• Fans of Derek McCormack, Gary Indiana, and Dennis Cooper
• Readers with interest in gay sexuality, the occult, Berlin, mental health issues.
• John Rechy meets Helena Blavatsky in Berlin
• RM Vaughan is well-respected in the art, literary, and queer worlds. His death was broadly covered, and because the pandemic prevented a large memorial, this novel will serve that purpose.
• Royalties from the book will support a scholarship for queer students.

RM Vaughan is a Toronto-?based writer and video artist originally from New Brunswick. His books include the poetry collections A Selection of Dazzling Scarves and Invisible to Predators, the novel A Quilted Heart, the play Camera, Woman and the novel Spells (ECW). Vaughan was the 1994-?95 Playwright in Residence at Buddies in Bad Times, and he writes about art and culture for a wide range of publications.

R.M. Vaughan's profile page

"The book is smart and edgy, filled with doubt, wonder, sex, fear, suppressed rage and a passion for living." – Christopher DiRaddo, Xtra

". . . the book is the perfect punctuation mark to [RM Vaughan's] unusual, ambiguous, striking body of work." – Matthew Hays, Literary Hub

"At once a horror story, a fever dream, and a confessional, this haunting novel further cements Vaughan’s legacy." – Sarah O’Connor, Literary Review of Canada

"Pervatory is RM Vaughan’s final word on what many discover the hard way: the only sane response to capitalism is madness, and the only sane response to madness is love and art. Pervatory poses the question: what’s to become of us when neither is possible?" – thom vernon, The Fiddlehead