READING NEW MEXICO
CONNECTING NEW MEXICO BOOKS WITH THE WORLD    
FIRST LINES
SABRA BROWN STEINSIEK
ANNIE'S SONG
ROMANCE
"Annie Morgan stepped back to get the full effect and caught her breath at the vision before her."


LELA BELLE WOLFERT
DECEPTION AND DESIRE
PARANORMAL SUSPENSE
" 'What in God's name am I doing here?', Fancy Peyton-Leigh Shook her head."


DAVID J. CORWELL
Legacy of the Quedana as published in Cloaked in Shadow:Dark Tales of Elves
FANTASY
"The towering pine screamed with every chop of Xalbathas Kemendres's axe."


CANDACE MOREHOUSE
Golden Enchantment
Romance
"Charles Alexander took a long, last draught of cheap tequilla and grimaced at the bitter taste before tossing the empty bottle to the floor."

GREGORY J. SAUNDERS
Zahir
Science Fiction
“'Jimmy!' Where the hell could that boy have gotten to? 'Jimmy,' the man yelled again, but his voice seemed to die just past his lips."


Light From A Distant Star (Book 1 of the Unknown Country Trilogy)
Science Fiction
“'Execute!” The deep baritone rolled from an imposing figure sitting in the command chair, the sound rumbling across the deck passing over the numerous crewmen who waited in tense anticipation for his order


Light Of An Alien Sun (Book 2 of the Unknown Country Trilogy)
Science Ficton
"Air Force Special Operations Officer, sometime Special Forces warrior, astronaut, Space Shuttle Commander and now Robinson Caruso on…? On what?"


Light Of The Home World  (Book 3 of the Unknown Country Trilogy)
Science Fiction
"Darkness enveloped the priest as he sat cross legged on the bare stone floor, a floor as bare as he himself, for what he faced he would face just as he’d entered the world; naked. "


CONNIE GOTSCH
Snap Me A Future
Mystery
"Shelby," Pete Martinez' voice resonated into the phone, Rich and deep, despite the tinny sound New Mexico phone lines prouduce. "Got a minute? I'd really like to speak to you."

A Mouth Full of Shell
Mystery
Phew. Breathing through her mouth to deflect the stench of tobacco and sweaty coveralls, Betsy Craig gave a deliberately hard shake to a bell on the old reception desk at the Spring Water Legal Aid Society."


ZELDA GATUSKIN
Time and Temperature
Creative Non-Fiction
"The Matter is The Matter. The mind can go anywhere, would certainly like to, but it's harnessed to a slow moving blob of physicality." (8/09-6)



Castle Lark
Fantasy/Sci-Fi
"Nothing about space travel was quite like Fasha had expected, and the surprises were not happy ones."  (8/09-6)



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