<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334</id><updated>2011-07-08T04:15:01.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thom Gautier The Voluptuous World</title><subtitle type='html'>Website of erotic and sensual writing, thought and images.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-4293872374550663767</id><published>2011-03-22T21:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T21:57:41.675-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiction in Two New Erotic Anthologies!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AEbWLozgbRU/TYl9pjcheKI/AAAAAAAAAdw/mUuEAw4yZw0/s1600/51I69VkWL3L._SS500_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AEbWLozgbRU/TYl9pjcheKI/AAAAAAAAAdw/mUuEAw4yZw0/s200/51I69VkWL3L._SS500_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587134965572794530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MvXOxmd5WkY/TYl9kWjiOjI/AAAAAAAAAdo/K3XHVDnE9yw/s1600/419Th7c4iaL._SL500_AA300_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MvXOxmd5WkY/TYl9kWjiOjI/AAAAAAAAAdo/K3XHVDnE9yw/s200/419Th7c4iaL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587134876213197362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Work out in two new anthologies one from Xcite Books and Mammoth's Best New Erotica 10!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-4293872374550663767?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/4293872374550663767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=4293872374550663767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/4293872374550663767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/4293872374550663767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2011/03/fiction-in-two-new-anthologies.html' title='Fiction in Two New Erotic Anthologies!'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AEbWLozgbRU/TYl9pjcheKI/AAAAAAAAAdw/mUuEAw4yZw0/s72-c/51I69VkWL3L._SS500_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-1584749974870414050</id><published>2010-08-19T09:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T21:59:34.507-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bridesmaid Erotic Tale in Xcite's "Uniforms"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TPCeP_6EHsI/AAAAAAAAAXY/ZpKNsUR-0Qw/s1600/511VuCQ6sQL._SS500_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TPCeP_6EHsI/AAAAAAAAAXY/ZpKNsUR-0Qw/s200/511VuCQ6sQL._SS500_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544105138983280322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;snippet from "Blue Pommes in Killybegs"&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt; As she repeated her claims about her old school uniform fitting her, I studied her from her hairline to toe. Her waistline was slim. The temptation to cup my hands around that satin-wrapped waist was so strong that I “borrowed,” another sip of her pint to distract me from my desire. For all her height and her long limbs, she was slender. Her thin lips were cherry red, freshly daubed with lipstick.  Still, I was dubious about the uniform claim, and I told her so.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-1584749974870414050?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/1584749974870414050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=1584749974870414050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/1584749974870414050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/1584749974870414050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2010/08/blue-pommes-in-killybegs-to-be-in-xcite.html' title='Bridesmaid Erotic Tale in Xcite&apos;s &quot;Uniforms&quot;'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TPCeP_6EHsI/AAAAAAAAAXY/ZpKNsUR-0Qw/s72-c/511VuCQ6sQL._SS500_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-3714396013132774321</id><published>2010-07-09T08:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T13:39:44.101-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Valet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TDeI4glRaFI/AAAAAAAAAWw/HTlchi4YOAY/s1600/6237_013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TDeI4glRaFI/AAAAAAAAAWw/HTlchi4YOAY/s200/6237_013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492008775001925714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In his profile photo he was tanned, with closely cropped blond hair and broad shoulders. He resembled one of those British actors with brown hair and light eyes who take Broadway by storm every three years in some critically acclaimed production of Hamlet. &lt;a href="http://www.oystersandchocolate.com/Stories/1990/TheValet.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;read all of "The Valet" at Oysters &amp; Chocolate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-3714396013132774321?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/3714396013132774321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=3714396013132774321' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/3714396013132774321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/3714396013132774321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2010/07/valet.html' title='The Valet'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TDeI4glRaFI/AAAAAAAAAWw/HTlchi4YOAY/s72-c/6237_013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-1062887705412036605</id><published>2010-07-06T18:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T22:01:35.455-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Story set in Queens in NY edition of Sex in City series</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TDPe9XUdleI/AAAAAAAAAWg/bC7HWwrq_NA/s1600/412ny5zT4cL._SS500_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TDPe9XUdleI/AAAAAAAAAWg/bC7HWwrq_NA/s200/412ny5zT4cL._SS500_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490977516507993570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my story "Sophia in Astoria" in Accent Press/Xcite's Sex in the City: New York&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-1062887705412036605?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/1062887705412036605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=1062887705412036605' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/1062887705412036605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/1062887705412036605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2010/07/just-out.html' title='My Story set in Queens in NY edition of Sex in City series'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TDPe9XUdleI/AAAAAAAAAWg/bC7HWwrq_NA/s72-c/412ny5zT4cL._SS500_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-6291540598356403173</id><published>2010-06-07T14:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T06:49:55.