The Alabaster Kid/Slipknot

TWO STORIES IN ONE BOOK! The Alabaster Kid: Beneath the Veil There is ugliness beneath the veil. It churns men's stomachs and turns their hearts to stone. Still they look. Still they search. Still they uncover the layers so purposely laid and fastened and tied. Why...? Because the wounds beneath the wraps need the air and the light in order to heal; the beasts cannot be tamed in the dark. We often hear the west was wild...Now find out why. Slipknot and the Golden Claw What happens when a man steps down, when gravity takes it course and the only thing stopping him from the stained wooden floor is a length of hemp tied to a ceiling beam? What happens when a man gives in to the final call and welcomes the embrace? What becomes of that man when even that fate is denied, when the beam breaks before the neck? When he rises, half crazed and half dead after his mind has already checked out, what stands in his place? What becomes of Mann when the surrender fails? We let the Slipknot take his place.