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Recent Reviews for Keith Rowley
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The Aquarius Key, A Novel of the Occult (Book) - 4/23/2008 6:20:32 PM
This book is a stunning, fast-moving occult thriller in which everyday people--like any of us--are suddenly swept into a world of ritual Magick. The detail gives the reader the impression that such things really happen or could be happening already. I really enjoyed this book and it was a pleasure posting a 5-star review of it on Amazon.
Malcolm
SINNER: Part 5 (Short Story) - 1/20/2009 1:51:29 PM
Great job. Interesting read.
SINNER: Part 3 (Short Story) - 9/29/2008 4:10:48 PM
A huge "Wake up call" for all who read.
Keep up the fine work!
John Michael
Mordica (Short Story) - 4/13/2008 5:59:00 AM
Keith,
Your imagination has no end. This is an interesting and entertaining story. Rich descriptions, creative imagery, and an original scenario. Great work here! Love and Hugs,
Sheila
The Other Side of Light (Part 9) (Short Story) - 4/3/2008 11:12:39 AM
Excellent. It's apparent that quite a few years of study and thought have birthed this, and it is a fascinating subject for those so inclined. Is it not true that in the original polytheistic Sumerian story of the "great flood" the supreme god decided to wipe out creation, but his brother (who would become the monotheistic Satan) tipped one man (future Noah) off to the plan, telling him to build a boat, and hence saving creation? Quite a bit of food for thought.
The Other Side of Light (Part 9) (Short Story) - 3/21/2008 2:04:56 AM
Keith,
Glad to see you back, and in top form! I'm always impressed by the intensity and creativity of your imagery. The story continues to unfold in a mysterious way. Fantastic! Hugs~
Sheila
The Other Side of Light (Part 8) (Short Story) - 12/14/2007 1:03:35 AM
Keith,
Many people are satisfied to devour the knowledge offered without question. You, on the other hand, are a catalyst for free thinking and exploration of the stories told. Everything I have learned about religion is taken apart in this series, leaving room for doubt and wonder. Realistically, we have no proof of how things came about. We only have our faith and belief to clutch when we have questions. You have taken those questions and run with them, spinning a fantastic tale that opens minds and perspectives. You are outside the box looking in - a position so many fear. A great addition to the series! -Sheila
The Other Side of Light (Part 8) (Short Story) - 12/12/2007 9:04:27 PM
You seem to have an immense attraction to the unerside of things, is that where your mind travels often,duplicity is what we were made aware of, although all things are one in God, or Satan, or both, but really only one united, our awareness divides them into two, light and dark or..... this is how we are alive, or perceive our aliveness, duplicity in all, otherwise you would not write, your approach is just from the other side of the coin, you are playing a wonderful game being alive, and most of all, not like most others in chains of fear ... to be continued.... Blessings friend!Jasmin Horst
SINNER: Part 10 (Short Story) - 12/4/2007 5:52:25 AM
Yikes! My bank account to zero? Yeah, that is scary! Sinner is on the loose and creating havoc! I will be anxiously awaiting future parts in this series, Keith. -Sheila
SINNER: Part 9 (Short Story) - 12/4/2007 5:19:09 AM
Keith,
The first part has a few kinks, especially the repetition of Joost seeing his death in the warden's eyes. Love the detail you put into Razor's surroundings! I also think Mike is quite the wild card; who knows what he can achieve with his background. The suspense is building and building! Excellent~
Sheila
SINNER: Part 8 (Short Story) - 12/4/2007 4:33:48 AM
Keith,
This part prolongs the suspense beautifully! You leave the reader little choice but to move on to part 9. And away I go...lovin' it!
