Ah, Hank Rose... "Joe Pornstar" was his favorite cliche, right? Unfortunately, I think so few people remember who he was as a performer, much less finished more of than a sentence of his "work" as a writer that only four people would get the reference, and three of those wouldn't care.

The best hoaxes escape from the Cage like so many fumes, like (of course) "Mark Wallice 1954-2003". I was half-hoping Luke would pick it up but, in praise of his newfound journalistic integrity, he failed to take the bait.

Speaking of which - Luke, are you fucking mad, man? Why the hell would you default on a defamation case you could so easily win? I don't know anyone who would take it for free but pro se you still had an outstanding chance to get it dismissed by written motion. While I know you don't give a shit about other people's armchair psychoanalysis of your writing persona, it's really like you go out and seek these kinds of complications for yourself.