Celestial Reviews 95 - June 29, 1996

Note:  A message recently appeared on a.s.s. asking us to pray for Ann 
Douglas, who had reportedly died in a tragic automobile accident.  
There was no such accident.  I became suspicious not only because this 
is at least the second time Ann has “died” within the past year but 
also because I continued to receive e-mail from Ann.  I guess it is 
possible that I am dealing with a ghostwriter <g>, but my assumption is 
that Ann is alive and well and writing good stories, one of which is 
reviewed in this issue.  Of course, if you want to pray for Ann anyway, 
I assume that would be OK with both Ann and God.  On the other hand, 
you may consider praying for the poor wretch that thinks it’s funny to 
post false death notices.

- Celeste

      “Composition in Cream and Chocolate” by Mary Anne 
            Mohanraj (sexy striptease) 10, 10, 10
      “Gravity” by Mark Aster (romantic pregnant sex)
            10, 9, 10
      “Unlucky Number 13” by Thunder (torture & murder)
            9, 9, 9
      “A Hot Summer's Night” by Ann Douglas  (ff romance)
            10, 10, 10
      “At the Clinic” by Unknown Author (medical exam)
            8, 7, 7
      “Dorothy Does Oz” by Shelby Bush (movie parody)
            10, 10, 10
      “My Heart Of Steel Is Like Putty In Your Hands” by
            Tooshoes (action adventure) 10, 9, 9
      “Supergirl Breaks the Mold” by Tooshoes  (action 
            adventure) 10, 9, 9
      “Debby’s Dark Lust” by Vic S. (race fetish & fantasy)
            9.5, 10, 10
      “Bathwater and Incense” by Unknown Author (sex in
            the tub) 7, 7, 7
      “Masturbation on the Road” by TopazMare (exhibitionism)
            6, 5, 5
      “The Falls” by Baggins (outdoor sex) 9, 5, 8

“Composition in Cream and Chocolate” by Mary Anne Mohanraj 
(moh2@midway.uchicago.edu).  I found it difficult to determine exactly 
what was happening in this story.  After reading a paragraph or two I 
often found myself reaching a point where I gained a new piece of 
information and had to back up to fit it into the picture that was 
gradually emerging in my mind’s eye.  This ambiguity is not a flaw; 
it’s intentional - end it’s very well done.  

The theme is unusual: a male stripper gradually revealing himself and 
offering his attentions to a female patron.  I have never attended such 
a show myself, and all my vicarious experiences have consisted of films 
and stories about female strippers.  I HAVE gone with my husband to 
bars with striptease dancers (while we’ve been away at conventions - so 
that none of my students will see me entering the establishment and so 
that I won’t accidentally discover one of my coworkers at her night 
job.)  My impression has invariably been one of disappointment; the 
dancers were simply not very sexy.  They seemed to be in worse shape 
than myself, bored with their jobs, and concerned primarily about 
squeezing tips out of patrons before putting on a tawdry display that 
wasn’t really sexy at all.  Nevertheless, it seems reasonable to 
FANTASIZE about exotic dancers in terms of wonderment; and this story 
turns the tables by making a male dancer the center of attention. I 
guess what we have here is the male stripper equivalent of the ideal 
lap dance. This was a new and very erotic experience for me.

The show starts in near darkness, as does our understanding of what is 
going on.  Even at the end of the story, I wasn’t sure exactly what had 
happened.  The sex had been explicit, though conducted by candlelight 
in a dark room; but questions remained unanswered.  All along I had 
assumed that the woman was a patron - but at the end we hear an 
audience applauding.  And near the very end we have a reference to a 
pile of cream and chocolate skin; and I am struck with the realization 
that the woman is brown-skinned and the man is white.  OK; the two must 
BOTH be dancers, and they’ve been putting on a show for an audience.... 
That’s why it’s called “Composition in Cream and Chocolate.”  Wait a 
minute!  I’m going to have to reread major parts of this erotic 
narrative - maybe even the whole thing - to see if my new theory fits.  
Gee, that’s too bad.  I’m already turned on, and you can never tell 
what a second reading is going to do to me....

