Buy used:

$16.95

$3.99 delivery Monday, May 20. Details

Or fastest delivery May 13 - 15. Details

Select delivery location

Used: Very Good | Details

Sold by cathyshalfpricebks

Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Other sellers on Amazon

New & Used (6) from $16.95 + $3.99 shipping

Follow the author

MP Johnson

+ Follow

More books from this author

Image Unavailable

Image not available for
Color:

To view this video download Flash Player

Dungeons & Drag Queens Paperback – January 1, 2014

by MP Johnson (Author)

4.1 41 ratings

See all formats and editions

WINNER OF THE WONDERLAND BOOK AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL!

What happens when a small town drag queen gets sucked into a realm of sword and sorcery and forced to do much more than lip-sync for her life?

After a weird wizard transports Sleazella LaRuse to the realm of Houmak, Green Bay's number one diva must battle to save her life and protect the lip-syncing, potty-mouthed persona she's worked so hard to cultivate. Will her bones be devoured by the gnawing nipple-mouths of slavwolves or crushed by the brutal Blada Femma? Worse yet, will she find love amongst the scum sailors and slopulating sky serpents? Will she win this glamorous game of thrones? The answer is clear in the most fierce and fabulous fantasy epic ever.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Eraserhead Pr (January 1, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 150 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 162105103X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1621051039
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.25 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #4,173,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #249,292 in Fantasy (Books)

Customer Reviews:
4.1 41 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

MP Johnson

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

4.1 out of 5

41 global ratings

2 star

0%

1 star

9%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Sort reviews by

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

David C. Gardner

This book is EVERYTHING!

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2014

Verified Purchase

There are few books that can make me blush. This is one of them. It's not for the faint hearted. It's gorier, weirder, and more perverted than any other book I've read. In short, it's perfect. It made me giggle with glee, gag, and guffaw. It had echoes of John Waters, Divine, and Troma, but in a far more streamlined and modern way. It's a short read too. As a weird fantasy nerd and drag aficionado, I cannot recommend this book enough.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

T.A. Wardrope

Lots of swordplay!

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2014

Verified Purchase

Original: [...]
Reviewed by T.A. Wardrope

“Dungeons & Drag Queens,” the latest novel written by M. P. Johnson, is a sword and sorcery tale that plays with genre in much the same way that its drag queen protagonist, Sleazella, plays with gender and her own sexual proclivities. Once the most powerful drag queen in all of Green Bay, Wisconsin, she finds herself teleported to the fantasy world of Houmak in order to become the bride of the great old god Houmak itself. Sleazella doesn’t think this sounds so great, and her escape from the wizard Dravor sets off an epic adventure that spans the lands of Houmak and beyond.

Published by Eraserhead Press, filed under Bizarro fiction, and featuring an image of a pink-haired drag queen holding aloft a skull on the cover; there is nothing about this book that should make a reader expect a standard fantasy adventure story. This adventure contains enough tropes to be recognizable as fantasy, though. There’s a wizard with a familiar; there are gigantic monsters, strange creatures in the forest, warrior tribes and a mercenary hero with a heart of gold. However, Sleazella’s way of the world leaves all of this drenched in sex and raunch. Fans looking for a “straight” adventure should pretend they never even saw this cover.

Though it is still a young sub-genre, Bizarro contains a broad range of works of varying degrees of estrangement from mainstream storytelling. Accusing some of these books as shock for shock’s sake is fair and often the reach toward absurdity and surrealist confrontation get too much in the way of narrative. Happily, M. P. Johnson does not have this problem. This story, as driven by cartoonish satire as it is, still moves at a brisk pace and is always entertaining. Sleazella is a character with depth and she develops as her challenges force her to. Much more than a stereotype in high heels, she brings heart to a story that could’ve been a hollow parody.

There are a few gags that get a little long in the tooth, and some Sleazella’s one-liners aren’t as hilarious as the others, but I took this as all part of the campy fun of this book. This book is spawned from a cult cinema sensibility and it should be enjoyed with that spirit. There are scenes to be horrified by, to laugh at, and to find sympathy with in “Dungeons & Drag Queens,” but if you are tied to more traditional kinds of sword and sorcery this will not be your cup of pink blood. Sleazella is a master of swordplay, certainly, but it’s not the kind of sword you are probably thinking of.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Shale Nelson

Fun and Funny From Start to Finish

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014

Verified Purchase

Dungeons & Drag Queens is a hilarious mashup of two worlds that are not often mashed up -- drag queen culture and fantasy fiction. This combination provides fertile ground for MP Johnson's bizzaro magic. In it, he offers up a likeable and incredibly sassy heroine/diva, grotesque imagery, fantastic creatures and at least one good laugh every few pages. Beneath all the craziness dwells a surprisingly compelling story about a young man discovering his true identity.

Helpful

eyereed

I love D&D, so of course the title also grabbed ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2016

Verified Purchase

I first heard about this book on Jeff Burk’s Jeff Attack’s podcast. He was interviewing the author, and I quickly zoned in on the fact that this is a weird fantasy novella combined with one sassy drag queen’s crazy antics. I love D&D, so of course the title also grabbed a hold of me. The problem is I found more interest in the author and the idea behind the novella than the actual content within. There are a decent amount of hilarious scenes, and I did find myself thoroughly enjoying the protagonist - Sleazella, but I still did not find myself hooked on the novella like I wanted to be. I believe for me the main issue came down to length. I just felt like there were too many good ideas that did not have enough time to develop into anything; for example, the fornication war.
Yet, I did find my time with Sleazella to be enjoyable. What can I say? I enjoy strange tales, and at its heart THIS is a strange tale. I give this little book three out of five stars, it's done well, and it has plenty of good ideas, I just did not find them fleshed out enough for my taste. With that said, I will definitely be picking up future MP Johnson novels because the talent is there, I just need a longer tale to fill in that hunger this book left me

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2014

Verified Purchase

The book is as awesome as the cover. That was my only fear getting this book, could this writer produce the story that matches the title, premise, and cover? He did, and it is awesome! Instead of giving any spoiler all I am going to say is I hope one day we see Sleazella LaRuse on the screen cause this would make an awesome movie.

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2014

I guess I expected so much more... some Amazon ass kicking or raunchy sex ..but noooooo ! Love the title.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Jon James

Come for the title, stay for the sass

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2016

Verified Purchase

Dungeons and Drag Queens drags a fierce Wisconsin diva to a dangerous fantasy world, where a misinterpretation of the meaning of Queen has led her to become betrothed to an insectile God against her will. With A pink wig and a chainmail bikini, this book sashayed its way to my top shelf.

Helpful

Dave Anderson

The best Drag Queen in Green Bay is transported into a ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2016

Verified Purchase

The best Drag Queen in Green Bay is transported into a different world where she must fight and prove herself. Solid read and will read more by this author

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Suej

A walk on the wild side - great bizarro fiction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2017

Verified Purchase

Not for the faint of heart or the easily offended. A drag queen gets sucked into another dimension to be fabulous on a whole other level. MP Johnson won the bizarro book of the year with this and it is a great example of the genre.