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"Herein lies the danger of the
practice... If the mesmerist is
corrupt of heart, foul of mind,
and diseased of soul, the vital
fluid which he projects will be
tainted..."
When Philip K. Dick found himself
suddenly transported to New
Testament Syria, he must have run
into his namesake, Philip the
Deacon. VITAL FLUID reverses the
time flow, and brings the first
Philip to the twenty-first
century, along with his
transmigrationally entangled
nemesis, Simon Magus.
They've returned as rival
hypnotists, staging an
increasingly bizarre series of
shows across America, mesmerizing
teenagers in an Indian
reservation, a Mormon
polygamist's military academy and
a Columbine-like high school.
practice... If the mesmerist is
corrupt of heart, foul of mind,
and diseased of soul, the vital
fluid which he projects will be
tainted..."
When Philip K. Dick found himself
suddenly transported to New
Testament Syria, he must have run
into his namesake, Philip the
Deacon. VITAL FLUID reverses the
time flow, and brings the first
Philip to the twenty-first
century, along with his
transmigrationally entangled
nemesis, Simon Magus.
They've returned as rival
hypnotists, staging an
increasingly bizarre series of
shows across America, mesmerizing
teenagers in an Indian
reservation, a Mormon
polygamist's military academy and
a Columbine-like high school.
Damnation and Salvation in the
American Food Services Industry!
Spencer Sproul is a would-be
serial-killing bus boy. But he
can't manage to murder, injure, or
even scare anybody. It's not for
lack of trying. He sublimates on
the job and becomes a rising star of
the family restaurant
business.
Spencer learns that a family
restaurant can be an instrument of
torture, too. If the food, music,
decor and waitress uniforms are
"ratcheted up" to just the right
levels, the place can grate
subliminally on people's nerves, and
stimulate their masochistic
tendencies. Customers come
flocking, as to a Hannibal the
Cannibal movie.
The Better Business Bureau takes
notice. But, before Spencer can
take his seat of honor at the
Merchant of the Month Award Banquet,
he must bumble his way past a
pederastic restaurant critic, a
trash-talking sex worker, a
cellulite-worshiping convenience
store clerk, and a police force
filled with homophobes, overeducated
commies and greedy homicide
detectives.
LEMUR is an all-American success
story!
American Food Services Industry!
Spencer Sproul is a would-be
serial-killing bus boy. But he
can't manage to murder, injure, or
even scare anybody. It's not for
lack of trying. He sublimates on
the job and becomes a rising star of
the family restaurant
business.
Spencer learns that a family
restaurant can be an instrument of
torture, too. If the food, music,
decor and waitress uniforms are
"ratcheted up" to just the right
levels, the place can grate
subliminally on people's nerves, and
stimulate their masochistic
tendencies. Customers come
flocking, as to a Hannibal the
Cannibal movie.
The Better Business Bureau takes
notice. But, before Spencer can
take his seat of honor at the
Merchant of the Month Award Banquet,
he must bumble his way past a
pederastic restaurant critic, a
trash-talking sex worker, a
cellulite-worshiping convenience
store clerk, and a police force
filled with homophobes, overeducated
commies and greedy homicide
detectives.
LEMUR is an all-American success
story!
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This wizard war climaxes at an East L.A. ghetto community center full
of gang-bangers. Things get so far out of hand that mercenaries from
the Department of Homeland Security must be called in.
On the way, Philip and Simon make a reincarnational pit stop in
nineteenth-century Europe. They are embodied in another pair of
wonder-workers, actual historical figures from the glory days of
mesmerism, who entranced lions for Queen Victoria and rendered altar
boys malleable for Pope Pius IX.
Vital Fluid is inspired by the uncanny performances and fascinating
life of John-Ivan Palmer, the top stage hypnotist in America today, who
says--
"Vital Fluid is a masterpiece. There are no words to describe the eerie
dream this book is to me."
of gang-bangers. Things get so far out of hand that mercenaries from
the Department of Homeland Security must be called in.
On the way, Philip and Simon make a reincarnational pit stop in
nineteenth-century Europe. They are embodied in another pair of
wonder-workers, actual historical figures from the glory days of
mesmerism, who entranced lions for Queen Victoria and rendered altar
boys malleable for Pope Pius IX.
Vital Fluid is inspired by the uncanny performances and fascinating
life of John-Ivan Palmer, the top stage hypnotist in America today, who
says--
"Vital Fluid is a masterpiece. There are no words to describe the eerie
dream this book is to me."