Vanyell Delacroix
is the vampire personae that Cliff T. Roberts digs up
and dusts off every Halloween for vampire poetry readings.
Vanyell was born of death with a thirst for immortality,
and yet little is known of him.
In the last couple of years, Vanyell has been seen across
North Texas reading his vampiric verses at various venues.
He appeared at the Travis Street Coffee Shop, Finely
Playhouse, Voices of Texoma, all in Sherman. He's also
read at Barnes & Noble in Plano, and the one in
Lewisville, Club Insomnia in Dallas, Borders in Ft.
Worth, and at the Texoma Poetry Society and Poetry Society
of Texas monthly meetings as well as the Fort Worth
Fall Festival of Art.
Since 1998 Vanyell has placed in 26 various poetry slams
& contests.
In October of 1998, he won Best Costume at the Midway
Mall Costume Contest in Sherman; and on October 26,
1999, Vanyell was the Special Guest Poet at "Janelle
Un-Plugged!" in Dallas, Texas.
Vanyell's "Nosferatu Night," "Lyrical
Lurker" and "Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des
Grauens." won him the Best Poet of the Masquerade!
1st Runner Up in the October 31, 1999 in A. I. N. Alphabet
Soup Masquerade Contest under the "e-costume"
of GrafOrlok1922. As BeladonaNghtshd Vanyell won Best
Poet of the Masquerade - 1st Place on October 30, 2000,
in Alphabet Soups 2nd Annual Masquerade Party for his/her
"Just Deserts," "Night Wind," and
"Ask Me About Masquerades."
Vanyell has had poems printed in Poetic Patter: the
Texoma Poetry Society's newsletter, Sunshine & Shadows,
The Unnamed Faction Pillow Book, Amazing Instant Novelist
Contest Spotlight e-zine, Map of Austin Poetry e-zine
and the Forever Knight Un-named Faction Poetry website.
His website, "The Cyber Crypt" was reviewed
by NOVL LAND for the October 29, 1999 issue of "MOODS"
Amazing Instant Romance's Newsletter and he was interviewed
in an article called 'Interview With A VANPIRE 13' by
NOVL Umm for the February 29, 2000 issue of "MOODS."
In addition to his children's book, Daysleeper and In
Another Vein by SynergEbooks, Vanyell is currently working
on 4 poetry chapbook manuscripts: Vampiric Verses, Crimson,
Dark Side Of The Muse, and a gothic takeoff on a few
of Maya Angelou poems, which he calls I Know Why The
Enraged Bat Screams. Also in the works, are a satyrical,
Chicken Blood for the Vampiric Soul, a newszine called
"Coffin Break: A Vampire/Goth 'Zine for the Red
River Area", two short stories: "Christmas
Wish" and "Unfinished Business," and
a novel called Leaving Santorini.
Vanyell is the editor and webmaster of the online magazine
-- The Undead Poets Society -- which spotlights other
poets' and authors' gothic/vampiric works.
Vanyell has a decent goth/vampire CD collection, over
100 vampire videos, 400 vampire books, a modest gargoyle
collection and lives with 2 blood donors, a cat and
several lizards.
Just in the last few years, Vanyell has raised his voice
in the night like a wolf baying at the moon.
"Remember my name, you'll be screaming it later!"
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