Christopher Zeischegg

"Andrea's gore was dark red, nearly brown, and smelled of meat and piss. She must have wet herself on account of all the drugs?"California brings out the fucking worst in people. Makes them junkies, whores, killers - failed saints, predatory sinners. Must be something in the land or maybe the water. Something old and evil. Waiting. The Magician is an incantatory trip to this cursed heart of darkness. A modern horror tale of sexual violence and deep psychological harm. Unflinchingly narrated in spare, economic prose climaxing in hallucinatory brutality, Christopher Zeischegg has conjured a dark fable of the American dream as it slides into unending nightmare.Christopher Zeischegg is a writer, musician, and filmmaker who spent eight years working in the adult industry as performer Danny Wylde. His other books include The Wolves That Live in Skin and Space and Body to Job. He lives in Los Angeles.

The Magician

Danny Wylde

Former porn star, Christopher Zeischegg (aka Danny Wylde), gathers six years of writing into one definitive collection. A memoir of an adult film career from beginning to end and a life lived after, marked by post-porn dysphoria. Interspersed with select fiction, Zeischegg writes about youthful naivete, sex worker love, pro-porn activism, disenchantment, and violence. Body to Job is the ex-porn star's third book, and his most comprehensive to date--an explicit work of vulnerability, longing, terror, and life.

Body to Job

David splits his time between film school and job in fetish porn. Life is good until a chance encounter reunites him with Daniel, a former friend and lover. It's been four years since Daniel disappeared after a dare-fueled encounter with a cabin in the woods. David's about to learn that their reunion was something more than chance and that Daniel has changed. A lot. Armed with fangs and a fantastic story about the past few years, Daniel offers David a chance at a whole new life -- if you can call it that. Theirs is a love story that will bring the human race to its knees. Christopher Zeischegg weaves a tale of friendship, brotherhood, porn, sex, and loss. Combining the enduring horror of vampires with an honest and authentic exploration of life in Northern California, working in porn, and growing up, Zeischegg presents a novel that's both horrific and human.

Come to My Brother

Chad Fjerstad

Oriana Small

Kris Kidd

Split Lips unites a slew of Los Angeles's predominant artists to present a remarkable anthology, granting readers a multi-faceted perspective on intimacy they otherwise may never know.Love knows no boundaries, a timeless concept revisited and drilled deep into the psyche through tales of unthinkable fetishism, secretions, esoteric romance, insecurities, hedonism, and even grief. Visions of intimate relationships transform when filtered through the minds of peculiar writers, sex workers, filmmakers, musicians, and other eccentrics. By spilling their guts, these brave storytellers may leave an imprint on yours; now open up as they have for you.Featuring stories by Oriana Small, Kris Kidd, Chad Fjerstad, Chris Zeischegg, Ariel Rosenberg, Niko Sonnberger, and more.

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