Short teasers for the Video-Book format of
Hallucination in Hong by Rohan Quine

Here below are links to a buffet of short-’n’-snackable video teasers, some of them less than a minute long, excerpted from Hallucination in Hong’s video-book format.

 

In Hallucination in Hong Kong by Rohan Quine, sliding from joy to nightmare and back, a plane flight frames a journey into Jaymi’s and Angel’s polarised identities and perceptions, where past and present merge in an obsessive fantasy of love, death, horror and apocalyptic beauty. At take-off, warmed by the presence of his friend Angel beside him, Jaymi starts to doze, and enters a fog of horror in seeming to remember that their destination lies in the past, not ahead … forcing him to explore those hellish possible events lying beneath the surface of our present and future, always ready to break through into reality. A Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award 2021.

 

 

(If playback of any of the below videos looks at all fuzzy on YouTube, then you can quickly and easily adjust the YouTube video-player’s playback “Quality” setting, by doing the following: (1) if you’re on a mobile device, first touch the video image, then touch the three-dots symbol that appears in the top-right corner of the player, touch “Quality” and choose “1080p” (or the highest other setting available on your device, e.g. “720p”); or (2) if you’re on a laptop/desktop device, click the cog symbol on the lower edge of the video-player, click “Quality” and choose “1080p” (or the highest other setting available on your device, e.g. “720p”).)

 

Teaser 1(i)—your soft brown eye-shadow—on Vimeo (0’46”)
Teaser 1(i)—your soft brown eye-shadow—on YouTube (0’46”)

Teaser 1(ii)—your eyes gentle, soft, unreal—on Vimeo (2’37”)
Teaser 1(ii)—your eyes gentle, soft, unreal—on YouTube (2’37”)

Teaser 1(iii)—grinding rocket smear of fire—on Vimeo (2’12”)
Teaser 1(iii)—grinding rocket smear of fire—on YouTube (2’12”)

Teaser 1(iv)—figures scurry in the wings—on Vimeo (1’06”)
Teaser 1(iv)—figures scurry in the wings—on YouTube (1’06”)

Teaser 1(v)—metronomic bomb-blast—on Vimeo (2’07”)
Teaser 1(v)—metronomic bomb-blast—on YouTube (2’07”)

Teaser 1(vi)—be swept up and carried—on Vimeo (1’27”)
Teaser 1(vi)—be swept up and carried—on YouTube (1’27”)

Teaser 1(vii)—music pouring from the Peak—on Vimeo (1’24”)
Teaser 1(vii)—music pouring from the Peak—on YouTube (1’24”)

Teaser 1(viii)—so watch me now—on Vimeo (1’34”)
Teaser 1(viii)—so watch me now—on YouTube (1’34”)

Teaser 1(ix)—magnetic in its dominance—on Vimeo (1’26”)
Teaser 1(ix)—magnetic in its dominance—on YouTube (1’26”)

Teaser 2(i)—you smiled back shyly—on Vimeo (0’59”)
Teaser 2(i)—you smiled back shyly—on YouTube (0’59”)

Teaser 2(ii)—the silver birch glade—on Vimeo (1’25”)
Teaser 2(ii)—the silver birch glade—on YouTube (1’25”)

Teaser 2(iii)—affection felt as sun on stone—on Vimeo (1’20”)
Teaser 2(iii)—affection felt as sun on stone—on YouTube (1’20”)

Teaser 2(iv)—dry ice on the dance-floor—on Vimeo (1’59”)
Teaser 2(iv)—dry ice on the dance-floor—on YouTube (1’59”)

Teaser 2(v)—I love you!—on Vimeo (0’59”)
Teaser 2(v)—I love you!—on YouTube (0’59”)

Teaser 2(vi)—rotting garden-land of heaven—on Vimeo (2’32”)
Teaser 2(vi)—rotting garden-land of heaven—on YouTube (2’32”)

Teaser 2(vii)—growl of worms in egg-slimed earth—on Vimeo (2’14”)
Teaser 2(vii)—growl of worms in egg-slimed earth—on YouTube (2’14”)

Teaser 2(viii)—shocking! shocking!—on Vimeo (1’15”)
Teaser 2(viii)—shocking! shocking!—on YouTube (1’15”)

Teaser 2(ix)—tongue like a baguette—on Vimeo (1’00”)
Teaser 2(ix)—tongue like a baguette—on YouTube (1’00”)

Teaser 2(x)—pedipalps and spiders’ paws—on Vimeo (1’39”)
Teaser 2(x)—pedipalps and spiders’ paws—on YouTube (1’39”)

Teaser 2(xi)—darkly and passionate we kissed—on Vimeo (2’06”)
Teaser 2(xi)—darkly and passionate we kissed—on YouTube (2’06”)

Teaser 2(xii)—on a bed in North London—on Vimeo (1’44”)
Teaser 2(xii)—on a bed in North London—on YouTube (1’44”)

