Rogue Review No. 484 - December 30, 1999

NOTICE: If you are easily offended, not of the 
required legal age, or material of an erotic nature 
is illegal where you are, then do not read what 
follows.

TITLE: Psychology
AUTHOR: Michael K. Smith
LENGTH: 5,300 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Brother-Sister
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Sherry turns to her older brother Kevin for help 
with her research project for her psychology class.  The 
topic is incest.

COMMENTARY: What impresses me the most about this story is 
the author's restraint.  He doesn't feel the need to explain 
everything.  He sets the mood and then just gives nudges 
here and there to let reader know how Sherry and Kevin are 
feeling.  He doesn't say that she smiled after sleeping with 
her brother because it was an intense and enjoyable 
experience.  He just says she smiled, after sleeping with 
her brother.  It is left up to the reader to interpret the 
smile.  Its all about showing and not telling.

On a similar note I was also happy to see that the author 
did not rush the plot.  Sherry and her brother do not have 
an orgy-to-end-all-orgies, from the first paragraph to the 
last.  They aren't so horny that they forget who they are or 
who it is that they are lusting for.  They have doubts, as 
well as desires.  That seems quite natural and realistic to 
me.  It also makes the story more enjoyable.

If you don't care for stories of incest or brother-sister 
incest, then you may want to skip this one, otherwise I 
cannot see why anyone who enjoys erotica should object to 
this story.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.5 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 4/5
        - Editing: 5/5
        - Plot and Characters: 4/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Psychology

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21986

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=565173982&fmt=raw

         Erotic Fiction by Michael K. Smith

         - http://www.asstr.org/~michaelksmith/
