Description
Across decades, screens, and shifting realities, a mysterious pirate broadcast draws lonely viewers into a realm where static conceals both danger and revelation. When a trans content moderator encounters a young streamer invoking the enigmatic Public Access Afterworld, she is pulled into a sprawling conspiracy that links buried trauma, corporate exploitation, and the seductive power of television. Blending speculative fiction, psychological horror, dark humor, and queer coming-of-age, the novel follows an unlikely ensemble of outsiders as they confront questions of identity, connection, and what it means to make something real. Hypnotic, politically sharp, and vividly cinematic, it marks a striking literary debut from a visionary filmmaker.
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hardcover
Hogarth
Published Oct 27, 2026
608 pages
ISBN: 9780593978382
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Details
First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun.