Thom's new studio apartment is a temporary dump. It's just a matter of time, now that he's finished his dissertation, that he gets a tenure-track job somewhere. But until then, it's hand to mouth, living the humiliation of the great twentieth century writers he studies. But it's one thing to walk on the wild side temporarily, and quite another to pay the rent. When he starts selling drugs for the dealer who lives across the hall, his life takes a serious turn into humiliation, degradation, and a gleeful exploration of how dirty a man can be before he stops being a man. Locked in chastity, the willing plaything of thugs and trash, Thom sinks into the ditch of lust, contempt, and sexual fetishes. This 21,000 word gay erotic story contains scenes of consensual MM and MMM gay sex and BDSM.