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Author Insight
Little Andrew Vincent
The novella "Andrew" has been through a lot. It sets the tone for my epic Horror book, Death of Heaven. It's possible it may be more fun to read DoH first however, then read Andrew for the backstory. When this story was first written for my University Fiction Writing 101 class, it left the class in stunned silence. I talk more about this at the end of the book under About the Stories. The scene in the TV room, one girl had said, scared the hell out of her as she read it alone, sitting on her bed the night before as it was totally not something she expected. In going the other direction from what she expected, and all our classmates agreed with her, it was extremely affective. I had been concerned that I was crossing the line, so I did my best to tone things down. But in toning it down, it would seem that I actually enhanced the effect. No one should have to have to go through what Andrew did, and I take you there along with him.
Book Excerpt
Anthology of Evil
Little Andrew Vincent leaned his head against the breeze-cooled window and sighed, lost in thoughts of his Before-times. Specks of stuff cascaded down the glass adjacent to his face like winter soot. Staring vacantly, his eyes pierced beyond and through the invisible curtain, out to the old oak tree anciently resting across the yard from his window.
His youthful mind scanned and randomly searched for the memories, the misplaced memories of his lost Parents. They seemed so far away now. If only he could remember. If only—
Sadly, thoughts of a story his Parents had told him of how his Grandfather, a Non-Denominational Minister, had accidentally died in a War called “WWII, The Big One”. It had been his first explanation of death, of pain. At the time it had been far from a complete one.
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