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Damien D'Enfer

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Born

in New Orleans, The United States

Website

http://www.damiendenfer.com/

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Horror, Crime, Paranormal

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Clive Barker, Jean Genet, A. Roquelaire ...more

Member Since

June 2013

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Damien D’Enfer was born a Scorpio under a blue moon in 1976 New Orleans. His mother, an fifth generation descendent of Marie Laveau, told him such children “have powers ten-fold over the rest and are usually witches and warlocks.” It was a belief she held firmly to until her death in 2005.

Damien has dabbled in many trades, from Bourbon Street go-go boy (if you ever meet him, ask him to show you the trick with the washcloth), to hot dog cart-repairer, to several stints in both the Merchant Marines and the Orleans Parish House of Detention. (The latter was more fun than the former, Damien says). Damien has had a colorful life, seen the world and less importantly, written for a variety of magazines, his favorite being as a film reviewer for Hu ...more

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Why I Wrote Nganga

Cuz I felt like it.

http://www.damiendenfer.com/

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Published on July 23, 2013 15:36 • Tags: crime, erotica, horror, nganga, voodoo

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Nganga

4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013

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The Luminaries

by Eleanor Catton

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Damien D'Enfer said: " I abandoned this book. It was missing something. Something red and throbbing that pumps care. I cared about a few characters, the women, the Chinese diggers, but the technical aspects of the book broke the throughline for me and I couldn't hang. ...more "

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Quotes by Damien D'Enfer (?)

“It takes no talent to be sad. And you know how talented I am.”
― Damien D'Enfer, Nganga

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