Released and published by Crystal Lake Publishing

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(LOS ANGELES, CA) Crystal Lake Publishing is thrilled to announce the release of Dark Reservoir by Cindy O’Quinn and Nzondi. O’Quinn is a Bram Stoker Award®–winning author whose fiction and poetry blend Appalachian folklore, dark lyricism, and haunting explorations of the human spirit. Her poetry has been nominated for the Elgin, Dwarf Star, and Rhysling Awards.

NY Times bestselling author, Jonathan Maberry, says this of the book: “Dark Reservoir is a mind-bending collection of poems and short stories that take the reader into the darkest corners of human experience. Bold, unexpected, and deeply insightful! Highly recommended!”

Native New Yorker Nzondi is a Bram Stoker Award®–winning author whose work blends psychological horror with emotionally driven speculative fiction. His YA novel Oware Mosaic won the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel, making him the first African American author to receive the honor in a novel category. His writing explores themes of trauma, identity, love, grief, and survival, often placing emotionally complex characters in extraordinary circumstances.

Cindy O’Quinn is a five-time Bram Stoker Award ® nominated writer. Author of “Lydia,” from the Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, A Twisted Book of Shadows, “The Thing I Found Along a Dirt Patch Road,” “A Gathering on the Mountain,” “One and Done,” and “Quondam.”    Her poetry has been nominated for the Elgin, Rhysling and Dwarf Star Awards.