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Scott E. Rheuben Scott E. Rheuben i(10777465 works by)
Born: Established: Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon Roses Are Not Red Scott E. Rheuben , Joanne Cuskelly (illustrator), Glebe : Little Steps , 2016 10777646 2016 single work picture book children's

They say roses are red...

but I've seen different.

A sweet and playful story about looking at life from a different perspective.

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1 y separately published work icon The Battle of Chi Scott E. Rheuben , Australia : Scott E. Rheuben , 2014 10777866 2014 single work novel fantasy

'At a time of great unrest and unparalleled energy, the reigning King is seeking to gain total control over all living things. During this time there lives a range of earthly creatures and those considered in the realm of mythical fantasy. The stars are considered more influential and holy than the sun and though people marvel at their wonder, it is only now being realised just how powerful they are. Those beings that stand out in deciding the fate of the planet are born of the sacred signs of the stars. They each have their own traits; their own abilities and weaknesses, which would confirm if they are born of the positive dawn, or will simply succumb to the growing darkness.'

'Adil, an orphaned Ranger, finds himself responsible for a baby whose life could potentially hold the balance of all power and the King will stop at nothing to ensure that the child is destroyed. As the hunter becomes the hunted, can he and his small resistance party save the child and fulfil the prophecy before it is too late, or will evil consume the world and all of its inhabitants? Can Darpana lead them through the dangerous outer plains and will the baby prove to be what everyone has assumed that it is? Will the stars align in time, or was it all for nothing?'

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1 y separately published work icon Songs Without Sound II : Behind the Silence Scott E. Rheuben , Alstonville : Scott E. Rheuben , 2010 10778133 2010 selected work poetry

The second volume of Songs Without Sound

1 y separately published work icon Songs with Out Sound Scott E. Rheuben , London : Athena Press , 2004 10778066 2004 selected work poetry

'Here are over two hundred 'songs without sound' taking us through the chiaroscuro of human feelings and emotions, portrayed subjectively to reflect human mortality. Personal emotions are matched by more public concerns - 'We'd wreck less if we were less reckless' - and '09/11/01'; while the dark mood of such poems such as 'Barely Treading Water' is balanced by the beauty of 'Morning Song' and 'Fallen Angel'. Through eyes that rejoice at a new dawn or a stolen kiss, the outscape is sketched predominantly in grisaille, the figures poised in waif-like abandonment. Yet the author's abiding tone is positive as he surveys the foreshore of existence: 'Don't let this life's ride go to waste!' and 'Everything pales into insignificance when you remember love.' Full of rich cadences and rhythms, paragrams and wordplay, these are songs from the heart, and as such they touch off secret harmonies in all of us.'

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