F. Collyer Reed

F. Collyer Reed ... an author
who bears watching

New author F. Collyer Reed is about to hit the fiction waves and I predict he will make a pretty big splash. He has two novellas on Smashwords.com, with another to debut soon. His colorful and often damaged characters live life as it comes -- without whining flinching, or regret. He paints their world with vivid imagery, emotional honesty, and raw grit the reader won't soon forget.

Reed's life is almost as colorful as his those of his characters. Born in a Nevada brothel in 1949, he was raised by his mother and numerous "aunts." He remembers waking up at times and seeing his mother engaged in her trade. Eventually she married a wealthy miner and they moved to San Francisco. His father died when Reed was eight, at which time his mother sent him to various boarding and military schools. He also attended a British finishing school, a Christian Holy Roller school (his words), and a state reform school.

At 17 he dropped out of everything and hit the road. Some of his characters are composites of people he met or did drugs with while on the road. While his stories are pure fiction, Reed demonstrates an amazing insight into people's emotional demons and their dysfunctional relationships, especially men and women who fall into explosive sexual situations as they search for love in their fractured lives. "Those people had no voice," Reed said, "so I gave them one."

Reed lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his artist wife.

Check out his novellas on Smashwords.com:

Onica . . . $1.99
A young man obsessed with a mysterious older woman gets more than he bargained for when he attempts to blackmail her for sex.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/212981/

Lester in Love . . . $1.99
A drifter on the road to nowhere tangles with a trucker from hell.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/150565/

The Penthouse . . . $1.99 (available soon)
Three old codgers hatch a brilliant plan to lure beautiful young women to their borrowed penthouse.

COMING SOON . . .
The God Game
A novel about preachers, politics, and prostitutes