NEW REVIEWS

NINE INCH NAILS- year zero.

Nine Inch Nails' sixth studio release, Year Zero takes on a new depth supplementary than it has before, with conspiracy stories that all involve the year 2022 or 'Year Zero.' Each inkling is part of a cohesive whole, requiring a listener to follow an exhaustive web trail to grasp the entire tale. This one packs a wallop, and although the songs are light compared to previous efforts, there is some like My Violent heart that brings up the occasional "Oh yeah Baby" in all of us who have followed NIN career.

It is also suggested that the new album is a great aphrodisiac and you can have sex too almost any song. Nevertheless, the new album is very tasteful and offers some of the best sampling and effects heard yet by Reznor.

Eric Beck-NWR

TELL ME YOUR NAME:  Eric Enck-

We just had to read Eric Enck's first book. After reviewing THE RECKONING I'm a firm believer in checking out an author's previous works, and although I really admired THE RECKONING for having a new spin on vampires, I must say, TELL ME YOUR NAME is even better. Enck's first book is shocking and seems to be left unsaid; the book focuses on a mysterious serial killer who craves pregnant women. The killer also has an uncanny ability to leave other dead serial killer's fingerprints at the crime scenes. It's a gory novel, and the first page captivates you, as a maniac ejaculates while murdering his first victim. Few authors have the courage to dive into creativity quite that far. A great horror read.

Brad Mercer- NWR

Nina Bangs

NIGHT BITES

This book is hot and steamy, full of erogenous zones and climaxes that your Mother would be ashamed of. Dildo deep comes this tremendous and quite literally satisfying blend of romance, eroticism and fanged creatures. One of which shares a bed with the main character. The novel is mysterious and sensual, and very well written. For the eyes of the mature only.

Jessica Sweigart-

SCOTT NICHOLSON

THEY HUNGER

This is by far the best vampire novel of the year. A mixture of strong themes, crazy radical antiabortionists, white water rafters and a complex story interweaving it all. The vampires come into play quickly leaving behind mountains buried in blood. What a great vampire novel, no lush deep throat kissing and eccentric words. The prose here is in your face terrifying, the way vampire novels should be. The ending is fierce, and the characters are deeply driven with Scott's abilities to hone the magic of his craft, painting a picture of beautiful mountain scenery. A vampire novel like no other, THEY HUNGER is a big bite of a winner.

Troy Peters- NWR Editor-

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MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE

MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE

 The 13^th hour.

Review by Sarah Wendell

Okay, this is a first. I actually received this CD from a horror author named Eric Enck, which interested me to the point of pleasure.  I thought it proved interesting to say the least.

The cover of the CD is magnificent and the artwork is genuine, finely crafted to give you the impression you should expect in the music and boy oh boy does it. Twenty songs of pure spooky intuitive terror that makes you believe in ghosts by the time it's all over.

Two composers have taken their time to make a killer twenty-song nightmare that will literally astound you. I absolutely love musical diversity, and my ears abduct the sounds from heavy metal to African jungle rhythm. I'm well listened in these areas and have been featured in many magazines for the different tastes of what's out there.

Folks, if you like being scared, or if you like haunting music in general, or even if you like Mozart and orchestra, these melodies get the juices flowing. As I'm writing this, I'm listening to COLD EMBRACE, a track off this album and it's an amazing track. These guys are talented artist's that have genuinely intervened among the best of horror music. I suspect that if you ever host an event, a Halloween party, or even a nightmare, listen to Midnight Syndicate's the thirteenth hour, you will be beyond pleased.

www.midnightsyndicate.com

I'm looking over my shoulder now…

Sarah-

New World Reviews-

Currently listening : The 13th Hour By Midnight Syndicate Release date: 07 June, 2005

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MUSIC REVIEW THE ART OF ALL

NEW WORLD REVIEWS PRESENTS:

THE ART OF ALL:   (MORGAN)

Review by Eric Beck

Okay, here is another music review by a fan of all genres. I've been working for Rolling Stone for many years, and have seen many bands come and go. Some make it, some don't and some you wonder why. In this case, NWR gave me a CD to contemplate. The band is THE ART OF ALL. The CD is entitled MORGAN.

