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Celestial Reviews 109 - August 17, 1996

Note: The people who write these stories do not get paid for doing so. 
Their main motivations for writing these stories are (1) the inherent
pleasure that comes from writing a good story and (2) the feedback they
get from readers.  Plus I guess the activity can improve their sex lives. 
I strongly urge you to take the time to communicate with the authors.  You
don't have to have cybersex with them; just tell them what you think of
their stories.  If you like a story, send a note to the author and tell
him/her what you thought of the story.  If you do this once a month or so,
you'll make the lonely recluses who write these stories feel good, and
you'll increase the probability that we'll continue to see good stories on
a.s.s.

Second Note: People are constantly asking me where to find the stories I
review.  I do not have time to respond to that question individually.  All
stories are posted on alt.sex.stories.  In addition, here are the names
and addresses of some people who archive their own or others' stories:

Mark Aster has set up a Web site with all the Allens stories: 
http://users.aol.com/myfrthal/

Ann Douglas has a home page at 
http://members.aol.com/gajcom/annd 
and will soon have a secondary site at
http://www2.inow.com/files/Authors/j/wwwfjellst/AnnD/ 

Most of Deirdre's stories are available at this web site:
http://serv1.tech-one.com/~bill/deirdre/

TG stories by several authors are archived at
http://satchmo.physik.TU-Berlin.DE/~zirzlaff/nienor/pub/Stories/Nostrumos_
Book/

Simon bar Sinister has a Mind-Control Story Archive at 
http://www.galaxy.net/files/Authors/Simon/www/

Robot Fetish stories are posted at:
http://users.aol.com/robotdoll/asfr.html

Some hot femdom stories can be found at
http://www.webcom.com/~akasha/

Vickie Tern has told me that her stories can be downloaded for free at
http://library.gaycafe.com/nifty/transgender/by_authors/Vickie_Tern
I assume other TG authors could be located at the same site by dropping
Vickie's name and using the index.

Elf Sternberg stories are posted at: http://www.halcyon.com/elf/index.html

Sisters Ng stories are posted at: 
http://members.aol.com/deidreng/index.htm

Tooshoes, the author of the Supergirl stories, has a site at
http://www.netcom.com/files/Authors/tooshoes/www/PenPartners.html

Warthog stories are posted at: http://www.connect.net/linetwo/stories.html

Estragon's stories are available at two locations
ftp://unix.tpe.com/pub/estragon
and at
http://www.tpe.com/~mule.

The Wulf stories (and apparently some others) are archived at:
http://www.teleport.com/~marawuti.

Mary Anne Mohanraj posts her own stories at
http://www.internet-ireland.ie/maryanne

The following web page contains my reviews of the Top 100 Stories of 1995
along with the stories themselves:
http://proffa.cc.tut.fi/~k113973/

If any of these are no longer current or if there are others I should add,
please contact me.  I am interested only in free, non-commercial sites. 
However, I'll also plug the following organization; although they charge
for membership, they GIVE stories away to non-members.  (I suppose they
hope you'll eventually join.)

The BackDrop Club  offers a service of helping people who are looking for
a specific file, story, or a chapter or section of a story. If you are an
adult and know the name of the file you wish to receive, send a request
using the following format:

TO:       file.archives@backdrop.com
SUBJECT:  (the name of the file you wish as a single word)

I HAVE used this service myself, and it is my opinion that it is NOT a
rip-off.  If you need more information, contact robin@backdrop.com.  The
BackDrop Club also has a Web Page at http://www.fantasies.com.

Finally, Deja News is a search engine available on the World Wide Web.  It
is possible (without additional cost beyond your service that accesses the
Web) to find most of the stories I review by entering a few key words into
the search box.  To expedite matters, I suggest using "alt.sex.stories" as
part of your search strategy.  You'll get a short list of "hits," one of
which will include the story you are looking for.  You then click on the
story's brief title, and the whole text pops up on your screen, where you
can save it to disk - even if your service does not give you access to the
a.s.s. newsgroup.  There is a similar free service at
http://www.reference.com.