In recent reviews I have railed against what I have called a demeaning 
use of interracial sex in some of the stories.  This story does NOT 
fall into that category.  The skin color is part of the ambiance - 
music, skin color, facial features, nipples, actions, etc. - that 
create a sexually charged, poetic atmosphere.  This is an excellent 
story. This author has a whole collection of her stories on the Web at 
http://mud.bsd.uchicago.edu.

Ratings for “Composition in Cream and Chocolate”
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

“Gravity” by Mark Aster (MyFrThAl@aol.com). "Don't be afraid of 
intimacy while you're pregnant!  Unless your doctor tells you that you 
have a special condition that makes it inadvisable, you can enjoy sex 
right through the ninth month.”  Julie (the older Allen sister) is 
reading these words out loud from a book as she passes through the 
room, where Pat and Our Hero are well along in a demonstration of the 
veracity of this assertion.  My own obstetrician stated it more 
succinctly: “Just make sure your husband is not in the way when I’m 
delivering the baby.”  My husband and I operated on the theory that the 
baby would be happier if she knew that Mommy and Daddy were happy, and 
what more direct means of communication could we find?  Or, as Pat 
said, "Cradled safe in your womb, the baby will not be disturbed by 
intercourse, and it may even be soothed by the gentle contractions of 
orgasm."

The title is a play on the word “Gravida,” which is the Latin term for 
“pregnant,” and which shows up on medical records - not to be confused 
with “jam jam in januis,” a religious term indicating a much greater 
sense of urgency as a basis for a quick marriage.  I see “gravida” most 
often as an explanation for why a girl has dropped out of school, but 
here it occurs in a happier context.  This story brought back happy 
memories for me - although I didn’t have the luxury of a sexy sister 
fondling me and playing tongue games with me while my lover sent gentle 
contractions to the creature cradled safely in my womb.

Ratings for “Gravity”
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 9
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

“A Hot Summer's Night” by Ann Douglas (annd55@nyc.pipeline.com).  Mr. 
Smith was a mortician.  One day Old Herman died, and his body was 
brought to Mr. Smith’s establishment.  When he undressed the body, he 
was impressed with the size of the male member of the deceased.  Old 
Herman had apparently died while having at least a happy thought.  Mr. 
Smith said to himself, “Nobody will believe this!” and then he had an 
idea.  He simply hacked off the penis and placed it in a small box.  
After he finished preparing the body for burial, he headed home, where 
he was greeted by Mrs. Smith.  He handed her the box, saying, “You’ll 
never believe what I have in here.”  Mrs. Smith opened the box, took a 
quick look, and exclaimed, “Omigod! Old Herman is dead!”

This story is completely unrelated to my joke, except that Old Herman, 
the building superintendent, has died.  Rachel meets Toni, the new 
superintendent, and quickly discovers that both of them had given head 
to Old Herman before his untimely demise.  One good turn deserves 
another, and soon the two ladies are making love.  The story is well 
written, and the sex is tender and passionate - there’s not much more I 
can say about it.  This was an excellent story.

Ratings for “A Hot Summer's Night”
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

“At the Clinic” by Unknown Author.  The guy in the business office of a 
clinic feels horny, and so he calls up a patient and has her come in 
for an examination.  He passes himself off as a doctor and gets to do 
all kinds of neat things - like see here undress, take her rectal 
temperature, and feel her breasts.  This may sound like a really lame 
adolescent fantasy, but there’s a surprise ending that sort of redeems 
it.

Ratings for “At the Clinic”
Athena (technical quality): 8
Venus (plot & character): 7
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 7

“Dorothy Does Oz” by Shelby Bush (stbush@iglou.com).  In the early 
paragraphs of this story we meet Dorothy, a smart-assed farm girl about 
to celebrate her 18th birthday, and Toto, the cute little dog that 
specializes in licking Dorothy’s clit.  The farm hands are planning to 
give Dorothy a sexual treat on her birthday.  Since the tornado arrives 
while Dorothy is masturbating, she initially confuses it with a really 
good orgasm.  Dorothy’s house is swept up by the tornado and lands on 
the Wicked Witch of the East, who had been prohibiting the Munchkins 
from any pleasures - including you know what.  After spending some time 
in the ensuing orgy, Dorothy starts on her trek along the yellow brick 
road, where she meets and attempts sex with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, 
and the Lion - among others.