   Upon my first impression of the CD, I popped it into the player on the way to the review board, and I was immediately shocked, taken back by how beautiful these tracks are. 8 tracks consisting of haunting melodies that reverberate overlaying that even bests the unsurpassed of progressive rock such as TOOL and A PERFECT CIRCLE. In addition, these bands are beyond the modicum of success, I will say THE ART OF ALL is the best of them out there.

TRACKS:

MEET AT THE HELM  (a dashing blend of rhythmic percussion and exquisite sounds. The depth and change in the song is incredible, and I found myself listening to this track repeatedly. The intro to Meet at the helm was captivating. I felt as though someone was opening a door in my mind. Each song on this CD blended nicely into the other. Another rarity.

ALONG OUR ARMS:

What impressed me about this second song of this extraordinary work was the percussion. I haven't heard drums sound so unique, loud and hollow since Led Zeppelin.

THE MEDIUM:

My favorite of the tracks, as I felt I could sit up at night and watch it rain while imagining a place I've never been to before. The music reminded me of the depth of water, where drowning may be pleasant after all. I love how the band changes the tempo, speed and depth of each song, and the lyrics although short, serve their purpose. This is the first band where I've actually appreciated the voice left behind, but the voice is haunting and adds the perfect flavor for each tune.

THE ONES AMONG THE REST THAT ARE:

Gives me a chill…you have to play this. The song works well, because it's not meant to make your flesh rise, although it does in a way that's peculiar and enjoyable. The song itself is not scary; still it entangles you in a web of mystery. At this point, I was falling in love. I hit repeat four times before I ventured further hoping the rest of the album was anything like this.

SO MUCH MORE

And it was…

The change and cleansing this song made me feel, as if the world itself needs these guys in it.

MORGAN'S JAM

This song made me think of a coffin being opened, and while it was, the tool to open it breaks, and now what? A very interesting melodic song with heavy riffs here and there. These boys know how to bring it up and down and take you on a ride you will never forget.

BURN THE BRIDGE

A surprising track of depth, the hollow voice that slices through the speakers in this one is enchanting. This is my second favorite off the album.

PATIENTLY WAITING

Perhaps the hardest song on the album, but as a finale, it made me lose my mind for the minutes it progressed. One thing music should do in all of us is inspire, and take us places to escape. This song did it well.

THE ART OF ALL (MORGAN)

Is a complex structure of wonderful melodies with dashes of heavy riffs, as you can hear the influences of several bands; they come together in this band and make something totally new and unique. There is no one out there that is like THE ART OF ALL, the emotion you feel, regression, hate and anger, sadness, love and fellowship for the world is captured here and in the end, you feel as though you are on another plane, drinking wine on Venus, an impossibility for some, that is until you press play.

This is not so much a band as it is a work of art, the only question I have is where have they been all my life?

THE ART OF ALL. A band that is like no other, a band that does not show glamour and fashion, but rather let the music speak for itself. The way every band should be. Where true souls and artists perhaps meet at the helm.

THE ART OF ALL

ERIC BECK-

Eric Beck is a starred reviewer of many magazines such as Rolling Stone, Crash, Hit Parade and others. He is now a contributor for New World Reviews.

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LITERARY BONE, TOOL, THE CHRONOS PROJECT and others...

PRECEDENT OF JUSTICE, author is Patrick Raley...

In a whole, Patrick Raley's debut novel to me seems like a cross between The Davinci Code and perhaps The Rainmaker. Although at the same time, there is no comparison.

  This book has its intriguing moments. I liked the protagonist, Charlie Pepper, as he searches for clues through his myriad of truth in finding fact. The author demonstrates a well-rounded and believably complex character. Although the book is very intriguing and often times shocking in the way the cases are built to adhere to each other, there are moments of disparity, that in the Editor's view of verbiage, and the common mistakes. Overall, well-sought out as a debut novel lead by very few, as Precedent fits in a class of it's own. What I most liked about this book was its viewpoints of subliminally making you wonder if our justice system is even fair with today's standards.

