NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW

An independent small press poetry review

NHI independent review
Tomorrow
edited by Peter E Presford
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This fantasy/horror/sci-fi magazine doesn't yield its secrets easily. From looking through it I simply can't work out either what issue it is, or what the magazine is actually called. There are two subtitles of sorts on each side of the cover: Tomorrow and Yesterday/Today. The magazine is in the charming style of "those old American double Ace paperbacks", which means the TOMORROW section opens like its own little book, stapled to the other self-contained YESTERDAY/TODAY. The artwork on both these sides is also endearing, being of that nostalgic, slightly kitsch ilk.

The writing is a very mixed bag, but there are some gems, such as Marie Marshall's PLANET CELESTINE:

	It's been a thrilling day
		on planet Celestine.
	The sun went super-nova, and
		the atmosphere turned green.
	The twin moons' orbit teetered, and
		the sea was tangerine.
	We live in interesting times
		on planet Celestine.
Another I enjoyed, though it isn't clear how it fits into any of the horror/fantasy/sci-fi genres on display, was BAR WITH ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED, UP NORTH by Pete Faulkner, a quietly insightful narrative:
	The huge barman
	In a tootight tartan waistcoat
	Argues with a bemused
	German skier
	"Whadaya mean two diet cokes
	and one plain. Ah've poured
	three diet"
	Embarrassment forms tiny
	Expanding ripples
	In my pint.
At 33 pages there's a fair amount of interesting content here — though I can't tell whether it's good value for money, since the cost of the journal appears unmarked.

reviewer: J A L Midgley.