Celestial Reviews 273 - April 8, 1998

Note:  I really do appreciate the jokes that people sometimes send to me.  My
mention of pick-up lines brought the following deluge from a correspondent:

1. That dress would look great on the floor next to my bed.
2. Do you want to see something swell?
3. Hey babe...do you realize that my mouth can generate over 750 p.s.i.?
4. Drop 'em!
5. What do you like for breakfast?
6. Excuse me.  Do you want to fuck or should I apologize?
7. Wanna fuck like bunnies?
8. Say, did we go to different schools together?
9. Why don't you come over here, sit on my lap and we'll talk about the first
thing that pops up?
10. I had a friend who use to hand out phone cards that said: "Smile if you
want to sleep with me."  And watch them try to hold back their laugh.
11. Hi, my name is {name}; how do you like me so far?
12. Can I buy you a drink or do you just want the money?
13. Would you like to dance or should I go fuck myself again?
14. Hey baby, let's go make some babies.
15. At the office copy machine.  "Reproducing eh?"  "Can I help?"
16. Would you like Gin and platonic or do you prefer Scotch and sofa?
17. I think we have to make love on the front lawn like crazed weasels NOW!
18. Hey babe...can you suck a golf ball through 50 feet of garden hose?
19. Hey babe...can you suck start a Harley?
20. Motion with your finger for a girl to come over. When she gets there say,
"I knew if I fingered you long enough you  would cum."
21. Hey babe, how about a pizza and a fuck?
22. HEY!  What's wrong, don't you like pizza?
23. A women asks, "Excuse me, do you have the time?"  You: "Do you have the
energy?"
24. Hey babe, wanna get LUCKY!?
25. Say mother, want another? (if she has kids)
26. Bond. James Bond.
27. Hello love, do you spit or swallow?
28. You look like the type of girl that has heard ever line in the book.  So
what's one more?
29. Your place or mine?
30. Nice shoes, wanna fuck?
31. You have some nice jewelry. It would look great on my nightstand.
32. Would you like to have morning coffee with me?
33. Your face or MINE!?
34. Are you ready to go home yet?
35. If I told you that you had a great body, would you hold it against me?
36. When she asks, for a match. "How about the hair on my head and the hair
between your legs?"
37. Nice tits.  Mind if I feel them?
38. I love you.  I want to marry you.  Now fuck my brains out.
39. Forget that!  Playing doctor is for kids!  Let's play gynecologist.
40. Wanna play carnival? You sit on my face and I guess how much you weigh.
41. I wanna floss with your pubic hair.
42. I'm on fire.  Can I run through your sprinkler?
43. I'd look good on you.
44. Excuse me, have I fucked you yet?
45. I'd give you a piece of my mind, but I have more of something else.
46. I would kill or die to make love to you.
47. Sex is a killer... want to die happy?
48. I love every bone in your body - especially mine.
49. Hi, I make more money than you can spend.
50. HI! Can I buy you a car?
51. NOW, BITCH!
52. Fancy a fuck?
53. My face is leaving in 10 minutes. Be on it.
54. Should I call you in the morning or nudge you?
55. I'm new in town.  Could you give me directions to your apartment?
56. Fuck me if I'm wrong, but isn't your name Gretchen?
57. I'm Irish. Do you have any Irish in you? Would you like some?
58. Chicks dig me;  I wear colored underwear.
59. Excuse me, is it true that you're a sexual tyrannosaurus?
60. That dress would look great on the floor next to my bed.
61. Was your father a thief?  'Cause someone stole the stars from the sky and
put them in your eyes.
62. That top is very becoming on you. Of course, if I were on you I'd be
cumming too.
63. Look at the tag in her shirt and say: "I want to see if you were really
made in heaven."
64. Look at the tag in her shirt and say: "Checking to see if you're the right
size."
65. Let's do breakfast tomorrow--should I call you or nudge you?
66. You know what I like about you?  My arms.
67. I think you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen... On a Wednesday.
68. Excuse me, why is your drink glowing?
69. How did you achieve such a gaudy effect with only FDA-approved cosmetics?
70. You're ugly, but you interest me.
71. Screw me if I am wrong but you want to fuck me don't you?
72. Do you believe in one-night-stands?
73. With one touch, I could make you make sounds that only a dog could hear.
74. If I said you have an ugly body, would you hold it against me?
75. If I gave you a negligee for my birthday, would there be anything in it
for me?
76. If you were a tear in my eye I would not cry for fear of losing you.
77. I'm leaving this place... want to cum?
78. I know this is going to sound like a line, but did that sound like a line?
And are you disappointed?
79. Why you've got the whitest teeth I'd ever want to cum across!
80. Who's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
81. OK, fuck me if I'm wrong, but I think you want to kiss me.
82. I know I don't look like much now, but I'm drinking milk.
83. Free mammograms, get your free mammograms here, get 'em while they're hot!
84. Do you have a quarter?  Too bad, because I need to call my mother and tell
her that I found the woman of my dreams.
85. Can I borrow a quarter? ["What for?"] I want to call your mother and thank
her.
86. Do you have a map? I just get lost in your eyes.
87. That's a nice shirt. Can I talk you out of it?
88. Did you clean your pants with Windex?  I can practically see myself in
them.
89. Are you religious?  Good, because I'm the answer to your prayers.
90. Do you have a boyfriend?  Well, when you want a MANfriend, come and talk
to me.
91. Did it hurt? Woman:  Did what hurt?  When you fell out of heaven?
92. Do I know you from somewhere, because I don't recognize you with your
clothes on?
93. You got nice breasts, but what color are your nipples? Brown or Pink?
94. I am conducting a feel test of how many woman have pierced nipples?
95. Is it that cold out or are you just smuggling Tic-Tacs?
96. Pardon me but I was just about to go home and masturbate and I was
wondering if you'd mind if I fantasize about you?
97. Sit on my lap and we'll get things straight between us
98. You smell wet.  Let's Party.
99. Pardon me miss, but I help noticing that you have cum in your hair.
100. Gee, you don't sweat much for a fat chick.
101. Miss, If you've lost your virginity, can I have the box it came in?
102. Walk over to a table occupied by ladies, whip out your 'pud' and say:
"Hey Charlie, see anyone here you recognize?"
103. I saw you at the party last weekend and you look kind of interesting...
Let's meet sometime...
104. I've had quite a bit to drink, and you're beginning to look pretty good.
105. No, I'm not a cop. What can I get for fifty bucks?
106. Inheriting eighty million bucks doesn't mean much when you have a  weak
heart.
107. Hello, Susie. Your mom couldn't make it this afternoon, she asked me to
pick you up and take you home. My, what a pretty dress.
108. Excuse me, do you live around here often?
109. Excuse me, I'm a little short on cash; would you mind if we shared a cab
home together?
110. What's your sign?
111. You have the ass of a great artist.
112. Hi, the voices in my head told me to come over and talk to you.
113. Let's take a shower together --you smell.
114. I've gotta thirst, baby; and you smell like my Gatorade
115. If I were Elvis, would you screw me?
116. Didn't anyone tell you that you wanted to sleep with me?!?!  I thought
you knew...
117. Cold out isn't it?  (staring at breasts)
118. "Hey... somebody farted.  Let's get out of here."
119. "What was that?"  "That sound."  "It was the sound of my heart breaking."
120. I need your help.  I must expel some seminal fluid.  May I use your body?
121. Stand back, I'm a doctor. You go get an ambulance, I'll loosen her
clothes.
122. Do you know, your hair and my pillow are perfectly color coordinated.
123. Do you like jewels? Well suck my cock, it's a GEM.
124. Do you sleep on your front? Do you mind if I do?
125. Do you want to go halves on a bastard?
