Dear Readers,
Just back from an incredible trip to Italy...Who knew a country could be so incredibly sexy? A hot Italian waiter serving spicy chianti and decadent tiramisu, a picturesque ride in a gondola down the quaint and magical canals of Venice, licking a three-tiered cone of gelato while walking through the Tuscan country side... Sigh... Italy is filled with foreplay for every one of the bodily senses.
But every evening found us rushing back to our hotel room in order to read yet a few more entries for the Hot Tamales Contest. If the Italian countryside is foreplay, these entries were orgasm number one, two and three!
You are in for a spicy treat this month with our Hot Tamales Contest Issue! We received dozens of entries for our winter Hot Tamales open fiction contest, each one spicier than the last. The contest worked, as the snow has melted and our body temperatures are elevated.
CONGRATULATIONS to the winner BRIAN K. CRAWFORD for his outstanding contest entry The Heat! We both independently selected his story as our number one choice. Not surprising, as Brian has a history of knocking our socks off here at O&C.
We also congratulate our runner up Alicia Night Orchid for her mouthwatering and tantalizing tale, Taste of Love.
So many of the contest entries were so good, we just couldn't resist turning this into our "contest issue." We selected seven entries from our other contest favorites to make up the entirety of our May content. If you're still feeling the winter chill, this issue is the cure. These incredibly hot stories will have you stripping off the excess clothing and panting for more!
We suggest you pour a glass of chilled white-wine (may we recommend an Italian chardonnay?), snack on a plate of fresh tomatoes with a little bufallo mozzarella and basil, fire up the computer and get ready to be truly aroused. This is gonna be a hot one! Enjoy!
xoxo
Jordan & Samantha
Originally published May 2006 - "Hot Tamales"