The L. U.

R. E.

was considered the most infamous and largest Gay Leather/Fetish nightclub in the world from 1993-2003. It was the Mineshaft's grandchild, visited by customers from around the globe as well as home to the NYC community.

At 409 West 13th St. NYC, this dark labyrinth of desires and kinks attracted those whose fantasies would arise , often realized, upon walking through it's moaning doors.

In L. U.

R. E.

D, Sparky, one of 26 investors , tells all in his revealing memoir, as he rose from a meager minor shareholder to reticently become the CEO, and the man who finally locked it's doors forever. Not only does L.

U. R.

E. D share the truth behind the storied night spot, but also the backroom spats of the owners bickering for power and money.

It's a world of booze, hot music, wild fetishes, rough sex, a drug dealer, a serial sadist, including a "Saudi Prince"! And, even being featured in popular TV shows! The reality is revealed!This memoir bares the escapades of Sparky himself centering on his lovers, sexual adventures, intertwined with the business of the L. U.

R. E.

itself, chronicling it's TV and film appearances, it's customers and owners, the fetish community of NYC and the US, and the terrible 9/11 disaster. The L.

U. R.

E. finally becoming a center for the entire NYC fetish community thereafter, gay, lesbian, bi, drag, and straight.

The "door that sounds like a car crash" is now opened for all to enter! IF YOU DARE! (No dresscode enforced. ).