126. Have you ever played leap frog naked?
127. I'll bet you 10 bucks I could get all your clothes off in 30 seconds.
128. I'd like to rearrange the alphabet so that u and I come together.
129. Since we shouldn't waste this day and age, what do you say we use these
condoms in my pocket before they expire?
130. Would you like to see me naked?
131. I lost my phone number; can I borrow yours?
132. I was sitting here holding this cigarette and I realized I'd rather be
holding you.
133. If your parents hadn't met, I'd be very a very unhappy man right now.
134. Anything drugs can do I can do with my tongue.
135. Either way, I'm going to have you tonight; so you may as well be there.
136. Wanna go halves on a baby?
137. Do you like chicken?  Suck this; it's foul!
138. Do you know the difference between a hamburger and a blow job? No! D'ya
wanna do lunch!
139. Do you know the essential difference between sex and conversation? No!
D'ya wanna go upstairs and talk!
140. Holding out two fingers say, "Why should women masturbate with these two
fingers?"  When she says, "I don't know", you say, "'Cause they're mine,
sweetheart".  
141. I feel like Richard Gere. I'm standing next to you, the Pretty Woman.
142.  Sit on my face and let me get to 'nose' you better?
143.  The chick that usually sucks my dick has a shirt just like yours!
144.  You know, the woman I'd forget about for you is blonde, too!
145.  Do you eat pork ?
146.  Hey, little girl, how 'bout a quick game of hide the weasel?
147.  I'm sorry. I'm an artist, and it's my job to stare at beautiful women.
148.  Do you like beef? Well suck this; it's dripping.
149.  Mmm. You like to chew gum? Cop a hold of this - it's WRIGGLY.
150.  You're so hot, you melt the plastic in my underwear.
151.  Let's go to my place and do the things I'll tell everyone we did anyway.
152.  The word of the day is "legs."  Now, let's go back to my place and
spread the word.
153.  My name is [insert your name here].  I'm telling you so you'll know what
to scream. 
154. My name's [your name], but you can call me "lover."
155.  Yo, baby! All those curves and me with no brakes.
156.  I like every muscle in your body, especially mine.
157.  How about you just sit on my lap, and we'll  both wait around and see
what comes up?
158.  Wow, you look just like my cousin.  Wanna have sex?
159.  I'd like to confront the front of your cunt.
160.  Let's say your left leg is Christmas and your right leg is New Year's.
Now, how about letting me get together with you sometime between the holidays?
161.  I want to melt in your mouth, not in your hand.
162.  Is your daddy a thief? ["No."] Then how did he steal the sparkle of the
stars and put  it in your eyes? [Be ready with a snappy answer in case the say
yes.]
163. You're so hot you melt the plastic in my underwear.
164. Would you be my love buffet?  So I can lay you out on the table and take
what I want?
165. Do your legs hurt from running through my dreams all night?
166. That outfit would look great in a crumpled heap on my bedroom floor
tomorrow morning.
167. Can I flirt with you?
168. Your daddy must have been a baker, 'cause you've got a nice set of buns.
169. If I told you that you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against
me?
170. [Grab his/her tush.] Pardon me, is this seat taken?
171. Is it hot in here or is it just you?
172. Can I have directions? ["To where?"] To your heart. [Cheese alert!]
173. Do you know what'd look good on you?  Me.
174. I miss my teddy bear.  Would you sleep with me?
175. So...  How am I doin'?
176. How about you and I go back to my place and get out of these wet clothes?
177. [Tap your thigh] You just think this is my leg.
178.  Do you sleep on your stomach?  [No]  Can I?
179.  Do you have a mirror in your pocket? 'cause I've been seeing myself in
your pants all night.
180. I want to melt in your mouth, not in your hand.
181. Do your feet hurt? [Why?] You've been running through my mind all day.
182. Is it hot in here or is it just you?
183. The first time is always the hardest.
184. Excuse me, are you on the pill?
185. Hi there.  Do you swallow?
186. Wow!  Are those real?
187. Hey babe, wanna make an easy fifty bucks?
188. Nice dress/pants, can I talk you out of it?
189. I looked up the word "beautiful" in the thesaurus today, and your name
was included.
190. I have had a really bad day and it always makes me feel better to see a
pretty girl smile.  So, would you smile for me?
191. So, do you wanna see something really swell?
192. I had sex with someone last night.  Was that you?
193. Do you take it up the ass?
194. Is that a Tic-Tac in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
195. What would you do if I kissed you right now?
196. Pardon me, but I was just about to go home and masturbate and I was
wondering if you'd mind if I fantasize about you?
197. Hi, do you know why you should masturbate with THESE two fingers?
(holding up any two)  Obvious reply: No, why? Because they're mine.
198. I'm drunk.
199. You know, I'd really love to fuck your brains out, but it appears someone
beat me to it.
200. Ever tried those weird prickly condoms? 
201. Pardon me, but what pickup line works best with you?
202. Pull my finger.
203. Hey baby, let's go back to my place and get something straight between
us.
204. Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?
205. (Use index finger to call someone over then say) I made you come with one
finger, imagine what  I could do with my whole hand.
206. Your underwear must be made out of Windex, because I can see myself in
them tonight.                                      
207. They say love is a many splendored thing.  Let's make some and find
out...
208. Hi.  I go down on the first date...how about you?
209. Hi, what's a girl like you doing in a nice place like this?
210. To a woman: Hey baby, can I tickle your belly from the inside?
211. Do you like apples? [Yes] How 'bout I take yak home and fuck the shit out
of ya, how'd ya like dem apples?
212. Excuse me.  Do you wanna fuck or should I apologize?
213.  Hi! Can I buy you a car?
214. I'll suck you so hard that you'll have to pick the sheets out of your ass
when I'm finished.
215. Will you marry me and have my children? (unfortunate side-effects:
beware!) 
216. I want to thank you for [insert any event here], grab your ankles bitch!
217. Ya know, if we cut your arms off, you'd look just like Venus de Milo.
218. Hey, baby, wanna lock crotches and swap gravy?
219. Hey let's play house, you be the door and I'll slam you.
220. You know, your eyes would go great with my bedspread
221. Are you looking for Mr. Right? Or Mr. RightNow?
222. Would you like fries with that?
223. Are you religious? Good, because I'm the answer to your prayers.
224. Hi, the voices in my head told me to come and talk to you.
225. How did you achieve such a gaudy effect with only Avon cosmetics?
226. Do you believe in one night stands?
227. Take an ice cube to the bar, smash it and say: "Now that I've broken the
ice, will you sleep with me?"
228. I'm single!
229. I think I'm falling in love with you. Now do you want to fuck?
230. I'm really sorry about Al. It was a lovely funeral. You look ravishing in
black, did you know that? What you need now is a nice backrub. Are the straps
too tight darling? How very,  very tragic.
231. What winks and fucks like a tiger? (said while winking)
232. Yo.  You'll do.
233. Excuse me, I think I dropped my congressional medal of honor under your
chair.
234. You know what they say about beauty...it protects against all evil.
Well, with you I feel really safe!
235. Excuse me, this is the non-smoking section and you happen to be on fire!
236.  I don't want to be alone when I go to bed tonight, but I do when I wake
up
237. Are those moon pants you have on? [No, why?]  Because your ass is out of
this world.
238. You're ugly, but you interest me.
239.  I didn't know angels flew so low.
240. Say, do you believe in the hereafter? (Yes) Well, then, maybe you'll give
me what I'm here after.