Nathan Curtis- NEW WORLD REVIEWS

  THE CHRONOS PROJECT- Marc Rios

What can I say about this book other than don't buy it?

Okay, that's probably a little harsh, and I'm known for being compared to Simon Cowell of AMERICAN IDOL, but seriously, folks, as an avid science fiction fan, this book was terrible, it was all over the place. I admired the author's renditions of incorporating law and the exciting dangers like that found in the video game HALO or DEF CON, but the novel didn't stick to it's own story line as a genuine science fiction thriller or keep up with it's own continuum and thus lost my interest in the first few pages. The super humans were just lame in this book that seemed to be greatly influenced by a cross cut genre between Spiderman and star wars. This novel was unintended to say the least.  Although I have read a lot worse by newer authors, and some of them best sellers, THE CHRONOS PROJECT should be better left unsaid, and not to ride the cliché' on CHRONOS, better luck next TIME.

Bradley Jones- New World Reviews

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RISE and WALK by Gregory Solis.

Okay zombie fans, as I grow tired of the genre and never liked it to begin with, I was forced to read this book, (although I'm paid so I guess that is inappropriate) I sat down and started on a book that was published by LULU. While I began to wonder why I was reading it, (I don't generally take authors seriously that publish their own books or that are published through LULU,) but I will say, the book itself is very attractive, and has a nice layout. I know I know it's what's inside that counts right. Never judge a book by it's cover right? Wrong…because I certainly wouldn't read a book about vampires if there is a picture of Mickey Mouse on the cover no matter how great the story inside is. Covers are first impressions, if I open the book and start reading, good. The impression is won by the author.

This cover was intriguing…simple, non-flamboyant. It gave me the impression of something really wrong brewing inside and that was true when I read it, but wrong in a good way,

This book takes place primarily in the mountains during a paintball competition when zombies are introduced in the most disturbing way, and two thrill seekers go all out to fight for their lives when this most horrifying book becomes greatly absorbed in it's own guts. The book is a great novel, and terrifying in parts. I'm equally impressed with the author's use of allegories and depth in the characters. It's also changed my mind about entering any competition in the woods any time soon.

So to Gregory, my hat is off to you, just tell your zombies to leave my brains alone, and to all you zombie fans, RISE and WALK is incredible. The zombie genre would be missing an arm without it.

Nathan Curtis-

MAGAZINE REVIEW

The Literary Bone. Issue #1

WOW!

I have to say this upfront, not since Weird Tales and Gore Zone have I ever been so intrigued. The Literary Bone magazine is trustworthy in delivering to you the best writers in literary fiction. From Bram Stoker Award winning author John Everson's gruesome tale to Stephen Redwood who brings out a funny but yet disquieting anecdote. The cover art is wonderful and gothic but yet fascinating. The glossy magazine is beyond impressive. A horrifying vampire tale by Donna Burgess and many many others will keep you reading well into the day and hopefully forgetting that the sun does go down, packing this 170 page anthology with literary power, and I do mean power. This was the first magazine I have ever read where not once I was bored. I had a hard time turning the pages because of the captivation of such stories. Incredibly, I was sad when it was over and for once in my life with a magazine of this scope the only thing that could be better is hope that issue #2 is just as good. Perhaps I'll have to sit on my hands until then, or perhaps I'll read issue #1 again.

Donna Gardner- Magazine division NWR

 Music!!!

TOOL  10,000 Days

Review by Melissa Sheldon

I've always been a TOOL fan, seeing both them in concert and the sharing of lead singer Maynard James Keenan with another band known as A PERFECT CIRCLE. My all time favorite of the albums is and probably always will be Lateralus, which was their third effort, fourth if you count OPIATE.

