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    Word Magic
    Word Magic
    Word Magic
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    Word Magic

    By Gary Jonas and Barb Hendee

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    Believe in the magic of words

    Greg Jenkins is a lonely bookstore owner, with only a cat for company.  He longs for love, but no longer believes it's possible.

    Enter romance author Susannah Hayworth, who agrees to write a story in the bookstore before a live audience.  As a writer, she works magic with words, creating characters who seem more real than your next-door neighbor.  And now the audience wants her to create the perfect woman for Greg...

    If you enjoy stories of hope, and believe in the power of words, you'll love this new short story by Gary Jonas and Barb Hendee.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDenton & White
    Release dateJan 22, 2019
    ISBN9781386536031
    Word Magic
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    Gary Jonas

    Gary Jonas is the author of the Jonathan Shade fantasy series, the novel One Way Ticket to Midnight, the story collection Quick Shots, and the novella Night Marshal: A Tale of the Undead West, the first in a new vampire western series that will be penned by various authors. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. Gary was born in Japan and has since lived in Ohio, Florida, Oklahoma, and Colorado, where he now resides.

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      Word Magic - Gary Jonas

      WORD MAGIC

      by Gary Jonas and Barb Hendee

      Local legend had it that Reader’s Paradise, an aging bookstore on Emerson Street, had been infused over the years with magic, but Greg Jenkins didn’t believe it. Sure, the old man who sold him the bookstore--complete with an upstairs apartment--was a bit off kilter, but the guy was ancient; he was allowed to be eccentric. Greg still remembered the last time he talked to the old man when they signed the closing papers.

      Writers are Word Magicians, the old man had said, smoking a meerschaum pipe in the shape of a lion’s head. He wore a faded tweed hat over still-thick silver hair, pulled back into a ponytail. They work magic with words. They create worlds in their minds and share them with us. When you read a book or a story, you’re sharing in the magic. This is Word Magic, and you would do well to keep a steady supply of it in the building.

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