Who is Malcolm LaFlame?

Anne Rice. Poppy Z. Brite. Ziggy Enigma. All a few of my favorite authors. When I first decided to pick up a pen & put it to paper, I thought long & hard of just what I'd call myself.

Damien Diakos was nothing but an unwanted mistake this world had to bear. I felt used & abused for so long, I simply wanted a new identity...a new life.

In my Emo/Goth days I went around calling myself "Damien Dracul"in honor of the bloodlust that grew inside of me. I was going thru the motions after finding out that pictures of me had surfaced in a pornography magazine & I went to a dark place. I didn't want to be Damien anymore, didn't want my face or my body parts for that matter to be recognized, ever. I simply yearned to live a quiet life where no one knew it was me in those photos.

Of all my trauma, of all my unfortunate mishaps, something sparked inside of me & the name caught fire like a muthafucka. Malcolm LaFlame was born. At first, I tried writing him as a character in a short story I was working on...I remember the title of it was Dark Prince Chronicles. Malcolm LaFlame was my lead character, my O.C. I'd sit in a corner with my pack of Camel cigarettes & write for hours, giving Malcolm all sorts of super powers & attributes that I wished I had. Malcolm LaFlame was a man; I was a mere man whore.

After losing almost everything in Hurricane Katrina (my books, journals, tomes included), I decided to take on the persona of Malcolm LaFlame. I felt the need to pay homage to him, the man I wanted to be, dreamt up & created from my mind. Ain't gon lie; part of me was embarrassed of the fact that I even felt the need to be this alternate persona, but Malcolm LaFlame gave me strength. He gave me drive & will. Where Damien Dickhouse fails & dims Malcolm LaFlame shines bright, forged from the fires of everlasting life. I shall forever be grateful for him.