- Celeste

      "Justice" by Michael K. Smith (child molestation) 
            10, 10, 10
      "Trinity Trilogy Novel 7/14" by Tom Trinity 
            (miscellaneous orgies) 10, 9.5, 10
      "Cheating in Flight" by Unknown Author (mile high sex)
            9, 8, 10
      "Steve's Story" by Steve3925 (emerging adolescence)
            10, 10, 10
      "She Used to Be a Cheerleader" by Cathy (English teacher
            gone wild) 9, 8, 8
      "Woodland Frolics" by Unknown Author (ff outdoor sex)
            9, 9, 9
      "Gully Washer" by Uther Pendragon (geriatric sex) 
            9.5, 10, 10
      "Woman of the Sword" by Mike Jones (warrior woman
            masturbates) 9, 5, 10
      "Seduced by Judy" by JustMe (adolescent fantasy) 6, 5, 5
      "The Reward" by na'Quaal (hot mf sex) 10, 5, 9
      "Good Sport" by Plainman (playful sex) 10, 10, 10

"Justice" by Michael K. Smith (mksmith@metronet.com). When Susan was
twelve and just entering puberty, her father saw her naked one day and
came to her in bed that night.  He told her that here mother no longer
took care of his needs and that he wanted Susan to help out.  Then he
fucked her; and it hurt.

Her father had split neatly into two people in her life.  There was her
Daddy, whom she loved, who dropped her off at the school bus stop and
helped her with her homework, and who did nice things with her.  But there
was also the man who came at night whenever the two of them were alone,
and put part of his body inside her body.  When he came, he never struck
her, or put the pillow over her face, or anything so dramatic.  They
simply had sex. Both of these men said they loved her, but she now
understood that word to have two different meanings.  And neither man ever
mentioned the other. It never occurred to Susan to say anything about
their relationship to her mother or to anyone else.  She simply got used
to the visits and outwardly accepted them. 

This is a very realistic description of typical pedophile activity.  It is
not as enjoyable as the stories that describe "family fun" as a neat way
for children to grow up.  I want to remind you that I have given high
ratings to well-written stories that present sex between adults and
children in a much more pleasant light than this one.  I mention that
because I don't want to sound overly moralistic in this review.  All I am
saying is that I have known lots of children who were sexually abused, and
this story comes closer than any other I have seen to describing the
TYPICAL reaction of a child who is coerced into having sex with her
father. This story is not a turn-on - even though it does have a "happy"
ending; but I urge you to read it anyway.  It's one of the best stories I
have ever seen on this newsgroup.

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

"Trinity Trilogy Novel 6/14" by Tom Trinity (stbush@iglou.com).  The orgy
picks up right where it left off in segment five last week.  In the first
story in this week's segment, Tom discovers that James Bond was right in
"You Only Live Twice."  Oriental women do taste different.  Not
unpleasant, just different.  They also perform well in orgies.

Several years ago, one of my students wrote an essay on what he wanted to
be when he grew up.  Because of my influence, he said, he intended to
become a satyrist - perhaps one of the greatest satyrists in all of
history.  I often wonder what happened to that young man.  The boy meant
satirist, of course; I don't think I really influenced him toward being a
satyr, which literally refers to the critters in ancient myths who chased
nymphs.  The term also refers to a dirty old (or young) man.  The term
satyriasis is the male equivalent of nymphomania. I think there is an
outside chance that my former student is writing stories under the name
Tom Trinity.

Some people think that hedonists are into sex just for the good times. 
Not true!   Tom appears to be on call nearly 24 hours a day; and once he
has had sex with a person, he seems to be obligated to fuck her and all
her friends upon demand for the rest of his life.  That's an awesome task,
and it could be rough on little tommy.

Near the middle of this segment I was reminded of an old joke.

Q.  What's a coolie?
A.  It's a quickie in the snow.

This segment includes a coolie.

