Gene Gregorits

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Justin Gene Gregorits (born November 5, 1976) is an American writer, editor, publisher, and convicted sex offender under Florida law. In 40 US states he would not have been convicted of a felony. He founded and published Sex & Guts Magazine , an independent arts and culture journal, that ran from 1997 to 2004. Subsequent works include Johnny Behind The Deuce, Sex & Guts Anthology, Sex & Guts 4, Midnight Mavericks, Dog Days: Volume One, Dog Days: Volume Two, Hatchet Job: The Gene Gregorits Reader, and Fishhook. Gregorits' most recent works have been described as having running themes of poverty, sexual deviance, trauma, mental illness, violence, multi-substance abuse and death. [1] He has said that early influences on his writing included Charles Bukowski and Louis-Ferdinand Céline [2]

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As of 2025, Some of Gene's back catalogue has been picked up by new Irish company, Trigger Warning Media. Forthcoming titles include 'Nick Zedd', 'Bigger Than Life at the Edge of the City', 'Dog Days 2025' (a revamp of the original book) and the banned 'My Kate Like The Seashore', which will be published in a redacted form if legal objections can't be negotiated successfully. http://trigger-warning-media.co.uk/

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As a contributing writer

Film work

In 2013, Gregorits gained some widespread notoriety after he cut part of his own ear off with a razor blade and ate the severed lobe, while filming the event.

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  1. "Melbourne Underground Film Festival – MUFF 13". Muff.com.au. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. Carver, Lisa (January 27, 2013). "He's Not Dead Yet? Life with Gene Gregorits | VICE Canada". Vice.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  3. Alyse (August 20, 2008). "Book Review: Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose". Blogcritics. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Ms.P Chats It Up With Author Gene Gregorits 12/19 by The NTuned Show | Books Podcasts". Blogtalkradio.com. December 20, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  6. "The Second Coming (2015) - IMDb". IMDb .