December 7: Blog Find of the Year #best09

That gem of a blog you can't believe you didn't know about until this year.

Gwen Bell Best of 2009 Challenge

This will certainly not be everyone's cup of tea. In fact I only discovered this blog yesterday after a thread on Essential Baby sent me looking for some old links I had saved in favourites. Literary porn, or erotica as I prefer to call it. I had bookmarked a site named Clean Sheets, self-described as a weekly magazine devoted to encouraging and publishing quality erotic fiction, poetry, and art, providing honest information and thoughtful commentary on sexuality, and fostering an ongoing discussion of sexuality in the lives of individuals and in a global society. I only read it for the articles, of course.

This, however, is not the site I refer to. A short story led me to the author's site where her tantalising words entrapped me. A gifted storyteller, I fell into her world of erotic beauty. If palpable lust, hot tales and sexual fantasy are not things which tempt you personally, I would not recommend you follow this link. She is a skilled, sensual wordsmith, and yes, I am enthralled by the amoral realm she creates. Purely for the secret libertine, I surrender Alice - black and white. Alice Gray is a freelance graphic and web designer with a passion for writing erotic fiction. And in Madmother's opinion: a truly gifted talent for erotic fiction!

My advice... find a quiet time during the day, curl up on the bed with your laptop and indulge your more licentious senses.

Apologies to any I have unintentially offended, I guess my literary whorishness broke free once more.

But, hey, you wanted my favourite find and this, for 2009, is it!