Gallery January 1998

Departments
6 Right Up Front
8 Feedback
24 Gallery Guide: Fitness
26 Short Takes
50 Gallery Guide: Music
70 Toys For Men
75 Private Lives
96 Gallery Guide: Books
110 Gallery Guide: Cars
133 Mating Game
139 The Back Side: Erotic Fiction
Pictorials
10 Claudia
Photos by Viv Thomas
30 'Girl Next Door' entries
40 'Girl Next Door' monthly winner
60 Tina
Photos by Michel Moreau
80 Gallery's `Girl Next Door of the Year' Winner
102 Danni Ashe
Photos by J. Stephen Hicks
122 Stevie
Photos by Viv Thomas
146 Gigi
Photos by Falcon Foto
160 Lauren
Photos by Tony LaSala
Features
52 Eco-Horror
The ultimate athletic challenge is hell on earth
Sports by Robin Postell
114 The Gallery Interview: Manny Siverio
Getting dangerous with America's top stunt man
Interview by Mickey Z

PUBLISHER'S PAGE
RIGHT UP FRONT
An amazing 'GND®'
It amazes me that Michele is the 19th `Girl Next Door of the Year®' that we've had in Gallery. As I'm sure you noticed in the Holiday '97 issue (our 25th Anniversary issue), Michele continues a long tradition of us providing to you, our reader, your choice for `GND® of the Year.' I and the entire staff at Montcalm thank you for making this voting the largest to date.
As we begin our 26th year of publishing Gallery, we are faced with a very different playing field than the one we started on back in 1972. Back in the early days of Gallery, the competition in the men's field was much less fierce than it is today. In addition, the pressure from outside forces such as government and religious and social groups was not as forceful. The content of men's magazines was in its infancy as far as what and how the pictorials were displayed. Nowadays, some men's magazines are displaying their pictorials with an ever-increasing amount of heat in the photography. I have always tried to portray the contents of Gallery in a manner that was flattering to the natural beauty of women.
In the coming year, we are planning a lot of exciting new content for Gallery, to include both editorial and pictorial suggestions from readers that I have received. More interviews with celebrities, sports stars, and political figures. More pictorial content, and a new twist to the `Girl Next Door®' contest that you will read more about in future issues.
We all thank you for supporting Gallery over the years, and I encourage you to keep writing in to help us make your magazine what you want it to be.