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Rainbow-Colored Cap</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TCUc7Usqh_I/AAAAAAAAAWY/2UYb5QcH1WY/s1600/Cap+Rainbow+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TCUc7Usqh_I/AAAAAAAAAWY/2UYb5QcH1WY/s200/Cap+Rainbow+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486823526514722802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In this draughty cafe, Mitch asked me to sit next to this Harper because there was no room to squeeze a chair in. It was a little awkward perching myself on a bench next to a stranger. “Wow,” Harper said, pointing to my head as I sat down. Mitch introduced us and we shook hands, “Primary colors on a winter hat.” R&lt;a href="http://www.oystersandchocolate.com/Stories/1970/TheRainbowColoredCap.aspx"&gt;ead all of "The Rainbow-Colored Cap" at Oysters &amp; Chocolate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-6291540598356403173?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/6291540598356403173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=6291540598356403173' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/6291540598356403173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/6291540598356403173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2010/06/rainbow-colored-cap.html' title='The Rainbow-Colored Cap'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/TCUc7Usqh_I/AAAAAAAAAWY/2UYb5QcH1WY/s72-c/Cap+Rainbow+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-5305553288970917440</id><published>2010-04-11T07:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-11T07:58:31.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Piece at F-Stop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S8HiNGk6D4I/AAAAAAAAAWM/W4yCc8HE-VA/s1600/usedmagazines.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S8HiNGk6D4I/AAAAAAAAAWM/W4yCc8HE-VA/s200/usedmagazines.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458892938081341314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nakedi.wordpress.com/about/"&gt;F-Stop &lt;/a&gt;is a unique blog where writers "expose" themselves through image and text, usually revealing those sometimes unseen sides of their lives which have often informed or affected their writing. &lt;a href="http://nakedi.wordpress.com/"&gt;My short essay&lt;/a&gt; on my years as Penthouse magazine aficionado just went up at F-Stop and I'm happy and honored to be included there. While you're there, be sure to check out the other fine essays (and their respective discussions) by writers like Donna George Storey, Shanna Germain, Neve Black, Jeremy Edwards, Susan DiPlacido, Craig J. Sorensen,  Janine Ashbless and many other fine contributors.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-5305553288970917440?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/5305553288970917440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=5305553288970917440' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/5305553288970917440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/5305553288970917440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-piece-at-f-stop.html' title='My Piece at F-Stop'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S8HiNGk6D4I/AAAAAAAAAWM/W4yCc8HE-VA/s72-c/usedmagazines.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-1798412420326135860</id><published>2010-03-30T08:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T08:30:51.575-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Saving the World</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IXnJfJp9I/AAAAAAAAAV8/o2rwuaL-vac/s1600/pd2380148.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IXnJfJp9I/AAAAAAAAAV8/o2rwuaL-vac/s200/pd2380148.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454448060028004306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am sure that Lilah and I spoke a good deal at that first meeting. But all I remember is shaking her hand and studying her long straight dark hair, her dark eyes, her little black dress, her black choker with its pearly cameo, her black teardrop earrings. Her lovely ass almost visible against the pleats of her black skirt. I remember thinking that I’d bet big money that Lilah probably would wear a hat when she made love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lucreziamagazine.com/2010/03/30/saving-the-world/"&gt;Read "Saving the World" at Lucrezia Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-1798412420326135860?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/1798412420326135860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=1798412420326135860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/1798412420326135860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/1798412420326135860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2010/03/saving-world.html' title='Saving the World'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IXnJfJp9I/AAAAAAAAAV8/o2rwuaL-vac/s72-c/pd2380148.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-600006427753933610</id><published>2009-12-28T08:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T08:20:56.121-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry for Spain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IWx5hLhtI/AAAAAAAAAVs/tqBCNenMLYQ/s1600/MET-ART_jg_3_0123.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IWx5hLhtI/AAAAAAAAAVs/tqBCNenMLYQ/s200/MET-ART_jg_3_0123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454447145208481490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once I was as comfortable as I could be in the narrowness of the tub, I let my hands feel their way along the tops of her feet, up around her ankles, rubbing up and down her calves. When I looked up, she was looking down on me, grinning. She wiggled her fingers like a greeting and then flipped me the bird. &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lucreziamagazine.com/index.php/erotic-fiction/heterosexual/553-sorry-for-spain.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Read all of "Sorry for Spain" at Lucrezia Magazine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-600006427753933610?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/600006427753933610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=600006427753933610' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/600006427753933610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/600006427753933610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2009/12/sorry-for-spain.html' title='Sorry for Spain'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IWx5hLhtI/AAAAAAAAAVs/tqBCNenMLYQ/s72-c/MET-ART_jg_3_0123.