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Sharing Dunwoodies
This is an amiable little fiction. In it, Bill Fastensmith, (a smile made into a person), discovers just what the heck a Dunwoodie pile is, through the help of his neighbors Sadie and Big Jim. Dunwoodies are rabbagadgits, and flenerdomes, and nobberspikes and other improbabilities. If that still doesn't make any sense to you, please read this touching short story about how even the smallest things can change a person's life. For the better. Oh, and no revealing what makes a Dunwoody tick, ok? That's a trade secret!
39 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 3, 2018
2 people want to read
About the author
John Gregory Hancock
17 books89 followersJohn Gregory Hancock is a storyteller.
A graphic professional for many years (which is one way to tell a story), his graphic journalism garnered international awards, and was nominated for a Pulitzer. He incorporates his visual sense in his ability to spin compelling yarns.
Currently, he has seven books of his own, and has written for The Future Chronicles anthology series, whose titles have hit the overall Amazon Top 10 Bestsellers list. The Immortality Chronicles - a Top 5 SF Anthology and Hot New Release - featured his story 'The Antares Cigar Shoppe', which was also nominated for Best American Science Fiction.
His work has appeared in other anthologies, including; Prep For Doom, Bite-Sized Offerings: Tales & Legends of the Zombie Apocalypse, Flying Toasters - The DeadPixel Tales, and Off the Kuf.
Hancock is not tied to any one genre, but is comfortable in the science fiction/fantasy/horror realm. Even a dash of humor, at times. The foreword to his 'A Plague of Dreams' says it well: "These stories, these lies, these Dreamwood Tales, are dipped in the heady ink of my fevered dreams. They travel unique and varied paths to arrive at your shuttered door. I entreat you to undo the latch and let them in to lie upon your hearth. They will not bite. Except for the ones that do."
He lives with his wife and soul mate (who puts up with him, beyond all logic) and a fantastically brilliant son (who thrashes him soundly in video games -- really, it's no contest). They are hopelessly landlocked in Midwest America, far from ocean or desert. Or glacier, come to that.
Like many of his characters, life has shaped and unshaped him.
His fingers itch to write and so far, luckily, people seem to enjoy the things he offers.
A graphic professional for many years (which is one way to tell a story), his graphic journalism garnered international awards, and was nominated for a Pulitzer. He incorporates his visual sense in his ability to spin compelling yarns.
Currently, he has seven books of his own, and has written for The Future Chronicles anthology series, whose titles have hit the overall Amazon Top 10 Bestsellers list. The Immortality Chronicles - a Top 5 SF Anthology and Hot New Release - featured his story 'The Antares Cigar Shoppe', which was also nominated for Best American Science Fiction.
His work has appeared in other anthologies, including; Prep For Doom, Bite-Sized Offerings: Tales & Legends of the Zombie Apocalypse, Flying Toasters - The DeadPixel Tales, and Off the Kuf.
Hancock is not tied to any one genre, but is comfortable in the science fiction/fantasy/horror realm. Even a dash of humor, at times. The foreword to his 'A Plague of Dreams' says it well: "These stories, these lies, these Dreamwood Tales, are dipped in the heady ink of my fevered dreams. They travel unique and varied paths to arrive at your shuttered door. I entreat you to undo the latch and let them in to lie upon your hearth. They will not bite. Except for the ones that do."
He lives with his wife and soul mate (who puts up with him, beyond all logic) and a fantastically brilliant son (who thrashes him soundly in video games -- really, it's no contest). They are hopelessly landlocked in Midwest America, far from ocean or desert. Or glacier, come to that.
Like many of his characters, life has shaped and unshaped him.
His fingers itch to write and so far, luckily, people seem to enjoy the things he offers.
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November 15, 2018
A beautifully human story with a science fiction twist, Sharing Dunwoodies is another home-run for Hancock. This story is well written with an absolutely wonderful main character. Even the reader can feel the magic when Bill Fastensmith smiles. It's a quick read, but the feel-good will stick with you all day.
November 11, 2018
Not at all what I expected! Such a wonderful puzzle of a story.
I was expecting something dark, I was actually afraid of where this would go, that it would break my heart. I love this story, and am going back to re-read it without the sense of dread. Even with the sadness, it's an affirmation of life. I definitely recommend this book!!!
I was expecting something dark, I was actually afraid of where this would go, that it would break my heart. I love this story, and am going back to re-read it without the sense of dread. Even with the sadness, it's an affirmation of life. I definitely recommend this book!!!
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