Sheila
SINNER: Part 7 (Short Story) - 12/4/2007 4:08:46 AM
Keith,
This part is action-packed and exciting! Great (convincing) palm-heel to the nose...only 10% die from that strike...caused by cartilage debris in the blood system stemming to brain, only if struck at the right angle. Most survive...but you did say "with enormous force" - lol. I'm looking forward to seeing how this character fits into the overall story. -Sheila
SINNER: Part 6 (Short Story) - 12/4/2007 3:39:47 AM
Keith,
I love the description of Klopper in his prison overalls. Also, the line "Like a surge of whispering shadow-crows..." is an excellent example of your creativity. You juggle the three scenarios in part 6 like a pro! -Sheila
SINNER: Part 5 (Short Story) - 12/4/2007 3:15:20 AM
I definitely want to read more. You've built the suspense in this part. I started reading it one night before work...alas, duty called and I went with bitterness. This part raises questions in my mind, which I can't wait to have answered. On to part 6! Great job, Keith!
Sheila
SINNER: Part 10 (Short Story) - 12/3/2007 4:16:32 PM
You have a most devious mind,and so much imagination to go with it Keith, most entertaining, you expand on possible scenarious that should scare the world, Blessings! Jasmin Horst
SINNER: Part 9 (Short Story) - 12/3/2007 4:07:28 PM
Riveted to my seat
SINNER: Part 4 (Short Story) - 11/30/2007 2:29:17 PM
Keith,
I'm enjoying how very different this series is from your other series. A mark of talent that you are writing both at the same time! These characters come alive on the screen and pull me quickly into the story. Dialogue is realistic, and imagery is extremely descriptive. Well done! :)Sheila
SINNER: Part 3 (Short Story) - 11/30/2007 2:20:52 PM
Sounds like "Sinner" has "Raven" by the cajones! This is a great taste of what is to come, Keith. -Sheila
SINNER: Part 2 (Short Story) - 11/30/2007 2:15:34 PM
Keith,
I was on the edge of my seat! I got the same feeling I get when I run edits on the assassin books I've written - a melee of horror and excitement! You've hooked me with this part. Your characters are already firmly detailed and engaging! Bravo~ Sheila
SINNER: Part 1: Prelude (Short Story) - 11/29/2007 11:45:43 PM
Definitely a worry of mine. I won't even get the Speed Pass for the toll-booth on the highway because I think it's an invasion of privacy. The government can keep track of your activities that way. Not that I'm doing anything illegal...lol. This prelude goes beyond that. I often wonder if there's already something like this in place...watching...recording...invading...the freedom & privacy many cherish. This prelude is short & could have been simple, but your writing style doesn't allow that. (Thankfully!) Rich with descriptions, and an eerie tone throughout. Great start, Keith!
Sheila
SINNER: Part 8 (Short Story) - 11/29/2007 5:05:29 PM
What is there to comment, this is a great piece of engaging adventure, just keep on going, you got me hooked, but darned write faster will ya! Get out of the pool more often, Bless you Keith, this is great stuff, of by the way I forgot to mention in the other review, you are developing a concept of duality, but I don't see where you have allowed for Gods omnipondence have you? YOu and I know, that life and death entails all of him even Satan right? I sort of conflicts with Satan being the goodie goodie, unless you mean to tell me, you are showing Gods alterego sort of... are you?... or did I miss something. I know that in the Bible, God admits to creating evil, don't ask me where, but I know it's somewhere in the old testament, can you see a conflict? May all the Gods bless you!Jasmin Horst
Jasmin Horst
SINNER: Part 7 (Short Story) - 11/27/2007 5:05:49 PM
engagingly entangling, suspenseful, rich in descriptive wordplay,leaves one wanting for more, which is after all what a story is suppose to do,,so hurry up Keith, don't leave me hanging.
Bless you! Jasmin Horst
The Other Side of Light (Part 7) (Short Story) - 11/27/2007 4:47:57 PM
What a most enriching way to see the other side of the truth and lies, encapsulated in this image of possibilities, with rich and beautiful metaphors, much deep visionary thought and your creative intelligence, Bless your courage and wisdom, and watch, as I said before, the so called forces of light! Jasmin Horst
P.S. I am afraid Keith I cannot find anything that I could possibly addd so far, not a thing, although some pedantic, or religious nut give you some ideas, keep on stirring the deep dark waters of fear, and you will find a whole new resource of jellyfish swimmming near you! what I am trying to say < I would find it hard so far to compete in this competition you have challenged us to, I see you smirk you rascal.
