Eric Beeny's Blog

My name is Eric Beeny. I was born in 1981. I live in Buffalo, NY. I've written The Dying Bloom (Pangur Ban Party, 2009), Snowing Fireflies (Folded Word Press, 2010), Of Creatures (Gold Wake Press, 2010), Milk Like a Melted Ghost (Thumbscrews Press, 2011), Pseudo-Masochism (Anonymosity Press, 2011), How Much the Jaw Weighs (Anonymosity Press, 2011, Lepers and Mannequins (Eraserhead Press, 2011)

I have a
new piece in Wigleaf today, "You Will Be Alone for the Rest of Your
Life," an excerpt from an unpublished novel, Trawling Oblivion. Other
excerpts have appeared in Alice Blue Review, elimae, Fix it Broken, >kill author, Matchbook, Necessary Fiction, Storyglossia,
and some other places.





Also, Michael Allen Rose and his
Party Wolves give a round-table group-reviewed of my
mock novel, 

You can visit almost any internet writer's blog/website,
browse their list of publications, and at least (~) a third of the links lead
to a web page that cannot be found.

Stories this writer worked hard on, sent to
at least (~) 10-20 online journals only to be rejected, but finally were accepted
by a journal this writer has read at least (~) every issue of and, when published,
this writer

October 5, 2010
From: Eric Beeny, Group 3 (Semiotics)
To: Dr. _________ 


Dear Dr. _________: 

We are writing this letter to address your critique of the
content of our Semiotics presentation on Sat. Oct. 2th, 2010. While we cannot deny that
said content may be considered 'objectionable' by some (particularly the porn), we can defend the appropriateness
of our using it as it relates to our

Broken Pencil Issue #54 is out, and includes a piece from my unpublished novel, The Immortals Act Their Age, called "Fulton Downhill." Ken Sparling, one of my favorite writers, solicited me for this issue. Also, Dogzplot's Vagina Saints issue is up, including work from DJ Berndt, Lindsay Hunter, Elizabeth Ellen, xTx, Robert Duncan Gray, Rachel Hartley-Smith, Jonathan Deane, Jereme Dean, and a

J.A. Tyler interviewed me about my mock novel, Lepers and Mannequins, up at the MonkeyBicycle blog. This is the first time anything I've written has ever appeared at/on/in MonkeyBicycle. And I've tried. This feels pretty good. I wish I'd discussed more about how the novel is a mock novel, how it mocks narrative and plot devices by using narrative and plot devices to do so. I guess that's all else

J.A. Tyler interviewed me about my mock novel, Lepers and Mannequins, up at MonkeyBicycle. This is the first time anything I've written has ever appeared in MonkeyBicycle. And I've tried. This feels good.

Happy Perhaps-Bill-Murray's-Best-Movie-Ever Day. To celebrate, I'm having four simultaneous promotional giveaways to the next twelve people to buy some of my
books…




Giveaway #1: I'm giving away three copies of my poetry
collection, Pseudo-Masochism, to the
next three people to order a copy of Lepers and Mannequins.

Copies remaining: 3


Giveaway #2: I'm giving away three copies of my poetry

Spike Marlow, one of seven other 2011 New Bizarro Series Authors (author of Placenta of Love), reviewed my (mock) novel, Lepers and Mannequins, and interviewed me re the novel at her blog. Bizarro Central also covered the interview, and also reposted my interview with Justin Grimbol. Spike also posted a story from my unpublished novel of stories, The Immortals Act Their Age, called "Egyptian

Spike Marlow, one of seven other 2011 New Bizarro Series Authors (author of Placenta of Love), reviewed my (mock) novel, Lepers and Mannequins, and interviewed me re the novel at her blog. Bizarro Central also covered the interview, and also reposted my interview with Justin Grimbol.