"Vicarious" by Anne Arbor (AnneArbor@hotmail.com). Guest review by Crimson Dragon.

I've never read anything by Anne Arbor before, but I have to admit that I quite enjoyed this short story. The story is basically a voyeuristic/ exhibitionistic competition of two university friends told from the perspective of Anne, a current girlfriend to one of the friends. Despite the short venue, Anne managed to get a reasonable level of plot as well as character into all the people in the story. There is a small twist that I should have seen coming, but I didn't, so I won't reveal too much more than that.

The characters were fully described, and the small details made the story for me. The story is fast paced and hooks you pretty quick.

The erotic aspects were also strong and well described for this type of story. At least, I thought they were.

I didn't notice any glaring English errors, though I stumbled over the word 'commingled'. I looked it up, and Anne was right again. This story is well written from a technical standpoint.

Remember that I'm still new to this reviewing stuff, but I'd recommend reading this story.