I just started a new position as an editor and writer for a great online magazine called Live and Invest Overseas. This is a wonderful opportunity for me and it will enable me to contribute more and use my writing ability in new ways. I am thrilled about this new spot and I hope that it will be my new home for years to come.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmt8r_afOigMy latest novel, a tale of vampires most foul, is finished. It is now in the hands of the proofreaders and will soon be sent to the editor. After that it will begin the process of being printed and distributed. It will still be several months before it is out there, but it is on the way.
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A dark, horrific secret lies buried in the serenity of Kentucky’s Bluegrass Mountains. A deformed, psychotic, madman stalks the road ways of Bontonville for his next victim. His huge family property connects two highways with a private shortcut known only to him. He lures truckers and travelers into his private hell where he ruthlessly attacks them, hides their vehicles and disposes of their bodies in an immense underground lair where they become part of his deliciously macabre collection. For over twenty years not a shred of evidence has ever escaped his maniacal control. Until one day a federal undercover agent working on a case in the next county, stumbles on a clue that erupts into an intense, deadly chase to catch the most heinous killer in local history. “The Final Shortcut” is a fiction thriller novel that will grab you from the very first moment and you won’t be able to put it down. Not since “Silence of the Lambs” has there been a novel so enthralling, imaginative, gruesome and bizarre. This is a tale with engaging characters, a realistic plot with many unexpected turns and a suspenseful, action-packed ending that will leave you exhausted. If you only read one novel this year, read “The Final Shortcut.” G.B. Ray has traveled the globe from the USA to China, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. He’s lived in three foreign countries and visited at least a dozen more. His stories are shaped by this experience and from his love for the horror genre. An avid reader and movie fan, he weaves his tales with imagination and believability. He writes in a cinematic style that places you in the middle of the action, and the horror. This lifelong obsession and a uniquely overactive imagination will surely make him your new favorite author.
“The Final Shortcut” is a well-written horror story. In this book you do not get pages of details about each killing as you would find in a hack and slash movie and that is what makes this story even scarier. The adage of `less is more’ is true here. I started this book and from page one I was hooked and stayed that way until I turned the final page. It is hard to describe how scary this book really is. What made this book so good is Mr. Ray did not bog the reader down with useless details about every kill Junior made; he gave just what was needed to tell that part of the story and that is what made the story even better.
If you are a fan of the horror genre, if you are a fan of well-written stories, if you are a fan of being scared by the stories you read then “The Final Shortcut” is the book for you. This book reminds me of earlier works by Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul…if you are a fan of and enjoy these authors then you will enjoy and become a fan of G. Bernard Ray. “The Final Shortcut” is the first book by this talented author and if his future books are like this one then Mr. Ray will have a long career ahead of him.
5.0 stars
Anita (The Kindle Book Review)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Denver, Colorado, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) April 19, 2012 — Outskirts Press, Inc. has published The Final Shortcut by G. Bernard Ray. The author’s most recent book to date is a 5.5 x 8.5 paperback in the horror fiction category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The webpage at http://www.outskirtspress.com/thefinalshortcut was launched simultaneously with the book’s publication.
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