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Fairies at Sea
“Get ready to set sail on a bold, funny, and unapologetically queer voyage into the lives of men searching for connection in all its forms. Equal parts campy, candid, raunchy, and heartfelt, Fairies at Sea captures the wild energy of an all-gay cruise.” - Frank Anthony Polito, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Band Fags and Decorated to Death
About the Book
It’s Jacqueline Susann onboard The Love Boat with a gay twist! Ever wonder what it would be like to take an all-male cruise? Here’s your chance to experience the outrageous hijinks and delightful debauchery that takes place aboard The Phantasia as it sails to the Mexican Riviera. All aboard!
Channing Davis, a queer journalist and struggling author, takes his first gay cruise to celebrate his 40th birthday. Accompanied by his best friend Dennis Terry, the two take a seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riveria. Poseidon Productions plays host to the week aboard The Phantasia from Grecian Cruise Lines. Once onboard the ship, the two encounter an amazing variety of gay individuals sayshaying through life in the best way they know how.
Joining them on the cruise are Andrew and Antonio, a buff, bodybuilding couple who like to play with others where and whenever possible; Foster, a stunning twink who knows how to use his remarkable beauty to his advantage; Sir Robert Townsend, a wealthy senior from Palm Springs who’s not looking for anything so much as he likes to just watch; Ima Jess Kitting, an aging drag queen with a pill problem who performs on the ship; and, finally, Judah, a 29-year-old confused soul who is taking a break from seminary to enter the world of depravity waiting on the ship.
Amid it all, Channing is hoping for a shipboard romance. Will the handsome Shon Cole help his wish come true? The scent of sex is in the air for sure. But is anyone into anything more these days? Fairies at Sea endeavors to answer that question and many more.