this story that border on pedophilia.  Some 
readers will probably feel that it is pedophilia.  If there is a gray
area between pedophilia and acceptable sexual play, in my book, then 
this story has found it.

[Note: I consider pedophilia to be sex involving older characters and
characters who are less than 15 or 16 years of age.]


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15375.txt [1/3]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15381.txt [2/3]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15944.txt [3/3]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=391998792&fmt=raw [1/3]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=392351182&fmt=raw [2/3]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=397743021&fmt=raw [3/3]


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Rogue Review No. 223 - October 13, 1998

Users and Losers by David 2

M/F

Length: 10,000 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Tom's life is ruined by someone he once considered a friend.  He gets
revenge, but in the process something unexpected happens.


  COMMENTARY

The author does a good job building the plot.  It is well paced.

There is sex in the story, but the story is about more than just sex.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15505.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=393263560&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 224 - October 14, 1998

The O'Stikkit Inn by Mike Hunt

M/F/M

Length: 6,800 words

Rating: Good


  SUMMARY

Mike watches June, his wife, have fun with John, a man they met in 
a bar.


  COMMENTARY

This story is well written; the author takes the time to build up to 
the sex.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15081.txt [1/2]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15080.txt [2/2]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=388975223&fmt=raw [1/2]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=388975217&fmt=raw [1/2]


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Rogue Review No. 225 - October 15, 1998

Night Swimming by Vickie Morgan

F/M

Length: 1,700 words

Rating: Good


  SUMMARY

Philippa goes for a late night swim and meets a mysterious man.


  COMMENTARY

This story is for the most part straight forward, but there is a 
twist at the end of this tale.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/13714.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=378073650&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 226 - October 15, 1998

Playing With Fire by MichaelD38

M/F

Length: 3,100 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Peter has been aroused by fire ever since he was boy. He has grown 
up, but he has not lost that attraction to fire.  That is when Hannah
enters his life.


  COMMENTARY

This story is a little bit different.  Like Peter, I was fascinated 
by fire when I was younger, but I never found it arousing.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15348.txt [1/2]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15349.txt [2/2]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=391655592&fmt=raw [1/2]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=391655596&fmt=raw [2/2]


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Rogue Review No. 227 - October 16, 1998

Blinded by Miss Behavin'

F/M

Length: 11,400 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Leigh Anne goes to extreme lengths to help Alan, her boss.


  COMMENTARY

I like the way this story started, but I feel that the depiction of 
Leigh Anne was a bit contradictory.  What she is shocked by in the 
beginning of the story, seems like peanuts compared to what she does 
at the end of the story.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15234.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=390006924&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 228 - October 17, 1998

Shining Spirit by Rosemerry

F/F

Length: 7,700 words

Rating: Excellent


  SUMMARY

Allie breaks up with Brent, her husband.  Gina lets Allie stay with 
her, while she heals.


  COMMENTARY

This story is hot.  Desire is evident in both women, from page one.  
The author lets the intense attraction simmer for most of the story, 
but in the end it overflows.

I think the author does a great job of letting the reader know how 
both women are feeling, throughout the story.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15554.txt [1/2]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15555.txt [2/2]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=393938292&fmt=raw [1/2]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=393938298&fmt=raw [2/2]


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Rogue Review No. 229 - October 18, 1998

Counting Stars by Adhara

F/M

Length: 1,200 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

The night sky work its magic on Celena, and she in turn works her 
magic on Matthias.


  COMMENTARY

This a beautifully written piece.  It is not a full-blown story.

I like the details the author chooses to include in so short a piece.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15638.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=395277766&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 230 - October 18, 1998

North to Jerusalem by Adhara

M/F

Length: 2,400 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Mary and her husband leave town.


  COMMENTARY

This story seems to be inspired by passages from the New Testament.

The focus is not sex, but there is some sex in the story.

This is not a fully developed story, but I like what there is.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15640.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=395277774&fmt=raw


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10/19/98