PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 3 – “No Man’s Land”

by Richard Pérez

" Ready-made for Russ Meyer, assuming, that is, if Meyer was around and still at his peak ." -- Josh Alan Friedman , TALES OF TIMES SQUARE, WHEN SEX WAS DIRTY

" The American Baise-Moi! " -- Lynn Breedlove , GODSPEED

" Richard Perez has the ears of the angels -- lend him yours. " -- Barry Gifford , WILD AT HEART, PERDITA DURANGO

" Perez's is an exciting talent and his work goes far beyond most of what is published today. " -- Henry Flesh , MICHAEL and the Lambda Literary Award-winner, MASSAGE

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PERMANENT PART 3 - NO MAN'S LAND

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PERMANENT OBSCURITY by Richard Perez Inspired by the underground sexploitation films of the 1960s, this bold updating of the "roughie" subgenre and lampoon of auteur filmmaking largely takes place in New York City's East Village (circa the Bush era), and it chronicles the rise and fall of a unique and intense relationship. Dolores and Serena, two chemically dependent, down-and-out artists set out to take control of their lives by making a fetish-noir/femdom movie. Of course, things don't exactly turn out as planned.

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PERMANENT Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls
and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana
(as told to Richard Perez): Written in the 3

PERMANENT PART 1 - THE KINKY HOOK
Whereupon we are introduced to Dolores and Serena and their kinky shenanigans.

PERMANENT PART 2 - STRANGE HUNGERS
Whereupon Dolores and Serena grapple with relationship/sexuality issues, life-threatening drug dealers, irreversible money woes. Culminating in a desperate attempt at making a so-called "femdom" film.

PERMANENT PART 3 - NO MAN'S LAND
Whereupon Dolores and Serena find themselves in a place not expected. Namely, hell.

** The paperback edition available now contains all 3 "episodes" or books. **

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95 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2010

About the author

Initially published small literary magazines, Richard Perez has also written for The New York Times (a newspaper he doesn't read). His first novel, The Losers' Club (aka: The Losers' Club: Complete Restored Edition) has three foreign translations to date: Korean, Turkish, Italian. PERMANENT OBSCURITY: or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death -- his second novel -- also reflects his infatuation with bohemia and willful nonconformists.