  Let me sum it up really well, as best as I can. 10,000 days has some truly powerful songs. VICARIOUS makes me think of that Republican knock off sitting in the white house while watching so many husbands die behind the walls of Iraq, the troubling lyrics make you think, and in that sense the music is great. Wings for Marie part 1 and 2 is a continuation of JUDITH, where Maynard sings of his Mother's belonging in heaven when she died. It is rumored she lived 10,000 days on Earth, which is part of the prospect behind the title and par for the course on figuring out hidden clues behind some of the deep progressive tracks, some of them this time very surprising. THE POT, is proggy, but becomes a heavy song of revenge, and RIGHT IN TWO is spooky and preaching, all in a sense of what I love about TOOL. They are a band of their own, they don't fit into a genre, and the artwork they utilize for their albums and concerts is beyond human imagination. So colorful, so deadly, waiting like a stalking butler, who upon the finger rests…"  Pick up 10,000 days, while probably not their best, has their ever been a bad TOOL album? Not now…not ever…

Currently listening : Year Zero By Nine Inch Nails Release date: 17 April, 2007

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NEW REVIEWS

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WHO NEEDS STEPHEN KING'S SON when YOU HAVE JOE HILL?

Heart Shaped Box,

By JOE HILL-

Let me tell you something, in the dark, you'll find this book unerving. Finally, a deeply chiseled novel full of fright. And for once, MY GOD! A book not full of filler! It's actioned packed from page 1 to the very end, and that is a rare find especially in horror.

The novel centers around a Rock n Roll type who owns an odd collection of things, skulls, paintings by serial killers etc. When he finds a "ghost" for sale on e-bay he jumps at the offer, and in a few days, the ghost is delivered to his house in the form of a dead man's funeral suit hidden inside a black-heart shaped box. Soon, the terror begins as the suit has fantastical and frightening characteristics. The author reminded me so much of an early Matheson, as he shows his care for words and at the same time weaves a horrifying world like Barker.

The book is full of gasping surprises and gore in just the right places.

Then I find out something new, Joe Hill is Stephen King's son, and I suddenly found myself reading the book again, this time to compare him to his Father and all I can say with no discernible doubt when it comes to Joe Hill, who needs Stephen King?

He is not Stephen King's son, I found that out later, he is the son of horror

and sooner or later as the dead catch up, he will also be the King...

David Kline-

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GHOST ROAD BLUES

Jonathan Mayberry.-GHOST ROAD BLUES

Hopefully, with any clear conscience I can say without a doubt that this prolific author is the next Stephen King. When I read Ghost Road Blues, there were elements derived from THE STAND, and some of King's other works, however it was only a reminder and nothing more. A small piece to a much bigger puzzle. This book has intense fright and deals with a haunted town, the most haunted town in America. I like the way Mayberry can involve a stylish and quite large cast of characters and using his literary skills he never shies away from the main storyline. Only a few authors can present such a mind meal as this. Mayberry deserves more then a Bram Stoker Award for this, he deserves Bram Stoker to rise from his grave and shake his hand. I can only imagine how the author must feel with such a wonderful first novel, and having to live up to it with DEAD MAN'S SONG.

It seems like a wonderful year for horror, first Eric Enck's THE RECKONING, and now a book that even tops his nightmarish factor. I doubt any novel will surpass the mature and disturbing look at suburban America entrenched with evil as GHOST ROAD BLUES has done.

Well done John, waiting for more nights with the lights on.

Chad Wendell- NEW WORLD REVIEWS

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ANOTHER REVIEW

THE RECKONING - Eric Enck-

After much deliberating on a personal note. I've swallowed enough vampire movies and novels that perhaps by now, I should clearly be one. I'm no longer a fan per say, so many vampire books all follow the same line of facilitating a complex yarn but often bask in the light of boredom for me. Anne Rice was always a personal favorite. So was Stephen King's SALEM'S LOT which clearly put the genre in a whole new twist. Now we see movies of vampires and books such as Blade, Buffy The Vampire Slayer etc, all "sucking" off of each other for the vampire meets Ninja niche, and quite frankly I want to shove a stake through it. Vampire books no longer wow me, so when the boys and girls here at NEW WORLD REVIEWS gave me one, more or less as a joke, I decided what the hell? I'm a paid critic, let me do what I do best and trash this book- I had no hopes for it from the beginning, although the cover interested me enough to gander. A teddy bear lying in the corner of some dark place eviscerated with it's fluffy insides spilling out saturated in blood is not the typical cover one would see for a vampire book. Usually it's always (like the stories) the same humdrum boring elements. Girl falls in love, vampire gets involved, old cliché' go away...

