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How do fantasies build and destroy online communities? What are fantasies like online? This paper explores how Dennis Cooper's work describes the role of sexual fantasies in online interactions and how  The Sluts  marks a turning point in Cooper’s conceptualisation of fantasy. In particular, I argue that  The Sluts  narrates how an online community attempts to manage the tension between fantasy and reality in an anonymous setting. This unresolvable tension eventually forces the community’s collapse. Furthermore, this paper compares  The Sluts  with other work by Cooper ( Frisk ,  Guide , and The Dennis Cooper Blog) so as to situate  The Sluts  in Cooper’s broader oeuvre.

‘We’re Just Fantasizing Aloud Here’: Fantasy and Online Communities in Dennis Cooper’s The Sluts (2005)