Second note: All of my past Celestial Reviews are now archived at
ftp://asstr.ml.org/pub/Collections/Celestial_Reviews/.  This is not "my"
archive; so don't ask me questions about how it operates or complain to me
when it goes down.  I have no official web site of my own, but I am usually
willing to cooperate with anyone who wishes to post my reviews, and I am
grateful for their help.

Final note: Remember: even though someone else may be posting my reviews for
me, my e-mail address is still Celeste801@aol.com.

- Celeste

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"Smalltown Scandal" by Delta (delta@nym.alias.net). A teacher shouldn't come
into a small town and start having an affair.  Teachers are expected to have
morals, especially if they are young and pretty and female.  Jane, young and
pretty and female, came into this small town and proceeded to have an affair.
She had to go.  

The story is told from the perspective of the Chairwoman of the School Board,
whose job it had been to give Jane the heave-ho.  The story is not exactly
confusing - just fragmented, and deliberately so.  As we proceed through the
story, it becomes more and more interesting, as we pick up details about Jane,
Mrs. Pulof, and her husband.

This story doesn't have a lot of blatant sex - just a good plot based on
sexual innuendo.  I liked it a lot.

Ratings for "Smalltown Scandal"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"Better?" by Losgud (lushgod@hotnomail.com).

Don't you just hate it when you have to attend the wedding of a second-cousin
you've never met?  Not if you're a character in an a.s.s. short story, you
don't.  In an a.s.s. story you invariably meet a sexy cousin who is already a
kissing cousin and wants to escalate the relationship.

In this case the lad, whose sex life lately has been limited to the bra ads in
the Sunday paper, comes home for the wedding of a distant cousin, and he's not
even invited to the reception dinner.  Fortunately, his previously alienated
sister is in equally dire straits, and they become reconciled.

At times I personally felt that the story was a little slow - perhaps too much
build-up for the sex; but then at other times I felt that the build-up was
really great.  I was most annoyed when the narrator seemed to be dwelling on
petty events within the family - like his urge to screw up his father's TV
remote control or his need to spend lots of the money that his mother had
hoarded.  I suppose that's because these feelings of extreme negativity within
a family seemed foreign to me.  Once the sex got going, however, I was able to
set aside my grievances.

It was good to see a brother and sister happily reconciled.

The title is an elliptical sentence: "Better?" - meaning, "Is this better?"
Now why would anyone give a story a title like that?  I guess you had better
check.

