PILATE: A Brutal Bible Tale (Brutal Bible Tales (Harborside)) (Kindle Edition)

by Steven Rage (Author)

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PILATE: A BRUTAL Bible Tale, is the story of Pilate, a drug lord vampire in this re-telling of Christ's final days set in modern times in a Midwest American ghetto. When given another chance to save the Earth's new female Christ, will the re-incarnated Pilate choose to protect Her, or wash his hands in this life as in his first. Be warned: The Harbor is wicked. The violence is graphic and brutal. The terror is palpable. Pilate is not your parents' bible story....
After 25 years of working in Critical Care with pain, blood, tears and every vile secretion ever to have been expunged from traumatized mortal flesh, Steven Rage is clearly one Phucted Up Unit. When he isn't knee deep in the horrors in which earns his daily bread, Rage puts pen to paper and delves into the dark side of humanity. He reaches into the sick and stained recesses of our brain and feeds it, keeping the reader who is in touch with their darker side interested and repulsed. With graphic scenes of violence, illicit drug use, non-consensual extremesex and torture Rage spits out his view of a twisted world that is deeply woven with the intricacies of a dark, drug-infested place ruled by evil forces. Rage explores the depths of sin, the way it stains our lives, and graphically illustrates the things we fear most. He forces us to look at true sin, true villainy, and truly offensive images of alternative realities. Rage creates a dismal post-industrial future, a look at man defiled and in decline. Evil has arrived. Dominion has been taken by those who walk as the damned, demons, halflings, products of debauched rampages and sins against nature. Drugs and broken souls are the only things of value. Life is more like a disease, and the only salvation is the right amount of Plata to numb the conscience and, if one is lucky, to bring on a cleverly disguised demise. Through the sheer shock of his presentation, Rage forces readers to consider the alternatives, to look at the garbage in the streets, to see what is swept into the gutters at night right before all decent people awake to see another cleaned up version of the day. He uses tradition to break tradition, to push the imagination in ways that are uncomfortable at the least and border on the offensive at worst. Yet, in doing so, he illustrates what real Love is. Rage has created an incredibly detailed and disturbing world of unique, creative, fast paced, brutal, dark, and bizarre novels that are not for the feint of heart. There is no good without evil. No heaven without hell. No God without the Devil. The correlation is as clear as fresh blood dripping down the side of a martini glass. Only those with a drive to read about blood, gore and mega violence should read his books, if any. Save yourself. You have been warned.

PILATE (Outskirts Press) is available in paperback and Kindle editions. Steven Rage has just finished "You Morbid Westphal" and will be published through Evil Nerd Empire press. YMW is slated for a Fall 2009 release. Steven Rage is currently working on the sequal to PILATE, "The Dope Fiend's Holy War".

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from Chapter 39.... The man standing before Judas was eight feet tall, if he was an inch. He stood there, watching the dead vampire. The man's stare made Judas feel he was a used car, bought for a song. He stood at the edge of the stand of trees.

"Who are you?" Judas asked, afraid. The obscenely tall man looked down at him.

"I am the Piper," Lucifer replied. "I am here to get paid."

With that the Mighty One turned on heel. Enormous footprints sinking inches into the grassy parkland followed him as he melted into the night. Satan went now to prepare a special spot for Judas Iscariot. A nice chilly spot shall be reserved for the damned vampire in the Pit of Despair. Where he shall be tormented: day and night, for all time. Until Judas begs for the pain like a warm glass of milk and forgets who he ever was.

A rustling came from the park trees, high up in them. Judas' eyes darted up and he saw them.

"Now is time," Judas heard them say. They tumbled down from the trees.

The three demons hit the ground running. They converged on Judas' shoulders. One demon slid itself around to the vampire's face and grabbed hold of both ears. The demon shoved it in and furiously thrust the vampire's lipless mouth. The demon pumped maniacally, quickly ejaculating. Clumps of greenish/brown rocketed out Judas' nose. His muffled, gagging protest coincided with tree roots erupting from spongy earth. The tree roots slid up over his hands and feet. The roots tugged them tight to the ground.

Judas struggled in vain as the other two buried claws in his skull. They were going to drink of the soup his fatal stroke had cooked up for them. The demons planned to rip Judas to shreds and dig in his brains with their forked tongues.

As soon as they could pry the lid off.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 202 KB
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Outskirts Press; 1 edition (January 5, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001CBW7VQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #73,071 in Kindle Store (See Bestsellers in Kindle Store)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not soon forgotten, March 16, 2008

By	Mary Menzel "Reviewer - www.AllTheseBooks.com" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: PILATE: A Brutal Bible Tale (Paperback)

This brilliant alteration of biblical accounts into a modernized tale of drugs, death and deception is not for the easily offended or faint of heart. With graphic scenes of violence, sex and torture Steven Rage has given us a view of Christ's final days had he lived in our modern world. His unique cadence and elaborate descriptions vividly animates every aspect of his writing. Whether offended or captivated, whoever reads this book will not soon forget it.

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gritty n Gruesome! , April 2, 2008

By	Rick Halada (Two Rivers, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PILATE: A Brutal Bible Tale (Paperback)

This enthralling story elaborates on Pontius Pilate's ill-fated destiny and carries the reader into the vivid depths of utter horror in this modern day Biblical vampire story. A truly well-written fable with a good moral message for our detached society...when good people do nothing; evil flourishes. Looking forward to the second installment in Rage's series!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good... but could be better., March 31, 2009

By	RADIO! Who needs a RADIO?! - See all my reviews

This review is from: PILATE: A Brutal Bible Tale (Paperback)

I recieved PILATE via e-mail (an e-book) and began reading it right away. I read the whole thing that night. I can say that it was a great story, but I think it needs some work.

First, it needs an editor. I found many missing words (the, his, her, on, etc) and while most readers could simply figure it out, it did slow down the story playing out in my mind. Having to re-read a sentence to solve the missing word was a little road bump.

The other problem, in my opinion, was the use of words such as "nigga", and "shorties", [...] I do agree that certain language is needed to accurately portray a character (what kind of bad-guy uses phrases like "gosh-darn" and "shucks"), but I don't think it fits when the author him/herself uses those words to describe someone or something. It seems careless, or not thought out... maybe even a little trying-too-hard. An author is a master of words and should write as such, while the characters should speak in a fitting way to who they are.

The conflict between a very touching, though non-traditional for certain, story of Jesus... and then the violent/gutter/evil scenes are interesting. I read all types of books, and I rarely read something that is true to life (in terms of good and evil). When reading a Christian literature book about someone finding their way to God, you never get the real nitty gritty dirt of their previous life. Or, when reading a girly romance novel, you never are told the unpleasantries. Things are mostly good in a good book, mostly scarey in a scarey book, mostly (fill in the blank) in a (fill in the blank) book. This book goes from one end of the spectrum to the other. There were parts in the book that I would want my grandmother to read (I really enjoyed the entire modern Jesus interpretaion), but there were also parts that would make me never speak of the book in her presence (for fear she would try to read it!).

Other than the few things I would have changed before releasing it (if it had been my own book) I did enjoy PILATE. It is certainly NOT the creep-show that some people made it out to be. I was not cringing in overwhelming disgust (well, maybe once). It wasn't the shock I thought it would be, but it was worth reading. I am glad I found it. I will watch for other books by this author and I look forward to seeing where his career takes him. This is certainly a good start.

Oh, and this is also the first official "bizarro" book I have read, so take my review for what it is worth. I am a newbie to this genre and am certainly no expert!!!!!