I was wrong about this one.

Oh dear me, how wrong can one possibly be? I felt so accused by my own rational blurring that I had to mention the above. I read the book this past weekend. It's a short one, only 212 pages, and I have to say, THE RECKONING is a gruesome charge and packed with literary profoundness one would expect from the late and Great Richard Matheson (wasn't that Stephen King's predecessor?) In any case, after reading this book, which has the style elements of King and the visual elements of some sick twisted B movie I can only say, where has this author been?

It starts off in a town called Carper Falls, located in Maryland. On the first page you get a newspaper clipping describing in vivid detail about six murders and very brutal ones at that. A serial killer is roaming the streets, offing children mainly, some of them adults, but all in all the police as usual are dumbfounded. This is where it becomes really interesting, not only is the serial killer a woman (for a change) she also loves reading vampire books. The author reflects on her past, and for the first time since Salem's Lot, I've never been so disturbed. And then BAM! Here is another twist. This sick psycho that crepitates into this town, manages to actually murder a REAL vampire's daughter.

And boy oh boy is Daddy mad…

So now you have something else in a book that isn't often found. No protagonist. On one hand you have a vicious killer, but you feel for her as well, the same way one could feel for Hannibal Lector I presume. On the other hand you have Dracula, a legendary monster trying to live a normal life in Suburban America, and now his daughter (mostly human) is murdered by a twisted killer, a victim that shouldn't have been. Serial Killer versus Vampire, a for once, unique concept. A book that has real bite, and the cold teeth of evil can be felt in this novel. The only marginal complaint that I had was that it wasn't long enough. In any case, Kudos to Mr. Enck for bringing to the horror markets a genuine and new frightening tale of terror in the Vampire genre. King did it with Salem's Lot.

Enck did it with The Reckoning.

-Chad Wendell (NEW WORLD REVIEWS)

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NEW REVIEWS

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GUD stands for Greatest Common Denominator and is in fact the greatest magazine I've ever read yet. A nice and sultry thick sweaty mag full of proposition. It's disturbing, sometimes violent in ultra omega and has all the literary cleverness of words spoken by Hannibal Lector. Each story paints a picture of insanity. When I read PAIN SHARING I could not help but think of what a wonderful "Twilight Episode" It would make, although Rod Serling in his darkest day has never been this good, absurd, ingenious and mesmerizing.  All the bitterness of ISSAC ASIMOV in its trepidation of a pop-culture slash horror Esq. mag. Like the band TOOL, GUD never lets go, and after you read this mag, you will want to start from page one. The poem FADE IN FADE OUT by BEVERLY JACKSON is truly unique, one of a kind. There hasn't been profoundness of that caliber since Poe and Ellington, of course Ellington shot himself, and after reading this magazine I find suicide is no longer the answer one should seek. This mag is a problem solver. The best therapy in the world is the retro style and cyberpunk splash of GUD, which do not tell stories as much as they are strong epiphanies of disturbance, euphoric as vampiristic flowers, and dead drug dealers still laughing. GUD is at the top of its game, favorite story, Songs of the Dead, a truly wonderful piece of literature that classifies art, and signifies bereavement. Truly magnificent for 10 dollars that's cheaper then a gun and stronger then a bullet- Ken Randall

LISEY'S STORY-Stephen King  Horror

Two years after his death, Lisey sorts through her husband's papers and her own shrouded memories. Following the clues Scott landon left her and her own instincts, she embarks on a journey that risks both her life and her sanity. She will face Scott's demons as well as her own, traveling into the past and into Boo'ya Moon, the seductive and terrifying world he'd shown her. There lives the power to heal, and the power to destroy

