Deep Paralysis: A Horror Story

"[…] As we have already told you, Byron Rizzo does not exist. He is merely a fragment of your tormented imagination. It seems that, in your delirium, you have invented an independent author who, of all places, publishes from Neuquén. A place that, being so absurd, might as well have been invented too. Go and look out for it. You will be surprised. However, the implausibility of his existence does not stop there, but rather, in your stubbornness, you have made him a young, prolific, and, for lack of a better word, strange individual. The most common thing that usually happens in the narrative of the fictitious Mr. Rizzo; is that reality collapses in/on itself entirely. You, not without some merit of your own, have given upon him an acrobatic ability over narrative, made him into a tightrope walker of dialectics, and cultist of cosmic seppuku in each story. Now, if you don't mind, and after such a superficial description, tell us, what seems more likely? That the aforementioned Byron (a strange name for an Argentine, to add insult to plausible injury) exists; or that you have lost your mind. For your own good, for the sake of your family and good name, start at least to consider the truer option: That the so-called Byron Rizzo, of whose books you have told us so much during therapy, does not exist. That he is merely an excuse of yours to avoid facing the foundational problems of your life. In fact, doesn't it seem more likely, after all, to assume that Byron Rizzo... is you?"

Byron Rizzo is an Argentine author, born in the city of Neuquén in 1990. If you have read any of his books and do not understand them, the author is pleased. Because you are closer to the truth. If you have read him but think you understood him at first glance, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about and live in deceit. Because all and each of his books have been meticulously designed to be read at least twice (or so he claims). And if you read reviews or descriptions of living authors as if they had not written them themselves, it is clear that you still do not understand how narrative and the creation of reality within it work, even in marketing. Moreover, they usually do it from a repugnant, contrived third person. Often inventing positions, titles, and merits that you couldn't care less about (nor do you have the means or desire to verify, for that matter). As if any of that influenced in the slightest how one writes! Ugh! (spitting sound). After all, who are we going to trust with a summary of your own life, a Community Manager? Over my dead writing body! Now, knowing that, I invite you to ask yourself: Do you really believe everything you read?

What genre does this author write in? I don't know. Do you like it when labels are put on you? No? Then why do you do it to others? You should be ashamed. For your information, Mr. Rizzo has written fantastic horror stories, psychological suspense novelettes, non-fiction books on technology and contemporary life, poetry, futuristic science fiction dystopias, and over a hundred online articles. Come on, dare to label him. See if you can. Otherwise, you are invited to read his works, if this little act of dangerous honesty has been to your liking. Consider yourself warned, too.