March 20th special guests and the dearly deported

I've never gotten an email quite like the one I did from Sebastian Horsley's publicist on Tuesday:

Sebastian arrived at Newark Airport today and wore his top-hat through customs and they pulled him aside. Immigration then googled him about the book and all of the stuff about his drug addiction, pro-prostitution, etc. came up. The bottom line is they've detained him for the last 5 hours and are now sending him back to London. It's ridiculous and stupid but true.



Thankfully, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, who did a memorable turn at an early In The Flesh and blurbed Sebastian's book Dandy in the Underworld, and who is an amazing writer himself (go read his memoir I Am Not Myself These Days and prepare for the 80s-tastic queer deliciousness of his first novel, Candy Everybody Wants), has agreed to fill in and read from Dandy.

Here's a photo of Josh with The Washingtonienne author Jessica Cutler at an infamous In The Flesh. Who knows what could happen on Thursday?


I also had to replace another author, Kevin Keck, and we now have the fabulous Chelsea Summers of the blog Pretty Dumb Things reading from her very hot secretary spanking story "Stuck at Work and Late for a Date" from my new book Yes, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission.


Yes, Sir: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance

see the website with TOC and info here

I'm not sure if the lesson for me is to only book local readers (that can't be right because we have Sarah Thyre - !!! - coming in April and Andrea Askowitz in May) or just be prepared and know awesome writers who are willing to step in that the last minute.

The rest of the lineup (Megan Abbott, Charles Ardai, Cheri Magid and me) remains the same. We'll be taping most readers for YouTube too. Plus plenty of free snacks, candy, mini cupcakes, and book and magazine giveaways, as always.