What can we say about Stephen King? Sometimes I can put a book down of his and sit mystified, perplexed and overemotional. His characterization is so complex, I often am scared not by the horror he implicates in his stories, but rather the familiarity of his characters, in retrospect makes them all the more authentic, and thus, the monsters within very true. Lisey's Story is a passionate and often times tearful book. The abuse of Scott Landon as a child makes up for the overused babble talk of relationship inadequacy. In general, I'm not Stephen King's number 1 fan, however I do agree that he is a great writer and Lisey's Story proves it. The wellsprings of creativity run amok and give sense to why a writer does things and where he or she can get their ideas. Is there such a secret place? One should wonder. . Through Lisey's memory, the reader is divulged of her marriage to bestselling novelist Scott Landon, and through her we come to know this complicated, troubled and heroic man.  There are however very frightful scenes. Especially with Scott's past and his over brutal father. All in all, a genuine book, classic and ever different. –Kathy Shultz

SACREMENT- Clive Barker  horror

The ordure' ensue of Clive Barker is his wicked imagination for the forsaken and dirtiness of his apocalyptic worlds created. His books feel like flesh and in this one, never fails to disturb you. The master of horror fantasy comes forth with a masterpiece more exquisite than the lead character's photographs.

 Will Rabjohn is known for his photographs of endangered species. Will's profession, as well as his sojourns in San Francisco's gay community, reflect the themes of the novel creation and, above all, extinction, both of animals and of humans, especially of gay men through AIDS. The story opens with Will being mauled by a polar bear and plunging into a coma from which he recalls his boyhood in England. In flashback, Will meets Steep, a gaunt, inhuman creature clad in human form, and Steep's lethal, lamia-like partner, Rosa. Steep's passion is to snuff species into extinction; his mate's, to give birth to her and Steep's progeny. Awakening from his coma, Will travels to S.F., then to England for an apocalyptic climax at a hovel inhabited by lost species and souls.

Barker is brutish in this novel and a bit clausal of is earlier works where in light of bloodshed, a constant theme is remembered. It's disturbing in places but not nearly as justifiably wicked as I would expect Barker to be. –Chad Wendell

VIOLENT SANDS, Sean Young- action /adventure

For generations, the copper scroll has remained buried, concealing the treasure it protects and the prophecy it contains. Now that secret is about to be unleashed. In the right hands, the scroll could bring about ancient Israel's freedom from Roman occupation, but used improperly, it could destroy her. EVERYTHING THE MAN KNOWS... After watching Roman soldiers murder his father and pillage his homeland, Barabbas, a warrior zealot and sworn protector of the scroll, has become a broken man, physically and emotionally. His quest for vengeance and Roman blood, his love for a peace-loving woman, and his commitment to the mysterious scroll pull him in vastly different directions. AND HE WILL BE KILLED... Death and betrayal loom around every corner as Barabbas searches for a truth that he has yet to fully understand-the force that drives him forward and ultimately requests the ultimate sacrifice to be made by a man. OR REMADE

This book makes the Davinci Code look and taste like moldy marmalade. It goes to show you with a good marketing campaign and a high conglomerate, everyone in the world will follow suit. This is one of those hidden books that don't tempt you at first, and when it finally does, you read from beginning to end with much emotion. Full of twists and turns the book never lets go of it's mystery and as an action/adventure novel, it pars easily with Indiana Jones.-Shirley Upton

WHAT A GENTLEMAN WANTS –Caroline Linden

When David Reece is injured while racing his carriage through quiet little Middleborough, vicar's widow Hannah Preston not only winds up taking care of him but also accepting his offer of marriage since it offers a practical solution to many of her own problems. It is only after Hannah arrives at her new home in London and meets David's twin brother, Marcus Reece, the Duke of Exeter, that she discovers that the roguish David has apparently played one of his infamous jokes by signing Marcus' name to the wedding register. Until he can sort things out, Marcus suggests pretending to proceed with the wedding, but Hannah quickly discovers that their marriage of convenience is going to be anything but convenient.

