<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Nick Crosby on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/authors/nick-crosby/</link><description>Recent content in Nick Crosby on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/authors/nick-crosby/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>A Very Kinky Hallowe'en</title><link>/stories/2011/10/30/a-very-kinky-halloween/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2011/10/30/a-very-kinky-halloween/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;A Halloween Special 2010 Tale&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Natasha weaved her way up her garden path, past the knee-high vampires, superheroes and Freddie Kreugers, all of whom had stopped chanting, “Trick or Treat!” and were instead industriously sifting through their buckets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Sophie must have emptied the whole cupboard for them,” she thought, smiling. She began to fumble in her handbag for her keys.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Her mind shifted back to Sophie – the way she tossed her long raven hair as she laughed. Her confidence, so complete that you believed she could accomplish anything. Her long, elegant legs and the black, punkish trousers she liked to wear, the soft leather clinging to her thighs-&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>