"Once You're Rubbed by Amy" by Backrub. I vaguely remember seeing a story called "Once You're Rubbed" by someone named Amy posted in a.s.s. As I recall, I glanced at it, noticed it was unfinished, and decided not to bother to download it. Big mistake! About an hour ago I received via e-mail a copy of this story from Backrub, along with his official notification that he intended to repost "Once You're Rubbed by Amy," which is a follow-up to this story. Big break! So I read this story, and it's excellent. It's basically a slow build-up for a big climax. It does a beautiful job of expressing the magic and insecurity of first meetings, of the beginnings of relationships. I found myself laughing and recalling experiences from my own life. The build-up itself is not devoid of sex; but its sexy in the sense that you just know something is going to happen, because the chemistry is right to begin with and it gets better as the story goes along. The only flaw with this story (and it's a big one) is that it's unfinished. It just plain stops before the climax. But Backrub solved that problem with the next story.

"Once You're Rubbed by Amy" by Backrub finishes the previous story. In doing so, it retells the entire story from the man's point of view. Since a massage plays a pivotal role in this story, it is a story by Backrub about a backrub! I myself think the present story can stand alone, even if readers have not seen the previous story; but Backrub himself thinks that the two stories should be read together. Backrub also wrote "Across the Catty Corner," a follow-up to Sue's "Catty Corner." I reviewed those two stories in Celestial Reviews 9. I truly believe that the Catty Corner Combination was better than this set, but this is still an excellent, romantic, and sexy story..