After some adventures and other preliminaries, they meet the Wizard, 
who promises to grant their every wish; but first - and here’s the 
kicker - they must bring him the dildo of the Wicked Witch of the West.  
I don’t want to ruin the story; if you’ve seen the movie, you’ll be 
able to guess major parts of the plot anyway.  All I’ll say is that the 
story ends with Dorothy waking up in her old bedroom as the three hired 
hands enter the room, all naked and their erect cocks in their hands. 
"Happy birthday," they shout in unison; and Dorothy exclaims, "There IS 
no place like home!" 

Ratings for “Dorothy Does Oz”
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

“My Heart Of Steel Is Like Putty In Your Hands” by Tooshoes 
(tooshoes@ix.netcom.com).  Linda Lee is a supergirl from the same 
planet and with similar powers as Clark Kent.  In the opening scene of 
this episode she becomes caught up in a violent hostage scene and falls 
in love with one of the participants.  She lives with the guy for a 
while and frequently has sex with him, but she realizes that sexual 
attraction affects her powers and that the guy is no good for her.  
This episode is an attempt to insert some really complex emotions into 
a simplistic story line, and it succeeds fairly well.  Kara as Linda 
Lee comes across as one thoroughly confused young lady; and by the end 
of the chapter I was wondering how she might get her act together in 
future episodes.

Ratings for “My Heart Of Steel Is Like Putty In Your Hands”
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 9
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 9

“Supergirl Breaks The Mold” by Tooshoes (tooshoes@ix.netcom.com).  This 
episode of the Supergirl Saga begins with a focus on two pieces of 
information: (1) Supergirl has become interested in the plight of some 
downtrodden Cuban refugees, and (2) Supergirl has become involved in a 
slightly kinky lesbian relationship with a female reporter from the 
Daily Planet.  The first piece of information is not surprising; the 
second is explained in terms of her need to be passive during sex, in 
order to avoid doing serious harm to her partner.  In addition, we 
discover that Supergirl is under surveillance by agents of the American 
government and that her freedom and powers are limited.  In short, this 
story is an interesting blend of somewhat kinky lesbian sex and 
political philosophy.

Ratings for “Supergirl Breaks The Mold”
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 9
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 9

“Debby’s Dark Lust” by Vic S.  Debby started married life as a demure 
little lady, and Todd has done his best to bring her along to where she 
enjoys things that she previously would not have liked at all.  Todd 
has often disclosed his own fantasies to his wife, but suddenly Debby 
has expanded on his fantasies by saying she’d like to make it with the 
new caretaker of the nearby lighthouse.  The caretaker is a black man, 
and Debby and Todd have surmised that therefore he is well hung.  It 
turns out that for over 15 years Debby has had a fetish for having sex 
with a black man, and this fetish is perfectly compatible with Todd’s 
own desire to see his wife get screwed by a man with a large cock.  
Therefore, they start making plans to turn fantasy into reality; and 
while doing so, their own lovemaking becomes more intense and better 
than it has ever been before.

The sex scene with the caretaker is highly erotic, as are several of 
the fantasies and husband-wife scenes.  The author does an excellent 
job of moving back and forth between the viewpoints of the husband and 
wife, describing the thoughts of each from the limited perspective of 
what each knows about what the other is thinking and feeling.  
Actually, ALL the sex is pretty hot; so read the story and check it out 
for yourselves.

In a way this story is typical propaganda for the swinging lifestyle; I 
doubt that many swingers are as ecstatically happy as these people are.  
On the other hand, I doubt that as many people in ordinary marriages 
are as ecstatically happy as they hope to be.  But fantasies can be 
ideal; and this one is certainly a hot story.

