HERE'S WHAT THE WRITER-REVIEWERS AT zoetrope.com SAY OF THE STORIES AND THE WRITING IN JOHN KLAWITTER'S THE ROGUE PIRATES BIBLE HERETICAL
Moon Boy
"An arresting new look at Jesus' early years that deftly in a few paragraphs characterizes the ingredients of a great man - persistence, questioning, curiosity, courage and conviction. I am sure this will be picked up soon by some hot shot and made into a film."
-Ramesh Avadhani
"I think you should be writing cartoons for Comedy Central. I liked this story a lot, and loved some of your sentences. I'm looking forward to reading more tales from the Pirates Bible."
- Barbara Milton
"Hallelujah, Moon Boy! I had lots of fun with this one. Nice imagination. The use of the brothers and the two priests was well done...good stuff, easy to read and fun."
- Tim Biddlefield
Whopper
"I've been blessed on reading great stories like yours that raise the level up for all writers. Slackers check this out, you'll have a be3tter idea of talent backed up by the effort to get it right!"
- David Weber
"This is one of my favorite of the Pirate's Bible stories; it does exactly what it aims to accomplish with excellent efficiency and tight humor.
- Peter Wollman
The Leap Not Taken
"I like the concept of this piece - the idea that one might choose to dismiss signs/messages from a divine source as being crazy when in fact they are real."
- Erika Wagner
"Absolutely inspired! Very clever story! I enjoy your style of writing. While reading your work, the words flow easy-breezy. After the reader is finished, the story sticks in your mind like a catchy tune, and it isn't until some time later that one realizes how complex the tale is. "
- Lynn T. Hetzler
The Conversion
"This was nicely done...refreshing...characters likeable without pandering, intelligent without demeaning, and you're obviously well read/researched on both sides of the reason/faith razor."
- Henry S. Kivett
"It's an inspiring story...the quality of writing is excellent. Elmer's use of reason did not destroy his ability to have faith; nice ending."
- Elizabeth Collins
The 40 Virgin Valu-Pak
"This is the best yet. God's staff made up of irascible old men from all the religions known to man, that has to be a creation worth admission to the hall of fame."
- Bill Frank Robinson
"An awesomely humorous short story about what really happens to people who blow themselves up and kill lots of other people! The dialogue is excellent - I love the way St. Peter talks like some weird angelic rapper, and Muhammed's disinterested, world-weary expressions - along with his fixation with pinochle!"
- Anh Vu Doan
Stone Killer
"Very creative. I like the modern day voice set in ancient times and the nonchalant, bad boy personality of Ratboy, contrasted against the noormalcy of the narrator."
- Keith Nakatani
"Great story. I love the telling of a biblical story in modern vernacular"
- Zach Oberman
Revelation
"I found Revelation to be both a humorous and thought-provoking story."
- Terry J. Larson
Lot's Story
"Enjoyed your weaving of a bible story with other elements that, for all any of us know, could depict actual events. Also enjoyed the touch of humor throughout. Good story - it kept me wanting to read it through."
- Tom Isaacson
"This is a very original piece of work, incorporating enjoyable takes on Biblical themes as well as a sense of mystery which is rarely found in new versions of old stories."
- Oliver William Mitchell
Jesus at the Magic Castle
"...a great read, wonderfully inventive and wickedly funny."
- Larry Van Guilder
"Very witty, a clever interpretation of how a recycled Christ might translate into the present time."
- Peter Furnell
"This is very different. My first impression is one of delight."
- Faye Grey
The Next Step
"Now I got to laugh...I found this story from the point of view of an ant creditable and entertaining."
- Bill Frank Robinson
"...the concept of an awareness that bridges the here-and-now and the soon-to-be in the final moments of a creature's existence...what a pleasant welcome back to the zoetrope site!"
- Peggy McCarthy
"Karma theology and reincarnation...from the perspective of the ant as the main character!"
- Paul Bustamante
Divine Inspiration
"This is a very interesting piece of satire that works on multiple levels and made me laugh...a lot. Sometimes, while reading this, I had trouble remembering that I am a devout, Bible-thumping Christian, myself. The image of Jesus drinking coffee and creating waves for surfer-dudes while he watched them catch waves just made me giggle."
- Richard Christopher Baetens
Starbucks Jesus
"Two words: Interesting and entertaining. The whole structure of this story, the dialogues and the characters feel just right."
- Bilal Iqbal
"There are many adjectives to describe your wonderful humor. I can't decide on one so I sued 'wonderful.' Should suffice. Definitely try opium with this bad boy."
- P.H.Madore
The Walls
"I enjoyed this story very much and found it very original and well-written."
- L.R. Roarty
"Unusual, fantas6ic retelling of the walls of Hericho..."
- Cathy Salustri
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