{"product_id":"bringing-the-autumn-spice-an-18-author-event-with-cecilia-tan-may-furhst-lauren-burka-and-mj-etkin","title":"Bringing the Autumn Spice! An 18+ Author Event with Cecilia Tan, May Furhst, Lauren Burka, and MJ Etkin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the Weather cools down, it's time to heat things up! Pandemonium brings to you a panel of 4 brilliant romance authors to enjoy a portion of your Friday the 13th with. The authors will perform dramatic readings from each others works, discuss the nature of the craft, how subjective the difference between romance and smut is, and otherwise just foolishly hanging around for your enjoyment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCecilia Tan is an award-winning author of passionate fiction. \u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eawarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel \u003ci\u003eSlow Surrender \u003c\/i\u003e(Hachette\/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW. Spanning the gamut of genre and gender, she is also the author of \u003ci\u003eDaron's Guitar Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, The Prince's Boy, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Watch Point.\u003c\/i\u003e Her Magic University series has been lauded by Autostraddle for being \"trans-inclusive fantasy for Harry Potter fans.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEntering the Monsterfucker scene officially in 2025 (but unofficially for the last 3,869 years), May Furhst lives for the camp, the glam, and the sexy shit! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLGBTQ+ \u0026amp; feminist characters are her meat and potatoes, though she'll occasionally cut her teeth on a cis-het. Her stories focus on healthy BDSM, healthy polyamoury, Green Flag Romance, \u0026amp; consent consent consent!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLauren P. Burka is a writer because her Tarot cards convinced her this is a real job. She has been writing and publishing spicy, queer science fiction and fantasy stories since 1992. In her free time, Lauren pursues doomed affairs with serial commas. In her next life, she’d like to be Brian Molko’s guitar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM.J. Etkind lives a double life. By day, she is a corporate girly with a business degree. By night, she writes romance novels in a cozy book filled apartment in Boston. M.J. Etkind’s most favorite fun fact is that she once took an entire vacation to visit a bookstore. Etkind has two self-published romance novels. Dishwasher Safe (2024) and The Witch of Wall Street (2025). The Witch of Wall Street was featured the June 2025 New York Time’s Book Review. In a subgenre known for its small towns, THE WITCH OF WALL STREET shoots above the crowd like a skyscraper. -Olivia Waite, New York Times Book Review.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pandemonium Books and Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575012876464,"sku":"AE:ASctmflbmje","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/bringing-the-autumn-spice-an-18-author-event-with-cecilia-tan-may-furhst-lauren-burka-and-mj-etkin","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}