Rogue Review  No. 41 - May 31, 1998

by Lee Vine

Anniversary by E. Z. Riter

M/F

Length: 2,700 words

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NOTES:

(1)  IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 THEN STOP READING NOW!!!!!
(2)  IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURAL ACTS WHICH SOME 
PEOPLE CALL PLEASUREABLE BUT YOU REGARD AS NECESSARY FOR THE 
PERPETUATION OF THE HUMAN RACE THEN STOP READING NOW!!!!!!!
(3)  IF YOU AREN'T SURE IF EITHER (1) OR (2) APPLY TO YOU THEN STOP 
READING NOW!!!!

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Summary

A couple celebrates their anniversary.


Commentary

My summary cannot begin to describe this story.  It is a simple 
concept, but the way this author has done it makes it look like so 
much more.  When I began to read it I thought I knew what the author 
was doing.  I envisioned mechanical descriptions of body parts.  I 
was wrong.  He does not go into heavy details, but those he gives are
more than enough to set the mood and stimulate the imagination of the
reader.

It might have been nice to have seen the couple in a less amorous 
situation.  What are their day-to-day lives like?  We get hints, but 
that is all.  If I wanted to be picky this is where my criticism 
would begin.  If I reread it a few more times I might spot an awkward
sentence or two, but I cannot find anything seriously wrong with this
story.  It is well written, well paced, and well told.  The 
characters are not fully rounded, but they are real enough.


Judgment

This was an outstanding story.  I would not change a thing.