--Bitbard

"Terri's Dilemma" by The Observer (lsummers@onramp.onramp.net). The narrator has been keeping company with Terri as a sort of favor to the family. Her boyfriend is in the army, and somebody has to hang out with her. The story opens with Terri giving the narrator a ferocious slap for no good reason. He responds with a grim determination to take the bitch home and dump her for good. However, as every British schoolgirl knows, when a girl slaps a guy for no discernible reason, it's because she loves him. And if the recipient of the aggression would simply get a grip on himself, he would realize that the emotions are reciprocal.

I'm not going to retell the story; the fun is in finding out what's going to happen. I'll only say that in many ways this story is a fusion of the previous two stories in this review. Like "Old Friends" this story is built around power struggles; and like "Lisa" it describes the fruition of a relationship that began badly. Oh - I almost forgot. The sex scenes are some of the hottest ever; and their heat is intensified by the chemistry of the context.

One thing I had trouble with was the anal sex scene. I have come to the conclusion that anal sex is uniquely personal. This story and several others describe it as painful. I have had anal sex, and I have experienced no pain. The guy in this story seems to want to dominant his lover and she wants to be dominated. I like it because it's a violation of a taboo that needs to be broken; it's a way to be nasty without being nasty at all. I think the secret lies in having a gentle lover who has rimmed the asshole tenderly and has finger fucked it on previous occasions and who uses plenty of lubrication when he finally rams his dick home. Remember, the ass doesn't naturally lubricate, and it may be useful to withdraw and add some extra KY before finishing the job. I guess the other part of the secret is to relax and enjoy it; if you're tense, I guess it might hurt like hell. I have learned to relax and enjoy it so much that once when I had to have a barium enema I was afraid I would have a sexual climax in the doctor's office through association with anal sex. We engage in anal sex less often than in other forms, but I would describe the feeling as slutty (in the best sense of the word) and very filling. {In my fantasy life, I would like to have one cock in my cunt and one in my ass.} In addition, there's the side advantage of making me look forward to my next GI series.

This is an extremely creative and generally well-written story. {It has a few grammar glitches that supplied the examples for this week's Grammar Tip of the Week.} The author uses a nice variety of stylistic techniques. I especially liked the way the narrator's perspective kept changing as Terri's behaviors changed in response to his own actions. I also liked the wide variety of writing styles that the author blended into an integrated story.