[villagebarrelmaker2]

I sure enjoyed the group's posts. It was one of my favorite things on the Internet. I miss the updates. The one at Coney Island was one of my favorites.

I have chatted with two of the women on Reddit, where I learned several interesting things.


First, the former leader was a man who paid the women $200 for the first time they attended. Several of the women were sex workers. Although this wasn't disclosed to me, it seems apparent that the man must have been using the group to promote the Hard Case Crime books.

Second, the group still exists, but it's under different leadership and doesn't post anymore. The women basically took it over themselves. It's clear there was a break with the man about something, but the woman with whom I was chatting wouldn't disclose what prompted the rupture.