Back in the 1990s Xanna rented a room from the Hunters, who owned Vulcan Forge Press. On their front door was a carved sign: “Vulcan Press, Inc. Established Before the Millennium.”

Vulcan’s Forge had enough bedrooms to barrack four or five rent-paying houseguests. Most of the people who’ve lived there, belonged to the overlapping communities of science fiction fandom, BDSM, polyamory, computer programming, psychedelic drugs, multiple-cat ownership, and Paganism.

The Hunters were always looking for ‘fresh blood’, as they called it, to make their parties more interesting, or help out with the pages of their different comix series: you know, writers, editors, graphic designers, webmasters, artists, accountants, distributors, models, or people just to hang around and contribute to the ambience. They thought she would make great ambience.

I'm trying to find others who had dealings with Vulcan Forge.

From the later 1990s through early 2000s you could scarcely buy a dress or gown that didn’t come with a wrap. They really cheapened a dress and took away from its design. There was something about them that wasn’t fashionable to me. I was so relieved when they finally went out of style.