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The Annex Reviews are now online. Point your browser at:
fttp://users.aol.com.ladycyrrh. The site is still in its beginning
stages; more is being planned.

As I haven't regurgitated it in a while, the codes are as follows: ASS
= alt.sex.stories; ASSB = alt.sex.stories.bondage; ASSM =
alt.sex.stories.moderated; ASSG = alt.sex.stories.gay; ASSTG =
alt.sex.stories.transgender; ASB = alt.sex.bondage; ASF =
alt.sex.femdom.....which brings me to:

Everything you've always wanted to know about FEMDOM but didn't have the 
balls to ask.

Any Other Way [A/A-]
When posted: 6/26/97
Where posted: ASSM
Author: Corvidae1
Address: corvidae1@aol.com 

I've been wanting to review this one for while (note to the author:
Sorry I'm a month late) because it brings up a the subject of femdom.

Broadly speaking, the femdom genre is about females who are sexually
dominant over males, but this can have many interpretations. To some
men and women, it means that the female sex is the naturally superior
one; to some men, that women are deserving of worship and/or
submission, and that it is an enjoyable experience to suffer at their
hands.  To some women (notably those who write transgender fiction,
some of whom may have been born men) it means either the opportunity
to wedge the men into spike heels and corsets to see how the other
shoe fits, so to speak, or the naughty thrill of imagining themselves
as the feminized man in question. (Hmmm...if these TG stories were
written by women, and these women consider themselves superior to men,
then they can't think too much of the female half of the human race if
the most awful humiliation they can come up for an errant husband or
boyfriend is turning him into a cross-dressing slut. After all, I've
never heard of a story where a man turns a woman into a manly stud as
punishment. Why would he?   After all, being a guy is pretty great!
You can whack off whenever you like!)

Other women seem to write femdom fiction as a form of revenge, for
either personal slights or all those mean nasty godawful NOT NICE
things males have to females over the centuries, gosh darn it! Such
stories usually follow the pattern of piggish guy brutally ganged up
on by a squad of righteous females and given his just deserts. I
strongly suspect, too, that some of the writers of these stories are
male.

And now we have this story, the first part of a longer piece, it
seems, in which the female character's predilection for kink and abuse
has a valid and logical psychological base.

The plot: Aislinn and Jake have been going out for four months, in
which they haven't had sex because of Aislin's fear and repulsion. She
was brutally raped at fifteen and can't stomach the thought of getting
down to business, though she does get turned on. Jake doesn't mind;
he's a nice guy. But one day things change. Aislinn gets him worked
up, and, in a scene where her hidden--and forbidden--desires come to
the forefront--she blindfolds him, cuffs and ties him to the bed, then
slides a couple of cock rings on him. She comes first from the sight,
then from vigorously banging herself on him as he's in excruciating
pain and arousal. More of this is hinted in the future.

The neat thing about the story is how Aislinn finally achieves a
degree of "revenge" on men (because of the rape and an earlier
incident where some punks lob a stone-studded snowball in her face)
and control over her sexuality because she is firmly ensconced in the
driver's seat as she inflicts these acts on her somewhat
uncomprehending boyfriend. So we're digging a lot deeper into
psychological territory than your average ASS story, because reasons
are given for the B/D. But the downside is that the real-life
ramifications of rape have been made to serve the ends of erotic
literature rather than being given the weight and seriousness they
call for, and I'm not sure the message that is given here jibes with
the story's purpose, which is to turn you on to some degree.
Frankly, I felt more horrified than aroused at the direction things
were taking; my attitude has always been that acts of this nature
should be taken in fun and mutual pleasure, not as a means to exorcise
demons. This story seems to building towards a painful annihilation
for the male character. 

But on the other hand, the author's intent may be to present a juicy
psychosexual drama, and in that case, things are off to a running
start. In a similar vein, a few months back he or she posted the
multi-part series "Nothing Like the Sun" about one young man's descent
into a living hell at the hands of a dominatrix. I didn't read the
whole thing, just bits here and there, but it was very powerful and
intense stuff...the funny thing is, though, about that story and this
one, is that I can't help feeling sorry for the young men
involved...while the raped, victimized woman, who you'd think would
have my sympathy, leaves me wanting to shake her by the scruff of the
neck, yelling: LEAVE HIM ALONE! 