Teaser 2(xiii)—your usual scent of Poison—on Vimeo (1’12”)
Teaser 2(xiii)—your usual scent of Poison—on YouTube (1’12”)

Teaser 2(xiv)—on the crest of a mountain—on Vimeo (1’51”)
Teaser 2(xiv)—on the crest of a mountain—on YouTube (1’51”)

Teaser 2(xv)—red wine in the pale green room—on Vimeo (1’34”)
Teaser 2(xv)—red wine in the pale green room—on YouTube (1’34”)

Teaser 2(xvi)—Destruction grinned and beckoned—on Vimeo (1’15”)
Teaser 2(xvi)—Destruction grinned and beckoned—on YouTube (1’15”)

Teaser 2(xvii)—the posse of sprinting pigs—on Vimeo (1’16”)
Teaser 2(xvii)—the posse of sprinting pigs—on YouTube (1’16”)

Teaser 2(xviii)—ripe globes of melon pouted—on Vimeo (2’14”)
Teaser 2(xviii)—ripe globes of melon pouted—on YouTube (2’14”)

Teaser 2(xix)—the slinkiest of melodramas—on Vimeo (2’09”)
Teaser 2(xix)—the slinkiest of melodramas—on YouTube (2’09”)

Teaser 2(xx)—a crowd of coloured sprites—on Vimeo (2’22”)
Teaser 2(xx)—a crowd of coloured sprites—on YouTube (2’22”)

Teaser 2(xxi)—plumes of spotlit water—on Vimeo (1’41”)
Teaser 2(xxi)—plumes of spotlit water—on YouTube (1’41”)

Teaser 2(xxii)—hermaphrodite with dark blue eyes—on Vimeo (1’05”)
Teaser 2(xxii)—hermaphrodite with dark blue eyes—on YouTube (1’05”)

Teaser 2(xxiii)—river-light tunnel under trees—on Vimeo (1’38”)
Teaser 2(xxiii)—river-light tunnel under trees—on YouTube (1’38”)

Teaser 2(xxiv)—the cobalt sprite that leaps—on Vimeo (1’59”)
Teaser 2(xxiv)—the cobalt sprite that leaps—on YouTube (1’59”)

Teaser 2(xxv)—then I felt you in my arms again—on Vimeo (2’01”)
Teaser 2(xxv)—then I felt you in my arms again—on YouTube (2’01”)

Teaser 3(i)—the “ghastly” smile—on Vimeo (1’09”)
Teaser 3(i)—the “ghastly” smile—on YouTube (1’09”)

Teaser 3(ii)—slumped in marijuana haze—on Vimeo (2’29”)
Teaser 3(ii)—slumped in marijuana haze—on YouTube (2’29”)

Teaser 3(iii)—it’s you, my Angel, in the glass!—on Vimeo (1’23”)
Teaser 3(iii)—it’s you, my Angel, in the glass!—on YouTube (1’23”)

Teaser 3(iv)—a whisper booms—on Vimeo (2’03”)
Teaser 3(iv)—a whisper booms—on YouTube (2’03”)

Teaser 3(v)—a sad-voiced duct in a wall—on Vimeo (2’04”)
Teaser 3(v)—a sad-voiced duct in a wall—on YouTube (2’04”)

Teaser 3(vi)—the pane explodes—on Vimeo (1’20”)
Teaser 3(vi)—the pane explodes—on YouTube (1’20”)

Teaser 3(vii)—balcony high in the Midlevels—on Vimeo (1’08”)
Teaser 3(vii)—balcony high in the Midlevels—on YouTube (1’08”)

Teaser 3(viii)—buds as fat as paws of cabbage—on Vimeo (1’03”)
Teaser 3(viii)—buds as fat as paws of cabbage—on YouTube (1’03”)

Teaser 3(ix)—sky bulging taut as if pregnant—on Vimeo (2’21”)
Teaser 3(ix)—sky bulging taut as if pregnant—on YouTube (2’21”)

Teaser 3(x)—the pink cloud hatches—on Vimeo (2’52”)
Teaser 3(x)—the pink cloud hatches—on YouTube (2’52”)

Teaser 3(xi)—home with my love, to be with him—on Vimeo (1’34”)
Teaser 3(xi)—home with my love, to be with him—on YouTube (1’34”)

 

The above teasers for Hallucination in Hong Kong‘s Video-Book are here too:

And in the Vimeo showcase “Teasers for HALLUCINATION IN HONG KONG by Rohan Quine”.

And in the YouTube playlist “Teasers for HALLUCINATION IN HONG KONG by Rohan Quine”.
 

Here are the basics of what the novella is all about.

Here are some great reviews of it.

Buy Hallucination in Hong Kong in paperback or ebook or audiobook format.

 

To watch any of the three complete and unabridged chapters of the novella’s video-book format (for which the above little video snippets on this page are just short teasers), see:
here for chapter 1;
here for chapter 2; and
here for chapter 3.

Buy Hallucination in Hong Kong in paperback or ebook or audiobook format.

 

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