The Other Side of Light (Part 7) (Short Story) - 11/26/2007 9:49:12 AM
Keith,
Very intense work here, filled with exceptional imagery. This series is the flip side of the coin...the untold story, which is what I like most about it. This series showcases your intelligence as well as your creativity, leaving the reader to wonder about the possibilities. Amazing! Keep them coming~ Sheila
The Other Side of Light (Part 6) (Short Story) - 11/25/2007 1:56:40 AM
Keith, you bring the reader on a journey through time here. Rich descriptions and realistic settings. Flashes from history come to life. All the while, you remain true to the main voice from this series. Great! -Sheila
The Other Side of Light (Part 6) (Short Story) - 11/24/2007 2:56:42 PM
I swear to (God) you have been there and know, and I know that you do, how have you found me, and why now? You speak the truth convicingly, and with sharp elegance, do not try to toy with me Keith, you have no secrets before me, and I none before you, let us travel into darkness together when I choose my Friend, do not proscribe my time of the return, I have not yet absorbed my fulfillment.
I shall be with you! Jasmin Horst
Echoes in the Womb of Time (Poetry) - 5/9/2009 6:31:16 PM
This one is quite hypnotic Keith,
I hadn't seen it before.
Axilea
Playing Dice (Poetry) - 4/21/2009 3:25:38 PM
Well, thank you! Lord Tychism lives! So have you heard about the guy that jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge at midnight on New Year's Eve because the Law of Probability dictated 16 suicides from that location and there had only been 15 thus far lol.
Echoes in the Womb of Time (Poetry) - 3/6/2009 12:57:03 PM
Elegant use of metaphors, chilled perfectly, slange! Jasmin Horst
Echoes in the Womb of Time (Poetry) - 3/5/2009 9:56:47 PM
Nice work Keith. Willie
Phoenix (Poetry) - 2/9/2009 9:07:00 AM
Suffering or not, are we not caught in the eternity of being and becoming, or as you put it death (as in inertness or stasis), and life, (change due to becoming). The problem arises when many choose to remain dead, even when in the becoming mode. I think Buddha was wrong (how's that for impudence!). I think the Wheel of Awagawan is eternal (as in I’m a living god). I.e.: we have no choice.
The Abyss (Poetry) - 2/9/2009 8:52:50 AM
Yet light came out of darkness...?
Playing Dice (Poetry) - 2/9/2009 8:44:44 AM
Bravo Keith! I’m also so glad you didn’t venture into the EPR paradox. Half of you readers might turn out to be dead.
(I won't speculate which half).
Playing Dice (Poetry) - 1/20/2009 8:33:46 AM
That was a fun read. Thank you. I wonder whether of not it is possible to exist in all the probabilities and wave and mass are only distinguished as being different due to our limited perspective. Lots of questions here from an amateur/arm chair scientist. Thanks for this.
Cheers, j'nia
The Abyss (Poetry) - 1/20/2009 8:17:54 AM
I enjoyed reading "The Abyss", you have a very unique writing style. I shall read more of your work.
Much peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
Playing Dice (Poetry) - 12/31/2008 2:56:39 AM
Only two? Hmphh ... just when I was seeing myself as a thousand points of darkness ... imagine my abject and ghastly disappointment. I did hear (on the grapevine) that if I shirk my human responsibility to pidgeonhole everything ... God won't care (how amazed, when I heard that). Gotta love Hawking (he da man). Do you remember a short-lived news story, a year or so back, about this really really big rock (about the size of California) which was headed at the Earth? The story was blacked out. Now, on NASA TV, they are mentioning a probe which is going out to "look" at a really really big asteroid. And, on a seperate scientific lecture, they are talking about how a space vehicle could go out and deviate the trajectory of a big (really really big) asteroid so that it might miss the earth. Of course (pooh pooh) these stories are not connected. God is unavailable for comment :-)
Ted
Howl Dog! (Poetry) - 12/22/2008 11:20:07 AM
Keith~!
Exceptional all the way . . . !!
