Well, it's been a long and very bizarre year it has, and quite a while since my last post. This time round I am including links to all my available work (something I should have done from the get go, though "organization" per se has never been one of my strong suits).
Before I get to that though, some recent developements, and an explanation (or set of excuses, take your pick) for my 7 month delay in posts.
Firstly, I lost one of my closest friends, my "little brother," Kenneth "Kroosaficks" Duffy in late February. He was also an amazing and talented artist (he won the poster art contest for the Philly Cancer Walk, just days after his passing), a contributor to Grave Demand Magazine, and the genius behind our band YOUTH OF 1945. This was a soul crushing experience that I feel every day, am not over, and may never get over. Much has been written on this, as that Magnificient Bastard was loved by many, and he is missed more than any words could ever properly articulate. That began a temporary downward spiral of depression and a couple months of questionable coping behaviors on my part. It also briefly dead-zoned my process. If Kenny were here to hear this, he would mock me incessantly til I got motivated. In fact, I'm not so sure he doesn't mock me from beyond the grave. I am also fairly certain he watches me masterbate. R.I.P. Kenneth, you are still loved and missed every day.
Wait, did someone mention GRAVE DEMAND MAGAZINE? In fact I did yes! Onto that. GRAVE DEMAND is still in existence, and though delayed a bit, the second issue is in the works. The hold-up has been not merely due to Kenneth's passing, but some other issues as well. In particular, a falling out with a former contributor who will remain nameless. Several severe (and quite infantile) problems were caused for myself and co-founder Mr. Adam Andrews, to the point that he briefly backed out (and the funding and tech support went with it). Other GD contributors were harrassed online, who had nothing to do with said situation. As was I, personally, incessantly, MERE DAYS AFTER THE PASSING OF KENNETH. Not cool, and bad timing. I could go on, but I will not dwell on such frivolities. I learned many a lesson from this, and will be damn careful from here on out. Live and learn, and in the long run, no harm done. I wish this person well in all their future endeavors. That said, as stated above, GD #2 is in the works, slightly reformulated and coming back strong. The next issue will go straight for the throat and take no prisoners, featuring the work of Bracken McLeod, Jason Reinhardt, Shaun Lawton and more. Plus there will be a new recipe by Eddie Petro in his column The Skinhead Gourmet. Check out the Skinhead Gourmet's video series here (where he makes excellent entrees and delectable dishes NOT from human flesh) http://skinheadgourmet.blogspot.com/
To continue onward now. There have been other personal issues at play, including the resurgence of my occasionally severe depression and anxiety. It cna be, some days, crippling, to say the least. Also some financial bothers, an unexpected move back into the city of Philadelphia, yackety schmackety blahblahblah. Most of it's back there and not here, though. The only place to move is forward.
I have in the interim, however, been published several more times, most notably in the upcoming 3rd issue of Nameless Magazine (http://namelessmag.jasunni.com/), a fine publication put out by Jason and Sunni Brock, and just about the best thing weird and edgy original fiction has to offer right now. I am thrilled to near death to be involved with Nameless. The title of my tale to be appearing there is CORPSEX: A METHOD OF LOVE. I will have more info once it is released.
I have also had work appear in Shaun Lawton's always wonderful FREEZINE Of Fantasy And Science Fiction http://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/ (Night Song Of The Fungi), the Hydra M. Star's new (and excellent) extreme fiction Infernal Ink Magazine (http://hydramstar.com/Infernal_Ink.html) (Long Night Of The Komodo, and it's related tale $30/30 Minutes), and a piece in the Suzanne Robb edited nonfiction Living With Anxiety: True Stories Of Survival (Hidden Thoughts Press) (http://hiddenthoughtspress.com/ ), which I hope is a help to anyone who has suffered the wrench-in-the-works real life horrors of depression/anxiety. Links can be found with the others below.
Otherwise, I have jsut been looking for some kind of paying part time work (as I live incredibly hand to mouth as of late), and writing/editing/brainstorming. And trying like hell to keep my own anxiety and demons at bay and just push forward. I feel the mojo coming back strong.
Also, on a final note, visual and make up artist Katherine Lucente (aka Kate Wylde) has been rendering incredible paintings and artwork based on several of my tales of woe and dysfunction. Anyone in need of unique and professional book covers, artwork, or film and video make up should contact Miss Wylde pronto. Her rates are affordable, her work top notch. She works very closely with her clientele to make sure that you get exactly what it is you are looking for. Her work can be viewed at http://www.facebook.com/KateWyldeProductions?ref=ts and she can be reached at her email katherinelucente@gmail.com
That said, to anyone who has read this (or the 9 people following my blog), or who has read my work, thank you so very much for the support.
STAY SICK
Vince D.
LINKS TO MY WORK:
THE FREEZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (always FREE):
Night Song Of The Fungi http://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2012/04/night-song-of-fungi.html
Level 5 http://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2011/03/level-5.html
A Notion Conceived http://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/notion-conceived.html
Trap http://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2011/07/trap.html
Waiting For The End (serialized novella) http://extremezine.blogspot.com/2010/03/waiting-for-end-2.html?zx=30d32a3ff2762206
OTHER PIECES FOR FREE:
Strange Black Cats (poem) (Hazard Cat Magazine) http://hazardcat.blogspot.com/2010/10/strange-black-cats-by-vincent-daemon.html
Creaky Floors (poem) (Spook City Magazine - RIP) http://spookcity.blogspot.com/2011/08/creaky-floors.html?zx=d102a708d3a907ec
I The Carrion (poem) (Screams Of Terror Magazine) http://www.screams-of-terror.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=286:i-the-carrion&catid=184:vincent-deantoniis&Itemid=56
A Ballad For roy Dodds (Grave Demand Magazine) http://www.gravedemand.com/2011/10/special-ballad-for-roy-dodds-by-vincent.html
Last Stop At The Automaton Oil Transparency Center -- Appeared in the 2010 limited run magazine SUBSTANCE. It was print only and folded after the first issue.
WELL WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION:
Long Night Of The Komodo (Infernal Ink Magazine) http://www.amazon.com/Infernal-Magazine-issue-April-ebook/dp/B007T3NIGE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1337105779&sr=1-1
$30/30 Minutes (Infernal Ink Magazine) http://www.amazon.com/Infernal-Magazine-issue-April-ebook/dp/B007T3NIGE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1337105779&sr=1-1
Invocation To Death's Black Kiss (Heavy Meat Horror anthology, Rymfire eBooks)http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Metal-Horror-ebook/dp/B0030ZRLT0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337104773&sr=1-1
A Final Death for The Dead? (Through The Eyes Of The Undead anthology, Library Of The Living Dead Press) http://www.amazon.com/Through-Eyes-Undead-Zombie-Anthology/dp/1452855897/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1337104250&sr=1-1-catcorr
A Hamster On The Wheel Of The Mind (non-fiction) (Living With Anxiety: True Stories Of Survival anthology) http://www.amazon.com/Anxiety-Disorders-True-Stories-Survival/dp/0615630715/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337104561&sr=1-1#_
Elegy: The Death Of Sensuality In Smut (non-fiction) Grave Demand Magazine http://www.gravedemand.com/