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-8867387571475282943</id><published>2009-04-13T10:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T08:23:03.861-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Honeymoon With Shannon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IXTqgZTBI/AAAAAAAAAV0/Aa37zdIpzY8/s1600/IMG_6935.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IXTqgZTBI/AAAAAAAAAV0/Aa37zdIpzY8/s200/IMG_6935.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454447725294210066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;She took my poetry workshop. This was about six years ago. Her                  name was Shannon. She was only a few years younger than I was                  but she was several years older than the other students. She was                  from Ireland but every bit a New Yorker: fluent, talkative, stylish,                  smart. &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sliptongue.com/random/gautier_shannon.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Read all of Honeymoon with Shannon at Sliptongue magazine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-8867387571475282943?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/8867387571475282943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=8867387571475282943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/8867387571475282943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/8867387571475282943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2009/04/honeymoon-with-shannon.html' title='Honeymoon With Shannon'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IXTqgZTBI/AAAAAAAAAV0/Aa37zdIpzY8/s72-c/IMG_6935.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-1013377005597307938</id><published>2008-12-09T09:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T20:36:22.834-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Maura, Converted</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7VmLhwj_vI/AAAAAAAAAWE/Diu1mWaAMSI/s1600/6259_015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7VmLhwj_vI/AAAAAAAAAWE/Diu1mWaAMSI/s200/6259_015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455378871855873778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="ctl00_MainContentLeft_StoryViewer1"&gt;When we arrived at the reception hall, I rushed over to the hospitality desk and saw our table assignment on a small white card: &lt;em&gt;Thom Gautier &amp;amp; Guest, Table Seven&lt;/em&gt;. I scanned the other alphabetically arranged cards and, as if I’d made it happen by my own obsession, I read the card: &lt;em&gt;Sean Raverty &amp;amp; Guest, Table Seven. &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.oystersandchocolate.com/Stories/1547/MauraConverted.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read all of "Maura, Converted" at Oysters &amp;amp; Chocolate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="ctl00_MainContentLeft_StoryViewer1"&gt;&lt;em style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-1013377005597307938?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/1013377005597307938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=1013377005597307938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/1013377005597307938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/1013377005597307938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2008/12/maura-converted.html' title='Maura, Converted'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7VmLhwj_vI/AAAAAAAAAWE/Diu1mWaAMSI/s72-c/6259_015.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-17521638384944694</id><published>2008-06-10T12:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T08:19:30.731-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IWcW9YILI/AAAAAAAAAVk/RhieQWApxI0/s1600/MET-ART_vad_3_0079.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IWcW9YILI/AAAAAAAAAVk/RhieQWApxI0/s200/MET-ART_vad_3_0079.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454446775154254002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;"That black fabric looks painted on your legs,” I said. “You mean &lt;em&gt;navy blue&lt;/em&gt; fabric,” she said, slipping her feet into her strappy black heels.“Black," I said.“Navy blue,” she said, and then she gave me the finger, “they’re navy blue.”We argued about the color all the way to the restaurant. All we&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;could agree about was that her legs looked great in them and that were sheer and looked painted on. At one point during the drive, she extended her legs and put her feet up on the dashboard. “Navvvy blue,” she said. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YI8Y9U/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&amp;amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&amp;amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;amp;pf_rd_i=0786718943&amp;amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;amp;pf_rd_r=0TY38F82G8X0WVZR8AX7"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Read all of The Bet in Mammoth's Book of Best Erotica 2009!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-17521638384944694?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/17521638384944694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=17521638384944694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/17521638384944694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/17521638384944694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2008/12/bet.html' title='The Bet'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1F4VmDmn_Xw/S7IWcW9YILI/AAAAAAAAAVk/RhieQWApxI0/s72-c/MET-ART_vad_3_0079.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720170621638550334.post-296356445899029561</id><published>2005-03-18T12:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-29T10:03:35.824-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Raverty's Privilege</title><content type='html'>LINK COMING SOON&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5720170621638550334-296356445899029561?l=thomgautier.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/feeds/296356445899029561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5720170621638550334&amp;postID=296356445899029561' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/296356445899029561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720170621638550334/posts/default/296356445899029561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomgautier.blogspot.com/2005/03/ravertys-privilege.html' title='Raverty&apos;s Privilege'/><author><name>Thom Gautier</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08925404366722487728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