Ratings for "Better?"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"Tropical Dreams" by Pulp Fan.  We're back at the orgy on Malinov's Island.
Only this time it's not a deserted island: it's inhabited by cavemen and their
female partners, who bear a striking resemblance to Raquel Welch in "One
Million Years B.C."  Only these buxom bronzed babes in bodacious bikinis are
slightly more monosyllabic than the people in that movie, if that's possible.
Anyway, the castaways make do - or get done.

Actually, the preceding paragraph describes a dream sequence - just one of two
hot dreams that Pulp describes to us in this story.  At one point I thought
Taria was having a dream that Pulp was dreaming, but both of the dreams were
real, at least to the extent that any dream in a fictitious story can be real.

As I have said several times, Malinov's Orgy has been a huge success, and many
of the stories are inter-related.  If you've followed many of the stories,
you'll probably enjoy this one more; but it also stands on its own pretty
well.

Ratings for "Tropical Dreams"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"Luau: Insatiable Flame" by The Bear (thebear@io.com).  Unlike most of the
other stories in the Malinov's Spring Orgy collection, this one does not
contain abundant, obvious references to the authors who frequent this
newsgroup.  

Instead, this is a simple gang-bang story.  A dancer named Flame announces
that she has had enough dancing at the Luau and requests that Jed and his two
friends fuck her.  They do. It's not bad sex, but it's simply not as hot as
some of the others in this series.  The simple fact is that the titillation
that arises from our knowledge of the characters or of their reasons for
wanting to engage in various activities enhances stories like the others in
this series.

Ratings for "Luau: Insatiable Flame"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 8
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 8

"Trapped in Stone" by Redheaded Composer (rhmusic@hotmail.com).

John went everywhere with the woman, either tied on a string around her neck,
or sometimes (if she was feeling very wicked) tucked between her ass cheeks as
she wore a tight girdle and a dress.  John, you see, has been turned into a
small statue ("trapped in stone") by a young lady named Surrey, who happens to
be the owner of one of those trinkets with magical powers.

So the story is sort of a reverse Pygmalion/Galatea adventure in an Egyptian
setting.  Exactly how and why this happens is sort of complex, but quite
interesting.

The story has all kinds of grammatical - and a few logical - glitches.  The
author should obtain one of my free proofreaders, who have been so helpful to
so many other authors.  But it's already a very creative and enjoyable story.

Ratings for "Trapped in Stone"
Athena (technical quality): 7
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"Purple Tornado" by David Lawrence (dhl@elektra.sysun.com). This slice-of-life
story in which the narrator meets a girl with all the joi de vivre of a purple
tornado is the only story I have ever read with an explicit reference to
gallium arsenide, although that term has been obliquely referenced in several
other stories.

The Purple Tornado is not a silent lover - nor are her partners, who never
know what will happen next.  The story gives us a taste of her zest for life
and of the improbability of her ever having a stable relationship.  The author
ends with a Robert Frost moment - what would life have been life had he and
she settled down together?  I suppose it would be unkind to suggest that he
married the woman "less traveled by...."

Ratings for "Purple Tornado"
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"The Good Girl" by Anne Arbor (AnneArbor@hotmail.com).  This story begins in
medias res, with the woman getting fucked rather unpleasantly by her husband,
who is capable of focusing only on the satisfaction of his own needs.  She
fakes it and tries to cajole him into bringing her to orgasm, but he's not
even aware of her problem.  So when she's finished, she jills off by herself.

This is a fairly common phenomenon.  I once even heard a Catholic priest - a
very traditional priest who considered male masturbation to be sinful - state
that female masturbation under these circumstances was "not sinful," because
the woman "deserved her release," and the male had deprived her of it.  Sorry.
Just one of those otiose observations from my distant past, which happened to
give me the opportunity to use the word "otiose" for a change.

This is a poignant story.  I think all of us women - and probably lots of you
guys - have at least occasionally been in the situation described here.  Our
partners, as wonderful as they are, simply cannot be absolutely superb all the
time.  My own experience is that if I follow Mr. Disney's advice and "whistle
a happy tune," - that is, play along and act like I'm having a damned good
time - then I often wind up having the bang of my life anyway.  If not, I can
always read one of these stories or play my own furry fiddle.

Ratings for "The Good Girl"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"No" by Gpkn (gpkn@aol.com). The narrator is a late-night disk jockey. "No" is
his name for a sexy lady who calls him in the wee hours - as in "No Name."
She talks to him on the phone and then meets him, and they make passionate
love.

A story like this has the potential to be more than we have here.  It's not a
bad story, but it doesn't come close to exploiting the opportunities for sex
between a DJ and one of his groupies.

Ratings for "No"
Athena (technical quality): 8
Venus (plot & character): 7
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 7

"The Stranger" by Ruthless (Ruthless@nbnet.nb.ca). Guest review by Fiddler.

One should probably start this review by noting that the story is not for the
squeamish.  The man Fitz and the boy Starling are managing to survive in a
city involved in a complex and unexplained conflict.  The city is shelled
intermittently by some regular military but also patrolled by an irregular,
and trigger-happy, "Militia."

The story starts as the two of them are searching for plunder after the last
shelling.  They find Barbara unconscious and drag her back to their lair.
Fitz strips and rapes her, serendipitously awaking her from unconsciousness as
he does so.  The story gets harsher from there.

The background of the story seemed grittily realistic as I read it, although
one could blow it apart if one didn't want to suspend disbelief.  The behavior
of the characters seems consistent with the chaos of their surroundings.  I
wouldn't like to live in Ruthless's mind, much less his fictional city;  but
he conveys the feel of it quite well.

Reviewer's warning:  I read this story on Dejanews;  what I read had a gap of
one quoted sentence.  If this is in the story as actual posted, rather than
being an artifact of the reading method, reduce the Athena score by one point.

Ratings for "The Stranger"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 9
Fiddler (appeal to this reviewer): 10

"A Present for Paula" by The Warthog (linetwo@connect.net). Guest Review by
BillyG (BillyG@mindless.com).

