Month: February 2021

Adelaide Literary Award 2020

/ reynoldswrites / Leave a comment

In anticipation for my upcoming novel HEALERS to be published by Adelaide Books, I submitted to their annual short story award contest. This is the 3rd year in a row that I have submitted a story to the contest.

In 2018, I submitted Knick Knack Wars, a cute story about a battle at the nursing home between two men decorating the outside of their rooms. This story was originally published with Defenestration. It was a finalist for the 2018 awards.

In 2019, I submitted Livestock Auction, a horror story where a simple trip to the county fair has more hidden secrets then one realizes. The story was originally published with Ink Stains. It was a finalist in short story for the 2019 awards.

This year I submitted one of my newer stories, Appalachian Curses. It is a horror story about a meeting with a witch while walking in the woods. It was originally published at The Horror Zine. This year I got so much closer…Appalachian Curses was named one of the Shortlist Winners. This was a big accomplishment and shows how much my writing has improved. The story will be featured in the 2020 anthology to be released on February 27th. I will also be featured in the March 2021 issue of Adelaide Magazine. Overall this is just good press for my upcoming book release.

HEALERS OUT SOON!!!!

/ reynoldswrites / Leave a comment

The book is being printing now. All the edits and final proofreads are complete. This has been quite a journey that started about four years ago as the outline pictured below.

Hopefully some of you are asking, “Where can I get this book?”

Good news. Just about everywhere. It will be available through Amazon in print and all digital format as well as your major bookstores. Or help out my publisher and purchase directly through them…ADELAIDE BOOKS NY.

Either way I hope you read it. Here are some blurbs to give you a little glimpse into what the book is about:

This debut novel by Brooke Reynolds doesn’t pull its punches. A supernatural tale which exposes the best and worst qualities of the human condition. Darkness, light, violence and sexuality collide within the pages – resulting in a moving and personal account of a troubled soul struggling with the age-old question of what is the morally correct path to take when faced with a morally corrupt world. – Ian Sputnik – Sanitarium Magazine

In the gritty, noir world of blinking neon, hard booze and flawed humanity, HEALERS raises the question of what it means to save a life, and what it means to live. This page-turner is glowing with redemption, as welcoming as a warm heart in a cold city.  – Monica Drake, award winning author of CLOWN GIRL and THE STUD BOOK

“Buckle up for this rollercoaster ride of a novel that blends neo-noir, fantasy, and the transgressive into a dark, compelling, ribald tale filled with humor, tragedy, and somehow—hope. If Jim Butcher and Chuck Palahniuk had a child, it might look something like Healers.” —Richard Thomas, author Disintegration, and the Thriller Award nominee, Breaker