Happy Christmas,
Lance
The Abyss (Poetry) - 12/17/2008 7:35:37 PM
A rich passion throughout this poem, Keith. I love the clockwork line - it reflects your gift for unique wording/imagery. Love and Hugs,
Sheila
Through the eyes of Saint Rowley (Poetry) - 12/17/2008 7:30:49 PM
Fantastic, Keith! I feel as though most people are more tolerant of others at Christmas. I just wish that feeling would carry throughout the year. There is much wrong in this world, but there's also much to be grateful for. Thank you for this one:) Love and Hugs,
Sheila
Love (Poetry) - 12/17/2008 10:13:28 AM
Keith~!
No, love cannot be bought at any price . . . great dedication!!
Always the Best,
Lance
The Abyss (Poetry) - 12/16/2008 4:29:29 PM
Hey,
repaying the review. Great poem... I have like three poems about the abyss and one painting. Its a great and complex topic to cover. I also love the singularity/event horizon...You must like dragon, and wizards and stuff? I am obsessed with the lady of the lake, working on a short about her.. Much love and write on...
Rick
The Sleep of Endymion (Poetry) - 12/15/2008 11:04:37 AM
Hello Keith~!
A phenomenal penning . . . !!
Always the Best,
Lance
The Abyss (Poetry) - 12/14/2008 11:57:20 AM
Maybe i will just stay alive a bit longer as I don't want to tangle with that Choronzon guy/girl/thing/creature guarding both those roads...Ed & Rufuz [w00f]
The Magus (Poetry) - 12/14/2008 11:17:13 AM
I love your note: "I really think the old bastard would like this..." Yes, he would. Aleister was an extremely charismatic man who carried followers forward in the Dawn and accumulated enemies in the dusk, as all breakers of new ground must do.
Aleister Crowley was a piece of work and it was left to Doreen Valiente to shine his light to the end of that long tunnel. She did well. So mote it be.
After Thelema, then what? We need to move on, always.
Ted
The Lie (Poetry) - 12/14/2008 10:59:40 AM
Keith~!
Stern; provocative; Perfect!!
Always the best,
Lance
The Abyss (Poetry) - 12/14/2008 7:57:47 AM
Yes and many are hallicinating on the way to their heaven and hell, aren't they? This powerful demon that guard these places has captured many in their tangerine dream. Beautiful ride trough the universe and the universe of the mind, very descriptive and picturesque poem Keith, Jasmin Horst
The Abyss (Poetry) - 12/14/2008 7:23:58 AM
Broken spring of clockwork time lies coiled at my feet. Excellent poem and especially like this line.
As always, J'nia
A Spell of Death (Poetry) - 12/12/2008 8:26:09 AM
A bit scary Keith. "and thunder silent bells" the senses all askew. I'm glad I pursue the light rather than the dark. Call me chicken.
Blessings J'nia
Through the eyes of Saint Rowley (Poetry) - 12/9/2008 11:37:54 AM
Absolutely powerful, and so bloody true, we keep on nailing him to the cross uninterupted, we keep on opening his wounds, but yet just like in his days, no one is listening, and the highpriests have taken the thirty Shekels of Silver. Eloquently said,
" Whilst die the children for your greed
Whilst suffer creatures small and great
The wounds of Christ gape wide and bleed
He pays the price,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"
Not better have I heard it said, by any, nothing has changed in two thousand years, we keep on sticking it to him, while the easy part that religion revolves around, is to constantly ask for his forgiveness, on well padded benches and with genuflections, You are with your thoughts and reflections, and an incredible poetic liturgy, in your heart an honest and true Christian, to bad there are so few followers of his true spirit.
I wish you a most Merry Christmas and lots of his Love!Jasmin Horst
Through the eyes of Saint Rowley (Poetry) - 12/9/2008 9:43:56 AM
" and yet while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." John the apostle. Thank you for your eloquent gift Keith.
Blessings J'nia
Through the eyes of Saint Rowley (Poetry) - 12/9/2008 9:36:01 AM
I love the words...and know that He is the way.... thank you, lindalaw
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