"A Present for Paula" is a simple, straightforward story.  The protagonist,
Bill, is out town on a job with his men.  It's New Year's Eve and they're at a
dance where Bill meets an attractive woman, Paula. They dance.  There's a
spark.  But she's there with her husband, Patrick; and they're celebrating
their one-year anniversary.

If you think you know where this is going, you're probably right.  A little
later, Paula asks Bill to dance and the spark is fanned to an ember. But what
about Patrick, Bill asks.  "Don't worry about Patrick," she replies.

Yep, right on schedule.  Not much tension, but the direction is clear.  Still,
it's not until Bill and Paula have gone to a room and had sex that we get
another insight into Paula's arrangement.  Perceptive Bill figures it out -
"Patrick knows, doesn't he?"  Paula replies, "You're my anniversary present."

For the first time, Bill's a bit incredulous to which Paula adds, "Yes, its
something that I've always wanted, to be with two men at once," said Paula.

For those of you who find the social situation a bit titillating, unlikely
plot development notwithstanding, you may not turn a hair at the next
development.  Patrick shows up, all smiles and announces, "Don't worry, honey,
there's no problem," said Patrick, "I was just thinking." He paused. "You've
always wanted to try two men at once," he began. Paula nodded. "What would you
say to seven men at once?" he asked.

For the "More is Better School," jump on this one.  But for those of you who
prefer a token of the third dimension, you'll find this mostly a grammatically
correct two-dimensional story that may leave you saying, "Aw, come ON."

Ratings for "A Present for Paula" 
Athena (technical quality): 9 
Venus (plot & character): 7 
BillyG (appeal to reviewer) 6

"Getting Even With Mary Anne" by Thomas M. Quin (tmquin@ibm.net).  Guest
review by Sandman (sandman@bitsmart.com).

I just came off reviewing "Pizza Guy", an ugly little scene where a woman is
brutalized and humiliated ­ basically the kind of story where I walk away
depressed that there are people out there who fantasize about this kind of
stuff.  Then Celeste sends me "Getting Even with Mary Anne," which is
basically a story where a man brutalizes a woman, rapes her, and gives it the
old college try at humiliating her.  

What's the difference between the two?  Well "Pizza Guy" was a scene and
"Getting Even with Mary Anne" was a story.  The difference is as stark as
these two examples:

1] There are two men in the room.  One man draws a gun and shoots the other
dead.

2] There are two men in the room.  One man draws a gun and murders the man who
raped, tortured, and killed his wife.

Makes a difference doesn't it?  You see in this story a man has been falsely
accused of rape, he's eventually vindicated but anyone can understand why he'd
harbor less than kind feelings towards his accuser.  Then he accidentally
bumps into her -- well he'd already done the time, might as well do the crime.
Or something like that.  So he ends up raping her, though I have to say it's
probably the weirdest damn rape scene I've ever read.

I didn't exactly agree with why the "hero" was doing what he was doing, but
then unlike "Pizza Guy" and "All night long" I didn't feel like I was about to
loose my lunch either.  The story itself is very well written, set in a very
interesting small town with interesting small town politics (Steven King would
be proud).  The "hero" is compelling, complex, and sympathetic.  

At the risk of rambling I'd like to point out that this story is in two parts,
a separate prolog followed by the story itself.  When I initially read the
story I missed the prolog.  The effect actually made the story more appealing
to me as it added an element of mystery about what was happening that layer by
layer began to unfold.  By the end of the story I had figured out everything
but the actual crime the "hero" had been accused of .   When I compiled the
links I found the prolog and read it, but really I'm not terribly sure I would
have liked this story as much if I had read the prolog first.

I was a bit confused at the ending as I asked myself exactly what had been
achieved, what had been the point?  In the end I'm not terribly sure that the
empty feeling wasn't the point.  Revenge, after all, doesn't REALLY change
anything (or as the Star Trek's Khan said: "Revenge is a dish best served
cold").   I did have to think on it a bit before I arrived at that conclusion.

I guess if you do enough of these review thingies you're eventually going to
find a "squick" story that holds an appeal to you.   I'll admit this story
held an appeal.  Nick, perpetually on the lookout for a N/C story he'd like,
should probably take a look at this one.  Though I doubt anyone would treat
this as one-handed fiction (not even N/C fans) or even consider it a timeless
classic, it is still a fascinating story and Quin did a remarkable, even
admirable job of presenting a potentially VERY upsetting story without pushing
the "squick" button hard enough for me to distance myself from the story.

Ratings for " Getting Even With Mary Anne "
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 9
Sandman (appeal to reviewer): 9

"Christina" by Parker (Reposted by Hawaiian Heat). This review is the personal
opinion of Kim, who can be contacted at ghost@nym.alias.net.

Whoa! A Parker story, no less. First off, I'd like to get something of my
chest (no, not my bra). Hawaiian Heat, I don't know if you read CRs, but if
you do, I'd just like to say I understand your resentment of spam, but I think
you shouldn't post so many stories all in one go. There, I feel better now.

Parker has a reputation for writing about the outer fringes of sexuality. His
stories usually revolve around some non-consensual activity or other. This one
follows that pattern, but with the proviso that the victim actually gets off
on the humiliation she suffers.

A young female accountant, Christina, leaves a staff party and accidentally
gives the wrong impression to the lady taxi driver who's come to collect her.
Being slightly drunk, and suffering a crush on her female boss, Christina
decides to tease and flirt with the taxi driver on the journey home. Having
reached their destination, Christina realizes she has no money and asks the
driver to wait while she gets the money from her apartment. Inevitably the
taxi driver follows her inside, and what follows is the sexual subjugation of
Christina by Selene, the driver.

Well written, in wonderfully simple, yet detailed English, it's an excellent
example of how to write a sex story. If you can get past the protracted
humiliation on show, then it's a pretty hot story. I take comfort from the
fact that, though the victim objects to her treatment, ultimately it's
revealed that it's what she really wanted all along.

