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This page is a list of reviews for Brent’s short stories and other work

Short Story Reviews

From the Sea

On Spec #78
Fall 2009

“One fine example is the wonderfully wrought fantasy tale From The Sea by Brent Knowles…”

Judy Darley gives a very favorable review for this issue of On Spec at Essential Writer.

“…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.”

Read the rest of the review at SF Crowsnest

A Ragmans Vow

On Spec #73

Summer 2008

“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…

Read the rest of the review at The Fix

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…

Read the rest of the review at SF Crowsnest

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 Knowle’s “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 his full summary for On Spec 2008 .

The End of the Road

Not One of Us #35

From Sovay’s livejournal

I am particularly fond of this issue, and not just because it’s threshold-themed.* Overall, the stories are dark, liminal and spooky: more autumnal than springlike. Jennifer Crow’s “A House-Ghost,” Jacqueline West’s “Scarecrow,” and Rich Ristow’s “False Prophet” are particularly eerie and evocative poems (You frighten the murders, / boneless limbs crackling. / Each small death balks / at your gap-mouthed yell), and Patricia Russo’s incredible “The Cats” 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.

The End of the Road is available at AnthologyBuilder