Kurt remains steadfast and hell-bent in his quest to honestly and fearlessly expose the raw and gritty battleground between good and evil that exists in each of us.

-John Drudge, poet & author

The text is embellished with many graphics, several reminiscent of the types of page enhancements of classic pulps such as Weird Tales-into the pages of which Newton's work would nicely fit.

This is an important collection and well worth the purchase and perusal of a fine poet's work. Newton is at the forefront of the speculative poets of our time.

-Frank Coffman, author of The Coven's Hornbook & Other Poems, Black Flames & Gleaming Shadows, and Eclipse of the Moon. He is the editor/publisher of Mind's Eye Publications, a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, and the founder and moderator of the Weird Poets Society Facebook Group.

On the whole, Songs of the Underland & Other Macabre Machinations is a powerful collection sure to satisfy fans of macabre poetry. It is worth savoring repeatedly.

-Shawn M. Klimek, poet & author

So many what if's of nightmares and ghoulish thoughts turned into lyrical pieces. You'll get goosebumps and double check the area around you the next time you think you're alone in the dark.

-Brianna Malotke, poet & author

"A dark love-letter to Poe, to Lovecraft, to all those damned poetic souls that have gone before, and all who will be raised up after!"

-Steven Dillon, editor/publisher at Things in the Well