THE MAGICIAN LAUNCH PARTY
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¬‿¬Christopher Zeischegg will make a rare appearance in NYC to celebrate THE MAGICIAN LAUNCH PARTY, a night of autofiction and alter egos.
On November 1st, Apocalypse Party Press will re-release THE MAGICIAN, a contemporary horror novel that garnered a rabid cult following when it was originally released in 2020. THE MAGICIAN is a dark, hallucinatory journey through California's fractured dreamscape, a melding of horror and autofiction based loosely on Zeischegg's post-porn life. Sex work, addiction, family, the occult, and Christianity converge in Zeischegg’s visionary nightmare, host to a fictional Christopher who writhes within the dark mirror of his author’s reality.
THE MAGICIAN LAUNCH PARTY is therefore an ode to the alter ego in all its forms. It’s an interrogation of identity as I/you/we know it. It’s a poke at the autofictive glut in contemporary literature. It’s an excuse to abandon your persona for the night.
Come as you are (or not) for readings by:
TESS MANHATTAN
REUBEN DENDINGER
CHRISTOPHER ZEISCHEGG
Followed by a short film screening of THE MAGICIAN — inspired by the harrowing story behind the text — and a performance by hip hop//electronica//industrial duo iD-SuS.
Hosted by IZZY CAPULONG (or her alter, MATTHEW DONOVAN).
Photos by LYSS LESTER.
*10-15 copies of THE MAGICIAN available*
*FREE DRINKS*
*ALTER EGOS WELCOME*
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ABOUT CHRISTOPHER ZEISCHEGG
Christopher Zeischegg is a writer, musician, and filmmaker who spent eight years working in the adult industry as performer, Danny Wylde. He is the author of five books, Creation: On Art and Unbecoming, The Magician, The Wolves that Live in Skin and Space, Body to Job, and Come to My Brother.
ABOUT VERA PR
VERA PR is a strategic marketing and communications agency that welcomes innovators and dissidents in the realms of art and literature.
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