Anyway, check this one out for its psychological realism and
intensity, and keep an eye out for more episodes. (Note to author: I
would have given this a flat A, but I knocked a half point off for
falling out of point of view from Aislinn to Jake in several parts,
which is easily fixable should you care to fix it. I strongly suggest
to fix it--it would add to the professionalism of the piece.)


The Sultan's Heir, Parts 1, 2, 3 [A+]
When posted: 7/24/97
Where posted: ASS, ASSM, ASSTG 
Author: Tigger
Reposted by: nostrumo@nienor.IN-Berlin.DE (Nostrumo) 

Now we move on over to TG femdom territory with this excellently
researched story by Tigger, which has been based on real events in the
Byzantine Empire that occurred before the reign of the Sultan Mahmoud.
The author may have been inspired by the mainstream historical novel
"Valide." 

A young boy, Selim, climbs a tree to catch a peak at the Sultan's
harem.   Unfortunately, he's found out and becomes part of a
complicated plot by the Validah (the current Sultan's mother) to have
her favorite grandson named as heir to the throne. However that
favorite grandson is gay and is not up to producing a son, which is a
requirement for Sultan-hood. So, after many arduous training sessions,
teenage Selim becomes the girl Shamarra. Hidden among the harem
concubines, no one suspects "she's" really a boy, so "she" can easily
satisfy the desires of "her" master the Sultan, milk his seed, then
give it to his legitimate wife so she can produce a child in the
world's first artificial insemination. I told you the plot was
Byzantine.

This was a very well-written and entertaining story which touches on
many different aspects of sex, sexuality, and gender roles, yet is
surprisingly bias- free. The author isn't pushing any agendas-- e.g.,
all men SHOULD feminized at the hands of women to show them their
place, or the world would be a better place IF men explored their
feminine, submissive sides, or that all men are cruds and women are
the superior sex. The story simply is; it tells a tale, and lets you
draw your own conclusions. Admittedly, it is a little drier, a little
more honest and historical than some TG stories I've seen; the
self-satisfied, smirky tone of Vickie Tern's shorts, for example, is
the fictional equivalent of a drunk drag queen yelling epithets at you
six o'clock in the morning. TG has certain themes that speak to us
all, but they're better handled with restraint.

This piece was reposted by another party and not the author, but I
don't think Tigger would mind, going by the preface comments written
in earlier stories he or she has written.


Options [A+]
When posted: 7/24/97
Where posted: ASSB, ASS, ASF, ASB
Author: Steven S. Davis
Reposted by: sd@magenta.com

Finally, we come to the grandaddy of all femdom stories, from the
bondage/torture/mutilation meister himself, Steven S. Davis. This
story made such a deep impression on me it's my belief it can never be
surpassed as an example of "extreme" sexual fantasy.

The nameless male narrator has been captured by a sexy nameless female
and imprisoned in her cold, dark dungeon. He is sexually stimulated
and sexually tortured. Not by wimpy methods such as cock rings or
corsets, but by brutal, sustained torture with vises and clamps, wire
brushes, acid, urine, and the creme de la creme, a hatpin through the
tongue. He grows progressively weaker, and the story ends with him
waiting for whatever fate comes next.   Probably death.

Not everyone likes this. As the author says, "I can't even claim it to
be an exploration of evil, injustice, betrayal, and helplessness in
the face of a malign fate, as I intend some of my other work to be (in
addition to something to inspire lust and/or fear), this is a fantasy
purely..eh, solely intended to inspire lust and/or fear)." Well said.
I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who would recoil in
horror from the very IDEA of this story, but stick their heads out car
windows to gawk at a bloody traffic accident, or were thrilled by
seeing Harrison Ford beaten up ad infinitum in the recent movie
trailer for "Airforce One."

For those who like intensity in their fiction, check this out. It's
very good. Just don't let spouses, partners, or children catch you
reading it.


Role Reversal [A]
When posted: 7/17/97
Where posted: ASS, ASSM
Author: The Reverend
Address: rvrendjim@aol.com  

From femdom to lesbianism, with this story from The Reverend. A
relation to the great rockabilly star Reverend Horton Heat, perhaps?

Contrary to some peoples' opinions, I'm not a big Star Trek fan. I
have a mild like for it, but I wouldn't call myself a trekkie.
However, I have watched enough episodes of "Star Trek: Voyager" for me
to relate to this story. It's very good, both as fanfic and as a
heated lesbian encounter.

