2010 High School Graduate Releases First Book

Online, January 8, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Award winning author, Alyx Smith, a 2010 Graduate of Pettisville High School, has launched her first novelette entitled, BEHEADED. A secret underground world full of death, decay, and tragedy. Follow Kyra years after a traumatic childhood incident as a lost friend reappears. Or does he? Kyra doesn't know what to believe anymore. What she comes to discover, however, is beyond anything she could ever have imagined. This dark tale will keep you on your toes to the very end.

BEHEADED (74pp) is currently on sale in hard cover for $18.74 and paperback for $8.98 It is also available for Amazon's Kindle, and Barnes and Noble's Nook eBook Readers for $4.99. Links to purchase the book along with a free preview of the book, and more information are available at http://www.AlyxSmith.net

About Alyx Smith
Alyx Smith was born in northwestern Ohio. She began a love affair with reading, writing, and art at a young age. Finding direction at sixteen, Alyx unearthed a zeal for writing and honed her skills into a passion that led to earning seven Scholastic Art & Writing Awards between 2009 and 2010, including a Gold Key for her Senior Writing Portfolio and receiving a National Silver Medal for her short story, "Chalk Dust" at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY. Though she is currently in college studying Graphic Design, she continues to write and hopes to publish a full-length novel one day.