Douglas Castagna rated it 4 of 5 stars

One of the major things I liked about this was the back-story. Ray takes the time to tell us about Junior, how he grew up, his parents, and what makes him tick, and how his clock was eventually over wound. This is where his story excelled. We got to know the killer, intimately, and we were guided into his world before it became awash with blood, and we were there for that as well.

Ray created a strong character and a tense story with some nice scenes of violence and gore. Ray is a great new voice in the world of horror. (less) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20337041-the-final-shortcut

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The Final Shortcut by G. Bernard Ray

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WHO AM I?

I'm A

 Novelist, travel writer, blogger
  and a wearer of snappy hats.

 Dancer, chef, risk taker,
 what do you think about that?

 Traveler extraordinaire
 having been to many lands,

 English, Spanish, German,
 and I can even talk with my hands.

 Life is for the living, not for stupidness, you hear?
 Don't be scared, take a shot and scream I WANT MORE!

  for "You can never cross an ocean,
 if you are afraid to leave the shore"

 VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES!VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES!VAMPIRES!
STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT GREAT NOVEL. THE LATEST BOOK THAT  I HAVE WRITTEN IS BEING EDITED AS WE SPEAK.
It will be over 400 pages of fangs, terror, action and horrific vampires that you do not want to kiss and have babies with.



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Here are some more creepy pictures from my travels.....



......just because!

 Saber toothed tiger... no really!

 Yes, they are all real artifacts, medieval torture devices and  mummies, in Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico.
Go see for yourself if you think I am fooling.

http://gbernardray.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/123/

I am currently looking for a literary agent.The normal process is very trying and it is the bane of my existence. The query letter is an oppressive thing for me. After all I am a novelist, it took me 318 pages to tell the story in "The Final Shortcut"

For a winning query I have to compress that into a paragraph. I really think the query process is prohibitive, and a very small number of those are actually reviewed.

It is no wonder that so many authors are rejected. In fact a lot of now famous authors were rejected over and over. If you can write a fantastic paragraph, then become a newspaper journalist.

I would love a chance to have someone in the business actually review a book and not a letter. But they simply do not have the time to read every book, which brings us back to the short, intense paragraph that is intended to grab their attention and make them say WOW!

My next novel is a vampire tale and it came in at nearly 400 pages. The vampires are not teenage lovesick vampires either. In fact there is only one at first. The alpha vampire and he is someone that you definitely do not want to kiss and make puppy faces with. A query for this is not going to be easy. It takes me three pages just to give the scenario.

Oh well...tis my plight and it shall be my undoing!

 

The new vampire novel is finished!!! It is now being reviewed and submitted for editing. The process is not fast, but the hardest part is done. 

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I will post all the updates as they happen so you will be the first to know when it is ready for print. 

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The Final Shortcut by G. Bernard Ray

This is the next best selling novel in North America.



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KINDLE BOOK REVIEW GROUP

 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.
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Review of The final Shortcut

I want to share another fabulous review from the Amazon.com website. Thanks to DrDR, I am very pleased that you enjoyed it, I hope that I gave you a few OMG moments.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story, May 15, 2012
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DrDR - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Final Shortcut (Paperback)
So many books take multiple chapters to even become remotely interesting, but I was hooked on Ray's novel by the end of the first paragraph. The story continues to deliver by being extremely well developed and thought out. There is enough character development that i had no trouble picturing the characters and the scenery with perfect clarity. At the same time, Ray doesnt waste your time describing mundane, useless information that makes you want to wait for the movie. The book simply STAYS interesting in that classic "can't put it down" quality. The story is unbelievably believable, and makes you think this could really happen. One pet peeve of mine with horror stories and "slashers" is the gratuity with which slayings are handed out, and the lack of rationale and motive behind the mayhem. The character "Junior" is so well developed that you actually empathize with him. In fact, I found myself agreeing with him and justifying his actions....at times. I'm very impressed with Ray's story-telling ability. The story flows smoothly, is interesting, captivating, pleasantly demented, and a lot of fun. I can't wait to see if Junior comes back for round two.

That motley drama- oh, be sure
   It shall not be forgot!
With its Phantom chased for evermore,
   By a crowd that seize it not,
Through a circle that ever returneth in
   To the self-same spot,
And much of Madness, and more of Sin,
   And Horror the soul of the plot.

But see, amid the mimic rout
   A crawling shape intrude!
A blood-red thing that writhes from out
   The scenic solitude!
It writhes!- it writhes!- with mortal pangs
   The mimes become its food,
And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
   In human gore imbued.

Edgar Allan Poe
(excerpt from The Conqueror Worm 1843)