Linden is a strong author of romance, and I like how she adds total danger into the mix of sequence. The romance market is generally overpopulated with nay thinkers and overly galvanized Romeo and Juliet pros, but now we have someone that salts it up. A truly gifted talent of the romance genre.-Sandra Ellingworth

Final justice of Adobe Wells-Stephen Bly

This time Brannon heads south of the border to buy cattle for his ranch. But he finds the cattle rustled and their owner murdered. Brannon comes up against something a lot bigger than just a band of small-time rustlers. A former Confederate officer stole the herd to finance his private army. Captain Porter has devised a fantastic scheme to "liberate" Baja California, supposedly for the Confederacy. But Porter should have picked someone else's cattle. Army or no army, Brannon is not about to let him walk away with his livestock.

This is a sequel to a book I really enjoyed called "Son of an Arizona Legend." Although I liked that one, I really wanted to throw this one in the trash and move my spent chewing gum to the side first so I could launch it onto the cover. This novel as a literary jolt in the Western community was a joke and like nothing from the author's previous efforts. The Western community is lacking today enough as it is, it's time for a new gunslinger, and I don't mean that crack called King-Shirley Upton

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FIRST REVIEWS

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GUD stands for Greatest Common Denominator and is in fact the greatest magazine I've ever read yet. A nice and sultry thick sweaty mag full of proposition. It's disturbing, sometimes violent in ultra omega and has all the literary cleverness of words spoken by Hannibal Lector. Each story paints a picture of insanity. When I read PAIN SHARING I could not help but think of what a wonderful "Twilight Episode" It would make, although Rod Serling in his darkest day has never been this good, absurd, ingenious and mesmerizing.  All the bitterness of ISSAC ASIMOV in its trepidation of a pop-culture slash horror Esq. mag. Like the band TOOL, GUD never lets go, and after you read this mag, you will want to start from page one. The poem FADE IN FADE OUT by BEVERLY JACKSON is truly unique, one of a kind. There hasn't been profoundness of that caliber since Poe and Ellington, of course Ellington shot himself, and after reading this magazine I find suicide is no longer the answer one should seek. This mag is a problem solver. The best therapy in the world is the retro style and cyberpunk splash of GUD, which do not tell stories as much as they are strong epiphanies of disturbance, euphoric as vampiristic flowers, and dead drug dealers still laughing. GUD is at the top of its game, favorite story, Songs of the Dead, a truly wonderful piece of literature that classifies art, and signifies bereavement. Truly magnificent better then a gun, stronger then a bullet, for only ten dollars you can't go wrong- Ken Randall

LISEY'S STORY-Stephen King  Horror

Two years after his death, Lisey sorts through her husband's papers and her own shrouded memories. Following the clues Scott landon left her and her own instincts, she embarks on a journey that risks both her life and her sanity. She will face Scott's demons as well as her own, traveling into the past and into Boo'ya Moon, the seductive and terrifying world he'd shown her. There lives the power to heal, and the power to destroy

What can we say about Stephen King? Sometimes I can put a book down of his and sit mystified, perplexed and overemotional. His characterization is so complex, I often am scared not by the horror he implicates in his stories, but rather the familiarity of his characters, in retrospect makes them all the more authentic, and thus, the monsters within very true. Lisey's Story is a passionate and often times tearful book. The abuse of Scott Landon as a child makes up for the overused babble talk of relationship inadequacy. In general, I'm not Stephen King's number 1 fan, however I do agree that he is a great writer and Lisey's Story proves it. The wellsprings of creativity run amok and give sense to why a writer does things and where he or she can get their ideas. Is there such a secret place? One should wonder. . Through Lisey's memory, the reader is divulged of her marriage to bestselling novelist Scott Landon, and through her we come to know this complicated, troubled and heroic man.  There are however very frightful scenes. Especially with Scott's past and his over brutal father. All in all, a genuine book, classic and ever different. –Kathy Shultz

SACREMENT- Clive Barker  horror

The ordure' ensue of Clive Barker is his wicked imagination for the forsaken and dirtiness of his apocalyptic worlds created. His books feel like flesh and in this one, never fails to disturb you. The master of horror fantasy comes forth with a masterpiece more exquisite than the lead character's photographs.

