This page is a list of reviews for Brent Knowles’ writing.
‘A Ragman’s Vow’ by Brent Knowles is a wonderful tale of magical realism, and the best tale in this installment of On Spec. Dan is the creator of a comic book featuring Ragman, a dark superhero who draws his power from the misery of the slums…
Jim Stratton at The Fix (A Ragman’s Vow)
The stories of the artist Dan and his character Ragman are told in neat parallel with an ending that may be fantasy and may be luck…
Eamonn Murphy at SFCrowsnest (A Ragman’s Vow)
I also liked Claude Lalumiere’s ‘The Sea at Bari’ (Spring), about a man returning to Bari to encounter a childhood memory or obsession; Brent Knowles’ ‘The Ragman’s Vow’ (Summer), about a comic book writer whose character seems to come to life to help him battle his demons; and Marissa K. Lingen’s “Carter Hall Sweeps a Path”, which combines Tam Lin with curling
Read review at Richard Horton’s blog (A Ragman’s Vow)
…and Brent Knowles’ gothic science-fiction ‘The End of the Road’ are stories that make me want to read more from both authors as soon as possible.
Read review at Sovay’s livejournal (The End of the Road)
From Hidden, I liked Erik Amundsen’s “Strawberry Ghoul”, a matter of fact story about a girl encountering ghouls, and Brent Knowles’s “The Monastery”
Read review at Richard Horton’s blog (The Monastery)
One fine example is the wonderfully wrought fantasy tale From The Sea by Brent Knowles…
Judy Darley gives a very favorable review at Essential Writer (From the Sea)
…This story is not very heavy on fantasy but it’s perceptive about humans. The bleak setting and the hard life of a fishing village were well conveyed and the story was quite moving.
Eamonn Murphy at SF Crowsnest (From the Sea)
…throws mermaids and strange puritan women into an intriguing mix.
Tony Owens at HorrorScope (From the Sea)
Knowles writes with a fresh outlook on sci-fi and has created a strange new world that sounds daunting even if it is far away.
Sandra Scholes at SF Site (Digital Rights)
I thoroughly enjoyed it. It had the right mix of science fiction (robots, set in space, creepy quasi-’net) with the psychological mind tricks that outstanding harder science fiction should play with your mind.
Krista at Amazon (Digital Rights)
Obvious to see why this won a contest. Excellent world-building in a novella. Good heroine, interesting plot.
Carol at Smashwords (Digital Rights)
When Izzy left Earth to work on the solar station, she found challenges amid the native Offworlders
Reviewed by Clare Deming at ScienceFictionMusing (Digital Rights)
This story reminded me why I used to thrive on short stories. Great character, robust descriptions and a compelling look into the mind of a post-apocalyptic survivor in the digital age. Reminds me of a lot of Orson Scott Card’s short stories.
Joy R. Basham at Amazon (The Prophet)
I have always admired authors who can write a good short story. Brent Knowles has written a really great short story in The Prophet and I understand that there are more based on his character The Wanderer
Athene Five at Amazon (The Prophet)
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