As I’ve mentioned before, my sister is married to a black man.  He 
would dislike this story, but that’s because he thinks pornography is 
the bane of society. He’s actually a fine guy; he just has a religious 
insight that sex is a personal thing that is not supposed to titillate 
strangers and lead children down the path to hell.  I happen to know 
that his fully engorged cock is about the same size as my husband’s and 
all the other husbands’ of the girls on our volleyball team - but he 
doesn’t know I know that, and so I can’t discuss this story with him.  
Likewise, although my sister herself knows I am a pervert with a dirty 
mind, she doesn’t know about alt.sex.stories; and so I can’t discuss 
this story with her either.

My impression is that stories that suggest that black men have “monster 
cocks” with which they are eager to “service” white women are often 
offensive to most black people and that they probably help perpetuate a 
stereotype that leads to divisiveness in our society.  I have discussed 
the matter with the author of this story, and he insists that he and 
his friends have a “race fetish” and that he means no disrespect 
towards blacks.  In fact, he treats black studs with great respect, and 
they certainly seem to like the activity they share with him and his 
wife.  I myself will probably never seek a black stud, but that’s 
largely because I have this thing called a wonderful relationship with 
my husband.  I DO fantasize about black men (as well as white men); but 
I honestly think I’m dealing with their whole personalities.  {Not to 
digress - but I used to have a fantasy that involved O. J. Simpson; but 
I got over it recently.  Interesting “personality” there!}

My own evaluation is that this story does NOT promote improper 
stereotypes.  It’s just a story about oversexed people who engage in 
impressive sexual activities.  Sure the black guy has his brain in his 
cock; but so do the other characters - that’s a compliment on this 
newsgroup. I’d like to hear what anyone else has to say.

Ratings for “Debby’s Dark Lust”
Athena (technical quality): 9.5
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

“Unlucky Number 13” by Thunder (an138013@anon.penet.fi).  The boy plays 
hooky and goes to play in an abandoned factory instead of going to 
school.  A sadistic homicidal maniac captures him, rapes him, tortures 
him, and then kills him.  The boy dies bravely but painfully.

I suppose this is the sort of “snuff” story that scares the censorship 
people.  Their assumption is that innocent people read a story like 
this, get turned on, and then go out and kill little children for 
sexual kicks.  I myself found the story to be well written and 
interesting, but not sexually stimulating.  I really don’t know for 
sure how homicidal sex perverts act, but the story seemed realistic to 
me.

Ratings for “Unlucky Number 13”
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 9
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 9

 “Bathwater and Incense” by Unknown Author.  This is one of the stories 
from the THC Archives.  I have taken the liberty to correct the 
spelling of the title.  Given that “incense” was spelled three 
different ways in the text, this was a surprisingly good snippet (not 
really a complete story) about a man and a woman making tender love in 
a large bath tub with incense burning in the background.

Ratings for “Bathwater and Incense”
Athena (technical quality): 7
Venus (plot & character): 7
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 7

“Masturbation on the Road” by TopazMare (an596381@anon.penet.fi). Maybe 
there should be a bumper sticker or advertising campaign that says, 
“Friends don’t let friends jerk off while driving.”  While I have had 
some major orgasms in the front seat of a moving vehicle, this has not 
occurred while I was alone, driving the car with my elbows.  If it’s 
dangerous to drive under the influence of alcohol, it’s also dangerous 
to drive while you’re out of your mind with sexual pleasure.  It’s an 
interesting fantasy though.  This story is a simple “How to” manual 
with a lot of details omitted - and one really interesting grammar 
mistake: “   it's too much to bare seeing both of these guys jacking 
off while I show off.”  She meant “bear.”  “Bare” is exactly what she 
said she was doing.

Ratings for “Masturbation on the Road”
Athena (technical quality): 6
Venus (plot & character): 5
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 5

“The Falls” by Baggins (baggins@cris.com).  This is not a complete 
story - just the beginning of very hot foreplay.  During a trip to 
Niagara Falls the man and woman neck passionately on the walkway under 
the falls and then return to their hotel, where the man gently fondles 
the woman under the stars in the outdoor pool.  This is the kind of 
romance that many women can remember - or at least would like to 
remember.  It will be interesting to see if this eventually develops 
into a full story.

Ratings for “The Falls”
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 5
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 8