 Will Rabjohn is known for his photographs of endangered species. Will's profession, as well as his sojourns in San Francisco's gay community, reflect the themes of the novel creation and, above all, extinction, both of animals and of humans, especially of gay men through AIDS. The story opens with Will being mauled by a polar bear and plunging into a coma from which he recalls his boyhood in England. In flashback, Will meets Steep, a gaunt, inhuman creature clad in human form, and Steep's lethal, lamia-like partner, Rosa. Steep's passion is to snuff species into extinction; his mate's, to give birth to her and Steep's progeny. Awakening from his coma, Will travels to S.F., then to England for an apocalyptic climax at a hovel inhabited by lost species and souls.

Barker is brutish in this novel and a bit clausal of is earlier works where in light of bloodshed, a constant theme is remembered. It's disturbing in places but not nearly as justifiably wicked as I would expect Barker to be. –Chad Wendell

VIOLENT SANDS, Sean Young- action /adventure

For generations, the copper scroll has remained buried, concealing the treasure it protects and the prophecy it contains. Now that secret is about to be unleashed. In the right hands, the scroll could bring about ancient Israel's freedom from Roman occupation, but used improperly, it could destroy her. EVERYTHING THE MAN KNOWS... After watching Roman soldiers murder his father and pillage his homeland, Barabbas, a warrior zealot and sworn protector of the scroll, has become a broken man, physically and emotionally. His quest for vengeance and Roman blood, his love for a peace-loving woman, and his commitment to the mysterious scroll pull him in vastly different directions. AND HE WILL BE KILLED... Death and betrayal loom around every corner as Barabbas searches for a truth that he has yet to fully understand-the force that drives him forward and ultimately requests the ultimate sacrifice to be made by a man. OR REMADE

This book makes the Davinci Code look and taste like moldy marmalade. It goes to show you with a good marketing campaign and a high conglomerate, everyone in the world will follow suit. This is one of those hidden books that don't tempt you at first, and when it finally does, you read from beginning to end with much emotion. Full of twists and turns the book never lets go of it's mystery and as an action/adventure novel, it pars easily with Indiana Jones.-Shirley Upton

WHAT A GENTLEMAN WANTS –Caroline Linden

When David Reece is injured while racing his carriage through quiet little Middleborough, vicar's widow Hannah Preston not only winds up taking care of him but also accepting his offer of marriage since it offers a practical solution to many of her own problems. It is only after Hannah arrives at her new home in London and meets David's twin brother, Marcus Reece, the Duke of Exeter, that she discovers that the roguish David has apparently played one of his infamous jokes by signing Marcus' name to the wedding register. Until he can sort things out, Marcus suggests pretending to proceed with the wedding, but Hannah quickly discovers that their marriage of convenience is going to be anything but convenient.

Linden is a strong author of romance, and I like how she adds total danger into the mix of sequence. The romance market is generally overpopulated with nay thinkers and overly galvanized Romeo and Juliet pros, but now we have someone that salts it up. A truly gifted talent of the romance genre.-Sandra Ellingworth

Final justice of Adobe Wells-Stephen Bly

This time Brannon heads south of the border to buy cattle for his ranch. But he finds the cattle rustled and their owner murdered. Brannon comes up against something a lot bigger than just a band of small-time rustlers. A former Confederate officer stole the herd to finance his private army. Captain Porter has devised a fantastic scheme to "liberate" Baja California, supposedly for the Confederacy. But Porter should have picked someone else's cattle. Army or no army, Brannon is not about to let him walk away with his livestock.

This is a sequel to a book I really enjoyed called "Son of an Arizona Legend." Although I liked that one, I really wanted to throw this one in the trash and move my spent chewing gum to the side first so I could launch it onto the cover. This novel as a literary jolt in the Western community was a joke and like nothing from the author's previous efforts. The Western community is lacking today enough as it is, it's time for a new gunslinger, and I don't mean that crack called King-Shirley Upton

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