Hedonists Heaven

A culmination of the erotic, obscene and uninhibited ravings of a misfit creative, Harley Claes captures the world of the underground as seen in punk houses, homeless ventures, erotic experiences and sex work. With 68 uncensored poems, the text has a backdrop of images from cult classics like Harmony Korine, Larry Clark,  and other iconic directors, as well as photography by Sicily Townley and classic pulp cover women.

In Pacifist in a Punk House, Claes captures the day to day lifestyle of living on the edge in a house full of punks while ensnared in a toxic relationship. In The Holy Erotic Armageddon poems play love games with language encouraged by an outpour of animalistic vice. Exempt from the vulgarity of it’s era, ARMAGEDDON poeticizes the obscene and makes beauty of debauchery. In CIRCA de CABARET, sex work is eternalized through script, capturing the perspective of a vengeful dancer who is addicted to cash flow. 

❝Imagine if Persephone was not betrothed to Hades, but seduced him on purpose. Imagine if Aileen Wuornos picked up a pen instead of a gun. Then you can imagine the vision of The Holy Erotic.❞

Tully Lapish

On The Holy Erotic Armageddon