"Love is like a bomb, baby 
 C'mon get it on
 Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
 Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp
 Demolition woman can I be your man ..."
  -- Def Leppard

This should be the last of the Birthday Chocolate stories. If I
missed anyone that would like a review, please let me know.

Much as I enjoyed reading the chocolate stories, and hope that these
last two review issues were valuable, at least in some sense, I fear
that I have neglected the more usual fare, and I'm looking forward
to reading stories that don't all insist on chocolate as a theme
next week. Too much chocolate? How can that be? Not too much, but
perhaps more like chocolate overload for a poor helpless Dragon.

Back to our regular programming next week.

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The missives below are merely opinions, publicly stated, but only 
opinions. Dragons may be immortal, but they are not infallible. Read the 
stories for yourself, and form your own opinions. Then, let the author 
know what you thought. Celeste's blowjob principle isn't smoke in the 
wind.

 - Crimson Dragon ([email protected])

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http://members.tripod.com/~Dragon_Of_Crimson

Review Archives:
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Thanks to Denny for checking over the reviews for obvious
bungles, though ultimately any errors herein are mine and mine 
alone.
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Story Summary:
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Freudian Fudgicle -- Dryad
    (freudian imagery)
    [10,10,10,10]

An Ode to a Chocoholic -- Dryad 
    (poem)
    [10,10,n/a,10]

Chocolate Fudge Sunday -- Uther Pendragon
    (MF oral)
    [10,9,10,8]

Hot Chocolate -- cmsix 
   (nosex caution)
    [9,0,10,9]

Chocolate and Toffee Pussy -- Sven the Elder
    (MF experimentation games)
    [9,8,10,9]

The Chocolate Shoppe -- Kenny Gamera
    (MF oral rom)
    [8,10,10,10]

Tempted by the fruit of another -- Henrik Larson
    (Flash)
    [10,10,10,10]

Torch Song In Chocolate -- Birthday Nymph
    (performance)
    [10,10,10,10]

Reviews:
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Freudian Fudgicle -- Dryad
    (freudian imagery)

Story:
/~Dryad/freudianfudgicle.html
http://assm.asstr.org/Year2003/40966

Author's Site:
/~Dryad/

Editorial Note:
    Dryad didn't code this story, nor is she required to. Story 
    codes are only approximate, as generated by a half-asleep Dragon.


Now, I ask you. What can be more Freudian than a lovely girl cooling
off licking a creamy fudgicle? I can't think of anything either
after reading this flash piece.


Technical       :   10
Eros            :   10
Character/Plot  :   10
Crimson         :   10

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An Ode to a Chocoholic -- Dryad
    (poem)

Story:
/~Dryad/ode.html
http://assm.asstr.org/Year2003/40957

Author's Site:
/~Dryad/


Still in fine Freudian mode, Dryad rhymes couplets. A chocolate, as
to a woman. Nice rhythm, too.

Enjoy.

Technical       :   10
Eros            :   10
Character/Plot  :  n/a
Crimson         :   10

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Chocolate Fudge Sunday -- Uther Pendragon
    (MF oral)

Story:
/~Uther_Pendragon/Gjt/doh_03.htm

Author's Site:
/~Uther_Pendragon/


It's Sunday, and the kids have been invited out to various groups.
Mary, having married into an instant family with Jeremy, is looking
forward to the time alone with her husband.  When she sees the
Chocolate Syrup that her stepson was eating, she gets ideas. Perhaps
it is time for a Chocolate Sunday?

I have mixed feelings about this story. It's very well written, and
probably very realistic. I especially liked the background that
Uther gave us -- it helped to establish the characters in context.
However, I also found the piece a little depressing.  It seemed to
focus heavily on the differences between romance and marriage -- and
while that's realistic for some, I'm sure, I found the commentary on
their relationship curiously passionless, even somewhat while they
were in the dating/romance stage. Maybe an artifact of an office
romance? I'm not quite sure if that was Uther's intent, but that's
what I felt. Maybe there was simply too much emphasis on the sexual
aspects of the relationship. It's not a failing unless Uther had
intended to portray ferocious passion -- merely something that
perhaps I wasn't in the mood for when I read it.

As I said, I had mixed feelings about the story. It's very well
written, and certainly is worth reading. I just haven't quite
figured out if I liked what Uther was trying for.

Technical       :   10
Eros            :    9
Character/Plot  :   10
Crimson         :    8

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Hot Chocolate -- cmsix 
   (nosex caution)

Story:
http://assm.asstr.org/Year2003/40983

Author's Site:
/~cmsix/
Other works by cmsix apparently can also be found at Stories Online.


