James Curcio
"These Are the First Days, These Are the Final Days. The Children of Lilith Will Return.",Take a mad ride past the event horizon of sanity with Lilith, Dionysus, and their band of Fallen gods in this mythpunk vision of an alternate near-past. This is the story of those Fallen who walk amongst us in the age of anonymity and alternate identities, and hints of the dark world that is to come. ,Are they on an ego trip, or do they really believe they're divine? Party At The World's End deals with the youthful rebellion of the rock and roll generation, juxtaposed with the social media cult of personality of today. Lola Parsons reinvents herself as Lilith. Alexi becomes Dionysus. Meredith becomes Jesus. They discover that a great deal of power can come with a stage name and a role, when it connects. Suddenly they're superstars of a different kind, chased by counter-terrorism units as America crumbles around them, and what began as little more than a prank turns a band into the ultimate symbol of death and rebirth.,B&W illustrations by Amun DiSalvatore and James Curcio,â€”â€œBrutal, darkly funny, and, above all, honest.â€ Powellâ€™s Books â€˜Short Listâ€™.,â€”â€œA progressive fictional universe created by a wickedly talented scribeâ€¦ Philip K Dick might have company somedayâ€¦â€ Brooke Burgess, the Creator of award-winning animated series Broken Saints.,â€”â€œCurcioâ€™s novels resemble strange and intricate life stories, bubbles of fiction floating in the depths of the collective subconscious. Occasionally they rise to the surface and burst into the conscious mind, releasing dreamscapes where fantasy merges with the mundane. Demigods cavort with goth-punk teenagers. Ambivalent authority figures lord over underground networks. Pseudo-shamanic rituals and sex magick abound.â€ Reality Sandwich.com interview.,Specs: 240 pg. 6"x9" paperback, speculative / occult fiction. This is an edited, single volume containing material first serialized as Fallen Nation, 404 Documents and Words of Traitors.
Fantasy,Fiction
Party at the Worldâ€™s End