Eleven Day Old Novel "The Outsider" Is Wicked Ride To Intensity

I'm going to skewer your innards, and leave your soggy intestines in the desert for the buzzards to feast upon.

The mind lingerers in agony while the heart dwells in the depths of evil in Stephen King's latest novel, "The Outsider." This is not true for all the characters in the book and there's also laughter to be found in Flint City.

Is Claude Bolton a direct descendant from the bringers of hell? Is Rachel Withers a doppelganger, a harbinger of doom? Frank Peterson, an 11-year-old boy is found in the park, brutally killed and raped. Terry Maitland is the prime suspect in this heinous crime. King details the boys sadistic death. Parental Advisory warning signs exist because of minds like King's. 

At the time of Maitland's arrest he was coaching his middle school aged boys baseball team in front of over 1, 300 spectators. Maitland's wife and two daughters, 9 and 11-years-old were also there to witness his arrest. His team was win away from playing in the state championship.

FBI and DNA evidence prove Maitland's guilt along with his innocence. Science dictates that Maitland was in two different places at precisely the same time. Some FBI agents on the case claim supernatural forces are not an impossibility in Maitland's case.

 "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable must be the truth," Sherlock Holmes said. Sir Author Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes weaving his imagination into King's.

Maitland's computer and phone harbor no evidence of committing the vicious crime. The only thing puzzlingly about Maitland is that he's a Tampa Bay Rays fan.

Ralph and Holly, potential saviors of children go hunting in the Marysville Hole, hoping to find and kill a monster that eats children. While flash lighting in a death laden hole after a shoot-out, Ralph and Holly trekked through the resting ground for an entity that feeds on young children. 

Welcome the devils slide, be safe, use handrail, a sign reads as Holly and Ralph roam a path to hells fury, seeking salvation and safety for the children of Flint City. Sadistic hearts continue to beat, yet sensational souls abundant with love and laughter soar through the inner spaces of time.

"The Outsider," released to the masses on May 22 reveals the chaotic chemistry of compassion and ominous tragedies, three stars for "The Outsider." 

  

Signs that may appear in far too many places; Biohazard Area, please hold your breath and cover up any scratches you might have.

To be honest, I was disappointed in Stephen King's 2001 novel "Dreamcatcher." Too many pages to get to the heart of the story and the conclusion simply didn't seize my sense's. None the less, I still felt Jonesy's mental mayhem. Jonesy is one of the four focal characters that is summoned by the deities of harmony and justice to combat the eternal entities of death and disaster.

War, famine, killing for peace and massacring heathens for Jesus while missiles are aimed at every city in the world. Will (USA) napalm their amber waves of grain and nuke their majestic purple mountains, praise God. A carpenter from Nazareth crucified for fomenting rebellion. Pennywise lives. Sleeping less, eating less, laughing less, together with friends they can still defeat time and become saviors of the all that is pure. Saviors of all that is essential is something I added to Jonesy's rampant mind.

"Dreamcatcher," released more than ten years after "It" also takes place in the fictional town of Derry, Maine.

Stephen King, 2000

As usual, King creates ordinary, yet intriguing characters, and thrust them into a blitzkrieg of bizarre terrors and mind extravaganzas. In this book, a freakish red weasel with no legs and teeth as sharp as needles emerges from toilet bowls and brutally kills people. One man in particular, screams in terror as the red weasel literally crushes one of his testicles.

Jonesy and his three other friends are reeling from their personal realities and reoccurring dreams that began for them in 1978. Is it possible for the four men to channel their fears into a cosmic force that will cage evil, or at least generate vivacious victory's in battles throughout Earth and beyond?       

Jonesy and his three friends are quote, unquote regular kind souls, not saints by any stretch of the imagination, but the foursome are truly well natured people.   

Although "Dreamcatcher" was only a two star read for me, I was impressed how real and funny King made his characters.

While attending church in the 70s, Jonesy was in middle school, the same as his three friends. A single thought emerged simultaneous through their minds while chanting the apostle creed. As the four middle school aged boys recited church hymns, all four of them wondered if Maureen Chessman's skirt would ever ride up high enough to reveal what color panties she wears. Regardless if any of them would or wouldn't see her panties, none of them ever tired of eyeing her bare thighs.

Dangerous and demented deities from another world torture and kill mercilessly, while Jonesy          and his comrades must eventually confront the devious demons. Both kind and wicked people experience brutal fatalities in "Dreamcatcher."     

Infinite Webs Of Wonder

Emotional riptides of confidence and doubt bend the mind and twist the perception of fact and fantasy.

Shared laughter echoes in the chambers of solitude. The doors of perception enhance the reception of imagination. Creatures of creativity, we're always questioning the chaos of creation.
                                                                                   Mark Schurr

Dual Depths

Littered lands laden with the rotting remnants of fast food debris, broken bottles and the vile remnants of butted cigarettes. Poisoning our bodies and minds with the cancerous creations of mass marketing.

                                                                                                                                                       Another year has passed, time is flowing fast. The bright side of time dims in the depths of dusk.Conjured chaos of the mind awakes disembodied entity's which trespass through the portals of perception. Wisdom weaves itself through the fabrics of morality, and tangible timelessness.
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Journey

Myself and Remy walk the unlit trails of silent suburia. Forces without form, both dangerous and delightful ignore us as we venture into the darkness.

Winds of the night cascading through brush and branches discharge the sounds of serenity. Ominous and awesome spirits, both ancient and modern seize the imagination. Absolute awareness, uncertain about everything.   Mark Schurr

Halos Of Hallucination

Enlightened minds, happy hearts and kind souls entrapped amidst the masses and political jack asses.

Faded hope dissipates into the uncharted dimensions of delight and danger, other realms only known to the dead, the other side of life becomes more intriguing then scary.

Dreamers drink from the savy goblets of the gods and dine on the exquisite lands of paradise.
Mark Schurr
Photo; Schurr Shot in fall, 2017 on River Road, near Bodega Bay, Calif...

Write Handed XIII

The mind wonders in the canyons of chaos, confusion and creativity. Intangible love and boughten lust twist the perception of joy and purpose. Permanently weaved into the fabric of logic and lunacy. Mark Schurr

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Schurr Shot, Lake Sonoma, Summer 2012 via Sony Cyber-shot camera with 16.1 mega pixel  10x optical zoom camera.