Ratings for "Trinity Trilogy Novel 6/14"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 9
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"Cheating in Flight" by Unknown Author.  This is another story from the
THC Archives by an unnamed author.  The guy has been on a long trip with
his anti-sexual wife.  On the flight home, they have one first-class seat,
which the wife happily seizes.  The kids get the two remaining seats that
are adjacent to each other, and the guy is stuck separately in a seat next
to a beautiful woman.  Imagine that!  Ten fucking hours from Brisbane to
Boston, isolated from your frigid wife, with the kids asleep, and with
nothing but a removable seat divider between you and a beautiful woman
whose greatest pleasure is having sex in risky situations.  In addition,
it's a bit chilly; and so it's necessary to cover up with a blanket. 
There is a God!

Ratings for "Cheating in Flight"
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 8
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"Steve's Story" by Steve3925 (Steve3925@aol.com).  This is a marvelously
well-written story.  I could write a whole issue of Celestial Reviews
about this one story.  Instead, I'll try to focus as concisely as possible
on a few key ideas.

The story is about a 16-year-old boy who has testicular cancer and has to
undergo surgery. The narrative is written in the form of a diary; and
Steve's daily entries show how his thoughts and emotions change as a
result of the operation and subsequent hormonal therapy.  The story gives
the impression of sensitive, touching realism.

One potential problem with the story is the medical angle.  This surgery
simply does NOT typically have effects like those described in this story.
 To the author's credit, he points this out repeatedly by having the
doctor say that this is an extremely unusual reaction.  Actually, it's my
opinion that it's so unusual that it's science fiction.  Reactions like
this occur approximately as often as people engage in time travel.  The
story IS realistic once we suspend our disbelief enough to believe that
the reaction described in the story is possible and has occurred to Steve.
 On the other hand, there are probably thousands of young men who undergo
this kind of surgery every year.  The last thing they need is to be
anxious that they are being turned into a girl.

Let me repeat what I said in a previous issue about castration, which is
the surgical removal of one or both testicles of a male person or animal
in order to suppress the development or function of the sexual glands. (In
the present story the purpose is to destroy a cancerous growth; the
effects stated in the preceding sentence are side effects.)  Male farm
animals are castrated, or gelded, in order to improve the breed or make
the animals more docile; house pets may be castrated to keep them from
wandering or producing unwanted offspring.

Nowadays castration may be performed on men with cancer of the prostate or
certain diseases of the testicles. If the operation is done after puberty,
it produces sterility but has little or no effect on secondary sex
characteristics.  Hormonal treatments enable the castrated person to
function like a normal male (except that he is sterile, having received
the equivalent of a vasectomy).  It WOULD be medically possible to follow
castration with a sex-change operation; but this would require a separate,
deliberate operation.

I'm certain that there are medical types out there in my audience.  If I
have been inaccurate, please let me know.  I won't embarrass you.  I'll
just incorporate corrections into a future review when the author reposts
this story.

A second problem arises from the labeling of this story with the "alphabet
soup" that typically follows the title on the subject line.  This one was
unlabeled.  Dr. Bob, the author of the Story Codes FAQ, argues
convincingly that such labels are important, because they enable readers
to zero in on stories that they will like and to avoid topics in which
they are not interested.  I respect Dr. Bob and do not intend to denigrate
his work.  The problem is that it would be very difficult and possibly
counterproductive to label this story.  Without using the "alphabet soup,"
I have labeled this as "emerging adolescence."  I assume a correct Story
Code for this story would be TG (for transgender), because the protagonist
essentially changes from a boy to a girl during the story.  The problem is
that notifying the reader up front that this is a TG story would possibly
ruin the story's impact.  As it is, we are able to discover the changes in
the boy's body and emotions at about the same time he does; and I would
hate to ruin that by giving away the plot in the subject line.

As I have said, this is an excellent story.  I encourage you to read it;
and I plan to look for other stories by this author.

Ratings for "Steve's Story"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"She Used to Be a Cheerleader" by Cathy (olimed@erols.com).  Cathy was the
finest cheerleader and the sluttiest whore in the class of 1990 at
MacDonald High School.  Now it's 1996, and she's applying for a job as an
English teacher at the very same school.  And a damned good English
teacher she'll be - even if the principal's cock isn't as big as she
remembered it to be.  No problem.  Cathy has the Big Picture in mind. 
She'll have five classes full of sexually peaking boys with cocks tenting
their jeans and girls with very tight pussies. This Higher Mission makes
it worth the small sacrifice of sucking Granger off every once in awhile.

