Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Skylight Books, Los Angeles
 CLICK HERE TO RSVP _**RSVP is recommended but not required. Entry and seating are first-come, first-served. RSVPs do not guarantee entry to a full event.**_ **A fever dream,** **_Kill Dick_** **is a literary thriller that plunges into the chaos of Los Angeles, where addiction, privilege, and corruption combust.** At nineteen, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: she's an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie's ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father's ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together. Then there's Peter Holiday, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it's almost admirable. When their lives collide, Susie and Peter are dragged into a web of privilege, corruption, and violence, where every escape leads deeper into the rot. Dark, satirical, and razor-sharp, _Kill Dick_ is a modern literary thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth, exploitation, and the perilous line between survival and self-destruction. **Luke Goebel** is an acclaimed author and screenwriter celebrated for his unflinching honesty and innovative storytelling. A recipient of the prestigious Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and the Joan Scott Memorial Fiction Award, his debut novel _Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours_, garnered critical acclaim for its innovative and precisely lyrical, profoundly resonant exploration of love grief, and the restless search for identity. Goebel also co-wrote "Eileen", starring Anne Hathaway and McKenzie Thompson and "Causeway", starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry (who received an Oscar nomination for his performance). He is known as well as his role as co-editor at The New York Tyrant and worth Tyrant Books. **Ruby Caster** is a writer. Her feature film debut Bleeding Love starring Ewan and Clara McGregor premiered at SXSW in 2023. Her short film Say Hi After You Die won the U.S. Fiction Jury Award at Sundance 2024 and her second feature film Trash Mountain, co-written with and starring Caleb Hearon is currently in post-production. She’s from Rhode Island and currently lives in Los Angeles.