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Barry Brennessel

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When Barry’s first collection of stories was read aloud by his second grade teacher, the author hid. As the years flew by, he wrote more, hid less (not really), and branched out to Super 8 films and cassette tape recorders. Barry’s audience—consisting solely of friends and family—were both amused and bemused.

Since those childhood days, Barry has earned degrees in English and French from the State University of New York College at Brockport, and a Master of Arts in Writing from the Johns Hopkins University.

Tinseltown, a Finalist in the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, is Barry’s first novel. His novel The Celestial won the Gold Medal in the 2012 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards and was a Finalist in the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards.
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Grand Prize & A Silver Award!

The Simpsons: A Spoonful of Medicine Helps the Medicine Go Down was named the Grand Prize winner and The Simpsons: What a Revoltin’ Development was named a Silver Award winner in the American Movie Awards Screenplay Contest.

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Published on April 15, 2015 15:30
Average rating: 3.84 · 494 ratings · 167 reviews · 31 distinct works
The Celestial

3.83 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
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Tinseltown

3.82 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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Paradise at Main & Elm

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions
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The Sulphur Cure

3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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All the Souls on Earth

3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Reunion

4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
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Wellspring

3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions
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Ánh Sáng

4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions
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Sideways Down the Sky

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The Price of Silence

3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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“My Greek Chorus takes a break when I meet with Mrs. Castor. I’ve never told her about them, or the fact that I converse with my sister’s cat whenever I’m over there visiting. Probably a lot of things will remain a secret to Mrs. Castor. Some people might argue that going to see a counselor is a waste if I’m going to remain so guarded. But the appointments are only a ten dollar co-pay thanks to the university’s generous nature and, unlike my chorus and the cat, she answers back independent of my brain cells and challenges my ‘long held beliefs about the way people interact’. Or somethin”
Barry Brennessel, Tinseltown

“I am yours, too,” I whispered back, and those several minutes were the happiest in my life, eclipsing everything that came before and everything that has come after.”
Barry Brennessel, Reunion

“She stood there, half lit by the street lamp, her diamond choker sparkling. A knot formed in my stomach, and I knew it wasn’t from the appetizers I’d eaten earlier that night. Then, in a haunting tone I still remember to this day, she whispered, ‘My dear, dear friend....Quo vadis?”
Barry Brennessel, The Price of Silence

“That is why, walking across a school campus on this particular December morning, I keep searching the sky. As if I expected to see, rather like hearts, a lost pair of kites hurrying toward heaven.”
Truman Capote

“I always believed that for every good thing that happens in life, two tragedies rush in to kick your ass to keep you from getting all saccharine and deluded. It was as if just before you turned left into paradise, Ethel Merman popped up in your backseat and shouted, ‘Turn right, you idiot!”
Barry Brennessel, Tinseltown

“I am yours, too,” I whispered back, and those several minutes were the happiest in my life, eclipsing everything that came before and everything that has come after.”
Barry Brennessel, Reunion

“My Greek Chorus takes a break when I meet with Mrs. Castor. I’ve never told her about them, or the fact that I converse with my sister’s cat whenever I’m over there visiting. Probably a lot of things will remain a secret to Mrs. Castor. Some people might argue that going to see a counselor is a waste if I’m going to remain so guarded. But the appointments are only a ten dollar co-pay thanks to the university’s generous nature and, unlike my chorus and the cat, she answers back independent of my brain cells and challenges my ‘long held beliefs about the way people interact’. Or somethin”
Barry Brennessel, Tinseltown

“The Ondřej feeling swept over him. The very thing he tried to explain to Sheila over the phone from France. The feeling that drove him to fly to Japan. You fall too fast, Brian Caleb. Please don’t be a pathetic idiot again. You be careful. His logical side screamed at him as he walked over to Jason and helped him down from the examination table.”
Barry Brennessel, Reunion

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message 6: by Cole

Cole Riann Hi Barry! :)


message 5: by Jay

Jay Bell Hey, Barry! It was so cool meeting you at the Lambdas! I hope our paths cross again soon. Let's sweep the awards next year! I mean like, take all the prizes, not clean up afterwards... ;)


message 4: by Erica

Erica Pike Hi Barry :) Thanks so much for the invitation!


♥Laddie♥ (Lee Lee) Hi, Barry! Thanks for the friendvite! :D


message 2: by Damon

Damon Suede We're gonna have so much fun. You should come do the STEAMY challenge with us! :)
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5253...


message 1: by Damon

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