Currently the football team is in a slump.  Nobody cares about winning. 
Even the cheerleaders suck (but they don't swallow).  So Cathy takes over
the cheerleaders, and we know that soon the team will be spurting toward a
record season.  

For reasons that are not quite clear, Cathy's English class is held in a
classroom with mirrored ceilings.  Nothing is made of this point, even
while she is fucking her former favorite teacher in that very room; and
this leads me to believe that there will be more chapters in this epic
saga.

As an English teacher who used to be a cheerleader myself, I would like to
point out that most of us are dull-witted people who do not ooze cunt
juices all day long.  We screw our students mostly in the metaphorical
sense of flunking them when they don't do their assignments.  Sad, isn't
it?

In general, this is one of those slut stories - kinda like "Bobbi Sue's
Adventures," where the heroine establishes her identity by becoming as
sleazy as possible with as many people as possible.  This story has some
minor irritations - like accidentally changing the names of the characters
once in a while; but it is otherwise clearly written.  If a dose of slutty
sex is what you're looking for, you'll enjoy this story.

Ratings for "She Used to Be a Cheerleader"
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 8
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 8

"Woodland Frolics" by Unknown Author.  This is an EBS repost with the
author's name removed - which is a shame, because it's a pretty good story
and I'd like to know who wrote it.  Zoe and Sue decide to go off to a
secluded woodland area, where they know the men will be lonely and horny
and where they know they're sure to get laid.  It rains nearly the whole
time, and the men (referred to as blokes) don't show up; so they learn to
play with each other.  The ff sex gets pretty hot.

Ratings for "Woodland Frolics"
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 9
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 9

"Gully Washer" by Uther Pendragon (an569889@anon.penet.fi).  "Lust is only
the present."  So says the author in this story.  Lots of stories posted
with this newsgroup are about lust.  This story also has a past; and it's
about more than simple lust.  As the man and woman make love together
while their children and grandchildren sleep in the house during the
rainstorm, memories of times past come into the man's mind and give
additional meaning to their sexual activities.  I like lust; it makes the
world go round.  But love based on a common history sure is nice too.

This is an imaginative story.  You don't think grandparents actually get
naked and do it with each other, do you?  As I grow a little older and can
vaguely foresee the day when someone will ask my own grandchildren that
question, I hope my descendants will say, "Yep!  And I'll bet she enjoys
dirty stories too!"

Ratings for "Gully Washer"
Athena (technical quality): 9.5
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

Ratings for "Woman of the Sword"
Athena (technical quality): 9
Venus (plot & character): 5
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10

"Seduced by Judy" by JustMe (JustMe@aol.com).  Wouldn't it be neat if you
were an adolescent guy who was staying at his aunt's house on Cape Cod and
got seduced by your sexy older cousin for one brief night of blissful sex?
 I guess so; but my preceding sentence will turn you on just about as much
as this entire story.  This story is not absolutely awful; it just sounds
like the half-formed rambling idea of a horny adolescent - which is
probably exactly what it is.

Ratings for "Seduced by Judy"
Athena (technical quality): 6
Venus (plot & character): 5
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 5

"The Reward" by na'Quaal (an659875@anon.penet.fi).  This is an extremely
well-written PART of a non-existent story.  A muscular virgin man has
saved a sex goddess (actually, just a sexy woman - I'm engaging in
hyperbole) from an automobile accident.  She comes to reward him with
really hot sex.  There's not much here; but what IS here is excellent. 
Just fill in the blanks with your imagination - or hope that the author
eventually puts this into a complete story and posts it.

Ratings for "The Reward"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 5
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 9

"Good Sport" by Plainman (an701930@anon.penet.fi).  This "story" consists
of 18 brief "paragraphs."  No paragraph is more than five lines long, and
some are as short as five words.  The story describes the meeting,
flirtation, and eventual sexual activity between a man and a woman.  The
story leaves almost everything to the imagination; but the short passages
did a very good job of stimulating this reader's libidinous fantasy.

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

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