Well, this one is certainly different. Here we have a serviceman
caught in the Vietnam jungle, carrying three half-melted bars of
chocolate. How did he get here? Well, chocolate, of course.

This is written almost as a stream of consciousness, exposing our
hero and the horror in which he finds himself. A warning: it's
gritty, and intense in it's own way. Cmsix needs to use more commas,
especially for introductory adverbial phrases, but given the style
of the piece, and the intent, it actually works well without. It
lends a certain ... I don't know ... realism to the piece.

Yeah, it's heavy and not really erotica, per se, but that's one of
the things I like about this group. We accept pieces outside the
box. Besides which: it was different and I enjoyed it.

Technical       :    9
Eros            :    0
Character/Plot  :   10
Crimson         :    9

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Chocolate and Toffee Pussy -- Sven the Elder
    (MF experimentation games)

Story:
/~sven_the_elder/36%20Chocolate.htm
http://assm.asstr.org/Year2003/40983

Author's Site:
/~sven_the_elder/

Editorial Note:
    Sven didn't code this story, nor is he required to. Story 
    codes are only approximate, as generated by a half-asleep Dragon.


How exactly is Sven going to write about chocolate? Hmmmmm?

Well there was that one time ...

You see, Sam is an adventurous woman, willing to try many things.
When she reads about a Mars Bar, a freezer, and a lack of clothing
...  well ... Sven and Sam have to figure out the rest for
themselves.

[ Having peeled off the wrapping {paper I} inserted the already melting
  but still cold bar - for those of you who really don't know, ... ]

Definitely needs a comma after the introductory phrase. I noticed a
couple of these errors in the piece. Nothing serious, just a little
distracting.

The result is a charming 'autobiographical' encounter that is sexy,
funny, and simply fun to read. Who knew chocolate bars could be used
... um ... so ... creatively?

"It's cold!!"

Technical       :    9
Eros            :    8
Character/Plot  :   10
Crimson         :    9

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The Chocolate Shoppe -- Kenny Gamera
    (MF oral rom)

Story:
/~Gamera/stories/chocolat.htm
http://assm.asstr.org/Year2003/41021

Author's Site:
/~Gamera/


Our hero isn't a big fan of Christmas -- or more accurately, not a
big fan of Christmas shopping. Neither am I. So, as he is leaving
for home from University, he stops by a Chocolate Shoppe to buy some
last minute gifts for his relatives. There he meets Beth, a bored
clerk who figures out a way to relieve her boredom. Except it's not
quite that simple, is it?

[ With the student body gone for break, I {was only} car or person
  to be seen on the short, dark trip to the car park behind the ]

Needs an article in there. While the story was gripping and clear --
I loved the setting and the subtle descriptions -- there were a few
technical errors dotting the text. Not enough to seriously distract
me, but with such a short story they are noticeable. "recept" isn't
the same as "receipt", etc.

[ I stared back into her eyes and thought about what was
  happening.  I couldn't make myself believe it.  It was like a
  scene from a bad story on the Internet.  I didn't know what to
  say. ]

I did laugh at this one; the metaphor surprisingly apt. If we can't
laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at?

Having said all that, I really did like the premise and the
execution of this story. Kenny's prose really brought the characters
to life, and I felt like I was there. And that is far more important
than a few minor technical issues, right?

Technical       :    8
Eros            :   10
Character/Plot  :   10
Crimson         :   10

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Tempted by the fruit of another -- Henrik Larson
    (Flash)

Story:
http://assm.asstr.org/Year2003/40986

Author's Site:
/~henlar/


"Just pay the man, and you can have me."

"But what if my wife finds out?"

Indeed, what if she does? It's short, and fun. (The story, you
perverts).

Innuendo. Gotta love it.

Technical       :   10
Eros            :   10
Character/Plot  :   10
Crimson         :   10

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Torch Song In Chocolate -- Birthday Nymph
    (performance)

Story:
http://assm.asstr.org/Year2003/40986

Editorial Note:
    Nymph didn't code this story, nor is she required to. Story 
    codes are only approximate, as generated by a half-asleep Dragon.


Upon a dimly lit stage, a spotlight picks out the Nymph, sitting
lazily upon a stool, one foot hooked over the crossbar, the other
steadying her. A saxophone carries across the assembled crowd. In a
scene reminiscent of a certain Ms. Monroe, our Nymph proceeds to
give a birthday present that is as sexy as it is wonderfully liquid.

Needless to say, I loved the atmosphere here, and the ever teasing
eroticism. Thanks, Nymph. The images will haunt me for a while.

Technical       :   10
Eros            :   10
Character/Plot  :   10
Crimson         :   10

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