"Anything" by Delta (an248969@anon.penet.fi). Lance is driving his car on a dismal night, concerned and annoyed because his wife is inexplicably upset and has gone to visit her sister. In this state of emotional tension, he picks up a young, female hitchhiker. Susan thinks she recognizes Lance, but she doubts that this is really the case. Susan comments that she would do "anything" for a ride all the way to her distant destination by 9:00 the next morning. Lance quickly takes her up on her offer, and off they go on their mutual odyssey. Susan is upset when he pulls up at his house - obviously to cash in on "anything"; but it turns out that he has to feed the cat. The shifts in mood and in sexual tension continue throughout the story.

The author constantly switches rapidly but smoothly between the viewpoints of the two protagonists, describing the thoughts and emotions of each. Neither knows what the other is thinking, and we constantly see how each is sometimes right and sometimes wrong in his or her perceptions of the other. What Delta does as well as or perhaps better than anyone is tell a COMPLETE STORY - a story with a plot that involves me as the reader and plays with my mind as I think I know what is going to happen next. This is a truly excellent and sexy story.