I was pleased to see that Parker steered clear of any racist crap. The driver
happened to be black, but nothing special was made of the fact. Well done
Parker!

Girl - Girl D/S stories just blow my brain cells, provided they don't get too
extreme. Thankfully for me, this one didn't -- just! If you've a mind to these
things, then you'll probably find it as hot as I did. Just don't read it in
the cold light of day, else like me, you may find yourself pretty embarrassed
about enjoying such stuff.

Ratings for Christina"
Athena (technical quality): 10 (simple declarative sentences.
       Excellent)
Venus (plot & character): 10 (within the genre, perfect)
Kim (appeal to reviewer): 10 (blush)

"Susan" by Parker (Reposted by Hawaiian Heat). This review is the personal
opinion of Kim, who can be contacted at ghost@nym.alias.net.

This is another Parker story, purported to be a sequel to the "Christina"
story that I've just reviewed previously. I say purported because, really the
links are tenuous to say the least. This story revolves around the
misadventures of Susan, Christina's boss, briefly mentioned at the beginning
of that story. Christina also makes an appearance towards the end of this
story; but really, this story stands alone quite well, and can be read without
reference to the first one.

Susan, it seems, has a consuming desire to be spanked and humiliated by other
women. To this end she enlists the help of a street walker, Sandy, to
administer a beating. Things don't end there of course, as blackmail ensues
and things go from bad to worse for poor Susan, including being dominated by
her office junior, Judith, who finds out about Susan's dalliances.

This story has a sharper, nastier edge than "Christina" does, and as such you
may find it hotter, I don't know, but I didn't. It was just too sadistic for
my tastes, but each to their own, I guess.

It does have a pleasing shift of viewpoint, as Susan relates her downfall to
Judith and the story changes to first person.

Well, what can I say? You either like this kind of stuff, or you find it silly
or unpleasant. I can sympathize with both views, depending on my mood. I can't
find much wrong with the author's ability to tell a good story in a very lean
and straight-forward style.

I shall mark it down in my personal preference score, as the relentless sadism
dished out to Susan was just too much for me. Despite the fact that she got
off on most of it a lot of the time, there were a few instances where she
clearly didn't. That robbed a lot of the arousal I might have otherwise had.
As the action is quite a bit harsher than "Christina", you might also question
the stories ability to suspend the disbelief necessary for enjoyment.

Ratings for "Susan"
Athena (technical quality): 10 (same simple declarative sentences)
Venus (plot & character): 9 (within the genre only, otherwise silly)
Kim (appeal to reviewer): 8 (You may think it deserves 10 <shrug>)

"The Resort" by Val White (val72@hotmail.com). Guest review by R'khaan
(rkhaan@ix.netcom.com).

Talk about a story which has something for everyone!  Roger and Kathy go on
vacation at a resort where rest and relaxation has a different meaning. They
don't even get checked in before being serviced by the resort staff.  From
there, the story becomes rather predictable, going from one sexual extreme to
another before the grand finale, which has Roger doing his mother-in-law and
Kathy riding her father for all she's worth.  And, to really top it off, they
never made it to their room!

Although properly "trashy" and accompanied with the usual overflowing streams
of bodily fluids and lusty vocals, this story wasn't as well written as it
could have been.  Kathy's transition from being queasy about having sex with a
woman to her eating coochie like an old pro could have been smoother.  A
bright spot for this reviewer was Roger; you just know he's down for every-
and anything.

This story has just about every perversion known to man, happening in such
rapid-fire sequence I got tired just reading it.  The only things missing were
some whips, handcuffs and a couple of gerbils (maybe in the next story?).

This story would have gotten higher technical marks had it not been for a
couple of long paragraphs (makes it hard to read) and a few spelling,
punctuation and grammatical errors.  To the author, I'd recommend going back
and reworking this - it has potential!

Ratings for "The Resort"
R'khaan (technical quality): 4
R'khaan  (plot & character): 4
R'khaan (appeal to reviewer): 4

"Mile High Club" by sfmaster@worldnet.att.net. Guest review by Sandman
(sandman@bitsmart.com).

Personally I never saw much appeal in having sex on an airplane.  After all,
stale air, uncomfortable seats, tiny lavatories, and the distinctly unromantic
food they serve just don't really tend to set a mood so to speak.  Now jump
OFF the plane and the appeal goes up.  What could be more exciting than seeing
the ground rush at you at a hundred miles an hour with the wind whipping about
you and a woman whipping out your meat for a free-fall blowjob?  Huh?  Oh
sorry.  This story isn't about that at all.  Just your basic "sex in the back
seat on a lightly populated red-eye" story.  The dialog didn't make much sense
but then it really didn't have to.  It was a rather nicely described sex scene
between a man and a woman in an unusual setting.

Ratings for "Mile High Club"
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 9
Sandman (appeal to reviewer): 9

"Unexpected Company" by Eric Shon (EricShon@aol.com). Guest review by BillyG
(hayden@mindless.com).

It has been a recurrent complaint of mine, often voiced in these reviews, that
too many of the a.s.s. offerings are little more than wham-bam, teenage
fantasies peopled with two-dimensional players set in an improbable and
contrived paper-thin plot littered with anatomic measurements.  "What
happened," I lamented, "to the substantive plots filled with rich and
believable detail played out by *real* people?"  (This lamentation has been
most commonly offered in my own fantasy that it once *was* that way.  Ha.)

Well, if he was ever gone, he's back.  Eric Shon's offering, "Unexpected
Company" is a far cry from any cardboard story.  It's believable, rich in it's
fabric and moves more like an account of a real story.  It's the slow pace,
the gradual unfolding of the deepening plot peopled with characters we come to
know and root for.  

