THE MAGICIAN LAUNCH PARTY

​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. Photos by LYSS LESTER.

​Fresh copies of THE MAGICIAN available for purchase. Booze on the house.  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.

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