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From: celeste801@aol.com (Celeste801)
Subject: Celestial Reviews 95 - June 29
Date: 29 Jun 1996 13:03:09 -0400

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