At the outset, we might say, "A horny dude with a nice house and his
unexpected company, his sexy niece?  Yeah, sure.  We know where this one's
going."  Surprise.  It doesn't fall with terminal velocity into the expected.
In fact, it moves slowly, even tantalizingly, gradually unveiling, teasing,
almost-promising and then drawing back.  The 'certainty' become less certain.
We *think* we know how it's going to evolve and then suddenly, it doesn't.
The tension builds, becoming sweeter and more seductive.

This story's not a quick read.  To the contrary, it's best read in small
bites.  Too often, I'm 'impaired' by a speed-reading capacity that takes in
gulps and large drafts of art that might enable me to do well on a test, but
misses the beauty.   At times, I have to consciously slow myself down to savor
the art.  As love making is not all about getting off, I need to enjoy the
process.  It's the journey, not the destination.

I must admit to a point of disconnect.  In contrast to the delightful, slow-
as-molasses development of the first ninety percent of the story, the last bit
and the conclusion suddenly leaps out of chronological context and careens off
in near-free-fall velocity.  It's like, "Holy shit!  What happened?" Maybe
Shon became fatigued and decided to end it.  I know what that's like.

Shon's story, I think, is best appreciated in smaller bites, for they're
delicious in themselves.  This is a thumbs-up story worth of a 10.

Ratings for "Unexpected Company"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"Brie Falls Behind the Eight Ball" by The Warthog. Guest review by Dave Myers.

The Warthog has been at the slut-wife story business for a some time now.
While there is never much variation in the chain of events in his stories, he
manages to sharpen this sub-genre to a fine point at times. Notable past
stories have included "Lori's Risky Wager" and "Bobbi's Half-time Special".
Unfortunately, this text falls a little short of those efforts.

Synopsis: A couple have not even consummated their wedding when their
honeymoon goes awry due to a pool hustler. Will they ever be reunited ?

The plot device is simple enough and quite effective. The Warthog rarely makes
things any more complicated than they need to be. Enough details flow from his
quill to keep the fantasy rolling until about three quarters  into the story,
when Brie's submission fades into prostitution/slavery. Up to this point, the
fantasy part of my brain was having no trouble crowding out the critic part.

Following similar lines to "Honeymoon in Vegas", Brie is handed over from
husband to pool shark. From there, her first sexual encounters are rough, but
she has a good idea of what to expect. Eventually, her captivity becomes much
more than what was originally bargained for. Now, I have no problems with
stories of the nc/slavery/prostitution type, and there are a few very good
ones out there. But the characterization of Brie just disappears at this point
in the text, and we are left with something too distant to be satisfying.
While earlier in the plot Brie shows brief flashes of glowing in her own
submissiveness, as well as moments of sobbing over the situation, we get no
indication of her feelings for a long stretch of the plot during which she is
separated from her husband. Even then, it is fair to say we have a case of
writer's sin of omission. The Warthog tidies up with some nice details in the
final paragraphs, but can't patch up the problem completely.

Verdict: The windup looks like a doozie, but the pitch just fizzles out.

Rating: 7

"Quarters" by Unknown Author (twofortyfive@hotmail.com).  Guest review by
Sandman (sandman@bitsmart.com)

This story begins with this statement: "Ever want to find a site with new
stories added every day so you[‘]r[e] never going back to the same old thing?
[URL removed]"  Silly me,  I thought that's what alt.sex.stories.moderated was
for.  Ah well, live and learn.   Still as spammers go, this one is downright
decent by providing content (of varying quality) to the group.  

"Quarters" is a slut-wife story that begins with a visit to your local "Adult
Bookstore," continues on to the neighboring bar to pick up the assorted dicks
(and harry dicks), and a return to the quarter movies in the adult bookstore
next door where the woman is stuffed and mounted -- or is that mounted and
stuffed?  No matter.

Slut-wife stories are a variation on the BSDM theme.  Such stories are
inevitably about power.  "Look what I have guys!  Isn't she something?  I bet
you'd like to take her out for a spin."  It's the same male philosophy that
propels us to buy a really expensive, sexy sports car and then let the
neighbor drive it.  As fantasies these stories serve a popular niche and this
one, while not the best example of the genre, certainly has what one would
expect in such stories.  Mainly a nymphomaniac wife, a gloating husband, and
lots of phalluses.  

I think I should point out that while the story says in one line: "… if any of
you want to fuck her ass, you'd better get some condoms out front," every CR
reader should already know that unprotected vaginal (and oral for some cases)
sex can lead to all sorts of nice things like AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis,
warts, and a host of other nasty little bugs.    In a fantasy like this the
author didn't have to mention condoms, but since he did I feel he should have
mentioned them correctly.

Actually, compared to some other stories posted by this "service" this story
was pretty decent ­ fairly easy to read (even if the dialog did tend to get
confusing now and again) and the action was fairly well described.  It's
basically a stroke-fiction, porno story.  If you're already horny this will
probably get your rocks off, if you were looking to become inspired to
hornyness I doubt this will turn the trick.

Ratings for "Quarters"
Athena (technical quality): 8	
Venus (plot & character): 8
Sandman (appeal to reviewer): 8

* "Doorjam" by PleaseCain (pleasecain@aol.com).  This story about a man
picking up a prostitute held my rapt attention from the moment I started until
I had read the last line.  It's not romantic; it's not exactly a turn-on; but
it certainly is a good sex story. 

Ratings for "Doorjam"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

* "The Wedding Gift" by Wollstonecraft. Tony is the holder - er, owner - of a
behemoth cock.  He's also into eugenics.  That is, it is sort of a hobby of
his to impregnate all the girls in the neighborhood with their first baby.

The first time Gina meets this behemoth cock, she is in the front seat of his
Tony's, with another girl between her and the Stud.  The other girl starts
giving Tony a hand and mouth job, but he drops her off at her house before the
task is finished.  So Gina helps out with the finishing touches, so to speak.

