Q: What year was this trip?

A: I published Evil Genius in 1986. This was after that and before Fantasy Fest '87.

Fantasy Fest is at Halloween. The Queers' National Holiday.

Q: Was there a homosexual presence in Key West in 1986.

A: Yes. Tennessee Williams lived there. Porfirio Rubirosa, with his coffee mill.

Q: So a homosexual might have picked you up?

A: Yes. That's more likely than me picking up a woman.

Although neither one is likely.

I just wanted to drive down to the keys by myself.

Stay in a motel, eat in restaurants, and walk around, by myself.

Recharge my batteries.

Q: And that is all you did?

A: It was like research.

I wrote a couple of pamphlets. Inspired by my trip.

Q: What pamphlets?

A: The Jiz Biz, The Unwobbling Pivot, and HAWK: Black McGoon in Key West.

Q: So you were calling your hero Black McGoon.

A: Yes. I think HAWK: Black McGoon in Key West had a picture of the historic bat tower on Sugarloaf Key on the cover. Drawn by me.

Q: What did The Unwobbling Pivot have on the cover?

A: An Easter Island megalith, gazing out to sea.

Q: How about The Jiz Biz?

A: A two-headed dildo called The Anaconda.

The Jiz Biz was an X-rated screenplay.

Q: So when you went to Key West you were there on business.

Even though not the jiz biz.

A: Yes. The writing business.

Writing in my head.

Scribble, scribble, scribble--eh, Mr. Gibbon?