|
Our most eccentric, wilful, retiring and yet conspicuous literary figure
- Rhys Hughes
I am Des; I am also DF Lewis - recipient of the British Fantasy Society Karl Edward Wagner Award 1998. Countless different stories published in printed books and magazines from 1987.
There are three subjects on this earth that are sure to start an argument; religion, politics, and DF Lewis
- Brian Keene
As for DF Lewis, my view is that he is a national treasure. He writes in a genre of one. His writing is very disciplined, with not a word out of place, and there's such joyful play in the language...
- Graham Joyce
He has been cited as one of the acclaimed 'Gothic Light' journal's four favourite fantasy authors - along with Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury and Lewis Carroll ... He is, of course, Des Lewis
- TOUCH WOOD (Little, Brown book)
I am essentially a fitful writer, who tries to develop disturbing, provoking, logically progressive moods and/or plots within a cycle of short, sharp non-sequiturs.
I could go on to tell you about the references from literature, mythology and religion that are planted in the text like precious gemstones embedded in a rock face, landmines primed to explode at the tread of sensitive feet. I could rave about the sparkling dialogue, the elegant and witty prose, and the sheer passion that's to be found in some of the pronouncements. I could talk about resonances and patterns that weave back on themselves like a demented Mobius strip. I could do all of that and more, but if you haven't got the message that this book is a little bit special by now then I guess you never will
- Peter Tennant on "AGRA ASKA" in UNREAL DREAMS
...the ‘Stories of Murkales’ series and ‘Digory Smalls’ are the product of a highly sophisticated and wonderfully nightmarish imagination, an expertly controlled and sardonic vision that reminds me as much of avant-gardists like William Burroughs as it does the best traditions of horror literature as represented by Lovecraft, Poe, Machen, Blackwood etc…
-Thomas Ligotti
DF Lewis is a legend. As simple as that.
-Simon Clark
I saw Elvis at the mall last night. He was eating pizza with DF Lewis. Can't think why they'd ordered anchovies
- Karl Edward Wagner
I have been married for over thirty years and have two grown-up children. I enjoy classical music and literature.
dflewis48@hotmail.com
|