But now, many years later, Gina is marrying someone else for whom she has
saved her virginity (since hand jobs started by someone else hardly count).
In fact, this is a guy who is also a virgin and who has been saving himself
for his wife and who proposed to her with a diamond ring after he saving up
enough money to start a family.  I mean, this wedding is going to take place
in a church and everything. But the gang from the old neighborhood show up and
seduce Gina into an orgy and gangbang her.

If you grant the author's basic premises (that the friends are really doing
Gina a favor and don't deserve to be arrested and that fertility can be
predicted and controlled really precisely) this is an extremely sexy story.
On the other hand, it's worth noting that the author plays fast and loose with
his assumptions and with biological facts about how pregnancy actually occurs.
For example, if fertility could really be predicted this closely, traditional
Catholic women would have a lot better luck with the rhythm method of "birth
control."  In addition, I know from personal experience that a virgin couple
really CAN have a great time learning about sex together - sans benefit of
prenuptial gangbang.

Nevertheless, this is a really sexy story.

Ratings for "Wedding Gift"
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

* "Angelic Interlude" by Joe Parsons (jmp@cyber-mall.com).  The man and woman
have communicated for some time through cyberspace.  They have never met, but
she has described her fantasies of what she would like to do to him.  Now she
is coming to visit him in person, and he is waiting for her plane at the
airport.  Her name is Angel; hence the title.

I guess almost everybody who reads stories on this newsgroup has a fantasy of
this happening - even those of us who have no intention of ever consummating
such a relationship.  Of course, this is just the cyberspace version of the
old honky-tonk romance that the country-western singers tell us about.  The
odds are actually pretty remote that  a guy will have the three best orgasms
of his life within an hour after getting out of the car in a wilderness
clearing after picking up his mysterious lover at the airport.  But isn't it
pretty to think so?

So the storyline is trite, but it's well written and just plain hot sex.

Ratings for "Angelic Interlude"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

* "Desire" by Patrick Donovan . Our hero is a college guy with raging
hormones, but he manages to cool it and court the lovely Kathy for a little
while before he fucks her.  They date and eventually make passionate, romantic
love.  It's a good story.  I hope this author eventually acquires a taste for
timing and word choice that could make his stories even better. {By the way,
he did - as his later stories, "Tidal Passion," "Gathering," and "Cinnamon"
demonstrate.}

Ratings for "Desire" 
Athena (technical quality): 8
Venus (plot & character): 8
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 8

* "The Anatomy Lesson" by Michael Dagley (dagley@soho.ios.com).  From time to
time I reach the conclusion that since so many authors send me their stories
before posting them I must by this time know all the good authors on this
newsgroup.  Therefore, I tell myself, there is no need to go through all those
other postings that are probably a waste of time anyway.  Fortunately, I
ignore my own advice, and that's how I find excellent stories like this one.

This story is about a 17-year-old English boy who has grown into adolescence
almost completely isolated from peers - and especially from girls.  His strict
parents have dispassionately and sternly instilled in him a "good education";
but he knows only theoretical information.  For example, he has been forced to
memorize the names and locations of all the parts of the human body (including
the reproductive organs of both males and females), but he has no clear idea
how they all function or why anyone would want them to function.  Then his
elderly nurse and tutor, Moni Brunner, who was also his best and only friend,
dies.  Her replacement is Moni's granddaughter, Rafael, who is much closer to
Gordon's own age.  Although she is herself inexperienced with men, she decides
during their first lesson together to teach him (1) the practical use of his
theoretical information about reproductive organs and (2) the meaning of
desire.

I assured my husband that he would like this story; but I insisted that he
read it aloud with his hands behind his head, while I did the things that
Rafael did in the story.  I guess you'll have to read the story to understand
this.

This was an exceptionally well written story.  I hope to see a lot more by
this author.

Ratings for "The Anatomy Lesson!"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

* "Dark Nights 1" by D.A. Ignatius (often spelled DarkNites in the postings).
When I downloaded Dark Nights 1 and 2, I assumed I was getting two parts of
one story; and so, when Part 1 ended with the protagonists looking forward to
"Round 2," I loaded the second story, expecting to see the second part.  It
turns out that these are two independent stories.  This first story views
either a date rape or a spouse rape through the eyes of the woman.  The story,
I think, is a realistic portrayal of a man overpowering a woman sexually.
Since I don't believe such actions are ever justified, I would like to say
that I found the story to be entirely repulsive, but that would not be true.
Quite the contrary, as I read the story I had the feeling that I could
understand the ambivalent feelings of the woman: hating the man who was
forcing himself on her, feeling a physiological arousal that she simply could
not control, and setting aside her aversion for the man in order to satisfy
her temporary needs.

I don't think this is a realistic portrayal of how ALL abused women feel while
being attacked, but I think it realistically describes the feelings and
perceptions of one victim.  What I think is sad is that a large number of men
will read this story and conclude that it's OK to force themselves on women,
because "they'll eventually like it anyway."  Many women and their allies who
want to prevent rape would often prefer that stories like this never appear in
print or anywhere else, because they put into the minds of men and women the
idea expressed in the previous sentence.

I bounced this story off a friend of mine who is a professional counselor.
When she finished reading it, she said it was a disturbing story.  I told her
I didn't care; I wanted to know if it was realistic.  She said yes, that many
abused women feel this way.  I asked her if reading this story could help me
better understand a mutual friend who had recently moved into a shelter for
abused women for the third time.  She said yes - but she added that the story
left a lot unstated (and the author of the story admits this). Clearly there
were words and actions that preceded the rape scene; and even though these
actions never legally or morally justify rape, they would help us understand
the story or our friend more fully.  My friend agreed that this was a good
story.

Ratings for "Dark Nights 1
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

GRAMMAR NOTE: BLONDES.  "Blond" (without an e) is the correct spelling of this
word, except when it refers to a female person with blond hair.  In that case,
the correct spelling is "blonde."  In recent years it has become acceptable
(but not mandatory) to refer to parts of the blonde's body with the adjective
"blonde" - as in "blonde hair" for the head or pussy of a blonde.

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