Des Lewis will be 77 years old on 18 January 2025
Those who have read these episodic brainstorming reviews of mine must know they are very personal — rough-shod and spontaneous. Synchronicity and anagram mixed. I know they are not professional, never potentially publishable other than in the madness of my head, but I do hope they show grains of dark truth and cosmic panache.
These Des Lewis Gestalt Real-Time Reviews were founded in 2008.
‘What’s the loveliest word in the English language, officer? In the sound it makes in your mouth, in the shape it makes on the page? What do you think? Well now, I’ll tell you: E-L-B-O-W. Elbow.’ — THE SINGING DETECTIVE
“How shall a man find his way unless he lose it?” — Walter de la Mare
To any current genre author I have reviewed before — if you have a new story recently published or soon to be published in a collection or anthology, you may have a review by me of the story that also showcases where it is published. See HERE. (This is because I am no longer well enough to review as many books as I once did.)
Fresh Fictions, free to read HERE.
No AI input in preparation of my texts whatsoever.
THE NEW NONSCENIC
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The Des Lewis Gestalt Real-Time Reviews 
Many thanks for the review, Mr. Lewis — not just of my story, but of all the stories in this anthology. It’s gratifying to read thoughtful comments about our works.
I recently (oh so late to the party) (and thanks to being shown his review of Nightscript 3) have been introduced to author Des Lewis’s real time reviews. Exploring his site is a rabbit hole of good things.
The gestalt real-time review is a really wonderful thing. I highly recommend giving his site a look.
I’m looking forward to reading more of his reviews and his work.
— Daniel Braum
HERE !!
“i was genuinely delighted that he didn’t like my story, as it made me appreciate his positive reviews of so much of my work that much more” – Scott Nicolay
A comment HERE
https://twitter.com/monster_soup/status/932965483183329280
https://twitter.com/melkassel/status/934772815181631488
“btw, I loved your notes on The Red Tree.”
– Caitlín R. Kiernan, publicly in a FB comment HERE
Very kind of you, Des. I am delighted but unsurprised that you understood and appreciated this profane tale top to bottom. I knew that you (if anyone) would.
– Jon Padgett, about the Infinite Error review.
Brian Lavelle about my reviews in general: “Drive-by reviewing that often picks out in the trees at the edge of the field groups of shadowy figures, the ruins of citadels, fissures in space/time, and of course libraries crammed full of oneiric books—all of which the farmer who owns the land never knew existed in the first place.”
https://twitter.com/spmiskowski/status/951873350736867328
“The greatest film reviewer of all time was Cabrera Infante. The best music reviewer of all time was Amiri Baraka. And now it is possible to state that Des Lewis is the best fiction reviewer of all time. He has crossed the threshold and achieved the distinction!“
– RHYS HUGHES today on his FB,
Eric Schaller – I’m always amazed at your speed and depth, a swimmer that drowns but still ends up winning gold.
HERE
Christopher Ropes: HERE
“Many thanks for this fantastic series of reviews, figuratively and literally. It’s a great pleasure for a writer when someone “gets him,” and you certainly do. One question: if you had to locate this book in a marketing genre, which would you choose?” — Jeff Haas
https://twitter.com/spmiskowski/status/991714560150159361?s=21
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