It's the story's premise that Captain Janeway has been lovers with
half Klingon, half human-Hispanic engineer B'ehlanna Torres for some
time, and the difference in their stations has caused some subtle
tensions in the relationship.   B'ehlanna attempts to defuse these by
engaging in a bit of B/D with her captain.   Kathryn is spreadeagled
to the bed by a force field and has her buns worshipped, then whipped,
by the half-Klingon as she's dressed in the Captain's uniform; then
Kathryn goes to town on her lover's pussy. Both wind up very
satisfied.

This story also upholds one of the great traditions of Star Trek
fanfiction--the Kirk/Spock story, or K/S among its fans. These
stories, most of which were written years before the internet, were
about a sexual relationship between Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. They
ranged from the lightly romantic to pornographic and had many fans,
most of them straight women, who published them in fanzines and
distributed them at conventions. What makes this story so interesting
is that the male author (?) depicts the same wildly disparate (age,
race, rank, background, physical appearance, etc.) sexual relationship
between two *female* Trek characters...a couple that is the opposite
sex of the Kirk/Spock one but in most other aspects the same. So it's
a "role reversal" in more ways than one.

The author has also written other ST:V stories, and I suspect they're
all as good as this one.


Walls Have Ears [A+]
When posted: 7/24/97
Where posted: ASSM
Author: Taria
Address: Taria29c@aol.com 

A put-upon, rather average, more-than-a-little-nerdy teenage boy goes
through the teenage travail of having too many hormones and not
knowing what to do with them. He hears his yuppie neighbors fucking,
which gets him hot and frustrates him even further. After the greatest
orgasm of his young life, his mother makes him deliver a mis-sent
letter to a neighbor, and by accident he takes it to the apartment of
"Tar" (Taria?) and "Marc," the yuppies who gave him the show. He meets
"Tar" in the flesh, with embarassing (for him) and hilarious (for us)
results.

I really dig the contemporary youth culture references in this story.
It's a welcome, intelligent change after eye-sprinting through
electronic stacks of drivel about perpetually perky-titted coeds and
studs with 12-inch cocks who could've been sucked up a time warp from
1956. The references to porn, and the Gen-X background that makes fun
of them, just as much fun as BronwenSM's "Sam's Bad Day" a week back.
And for once a fictional teenager in a sex story acts like a real
teenager, thinking in terms of Borg, comic book heroes, ejaculations,
and public humiliation for the unwary. 

I haven't read much by Taria aside from her nose-thumbing poems. I
remember thinking the letter story was a little silly. But I liked
this one a lot...it shows an exuberant New Jersey crassness. (I caught
the Great Adventure ref.) But someone please tell me what Saturday
morning cartoon "Form of a gazelle!  Shape of an ice cube! " was from,
or it's going to bug me all month.


Showing Teacher's Titties [A/A-]
When posted: 7/17/97
Where posted: ASS, ASSM
Author: SSPaul
Address: SSPaul@worldnet.att.net  

Don't be put off by the title of this one. It was very entertaining,
and also concerns the hormones of teenage boys. A good one to read
after the one above.

This story, which the author says is taken from a real-life
experience, is about the adventures of an American teaching couple in
a Jamaican school. The narrator's wife has a habit of wearing a thin
tank top which exposes her breasts, and they soon discover what a
turn-on it is for her teenage male students. She exposes more and more
of her breasts over the semester, to her husband's, and her own,
pleasure...and the pleasure of her male students as well.   At the end
of the year the couple is leaving the island, so the students throw
them a party at which she shows her three favorite boys the whole
shebang, and they are amazed because they've never a white woman's
breasts before!  This sounds racist but it's really just culture
clash. I can vouch for the reality of this experience, as for a few
years I worked for a company that placed teachers in overseas schools.

This story could use some shaping and pruning, but it was delightful 
nonetheless. I encourage the author to write more.


The Knight and His Squire [A+]
A Knight on the Road [A+]
When posted: 7/10/97
Where posted: ASSM
Author: Caintigern O'Niall 
Address: Caintigern@deathsdoor.com 

This gets only a short mention, as I'm running out of space, but these
two are a continuation of the "Knight" saga begun with "Knight Errant"
and they are as well-written as the first. The response to this story
has been so successful I encourage more guys who post to ASSG to cross
post to ASSM.


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