Worst writing of 2008

The annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest awards prizes for the worst writing of the year. Named after the infamous author whose novel began: 'It was a dark and stormy night...' contestants submit the opening scentences of imaginary novels. This year's top honours went to Garrison Spik for his steamy opener comparing love to a New York street:

"Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city their passion was open 24/7, steam rising from their bodies like slick streets exhaling warm, moist, white breath through manhole covers stamped 'Forged by DeLaney Bros., Piscataway, N.J."'