Gwendy's Magic Feather

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Recent books include The Girl on the Porch; The Long Way Home, his fourth short story collection;and Widow’s Point, a chilling tale about a haunted lighthouse written with his son, Billy Chizmar, which was recently made into a feature film. The forces attempting to acquire the box are the same ones attempting to bring down the Tower, which holds together an infinite number of possible worlds.

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With the publication of “ Gwendy’s Final Task,” one of the more memorable collaborative enterprises of recent years comes to an end. Chizmar’s work has been translated into more than fifteen languages throughout the world, and he has appeared at numerous conferences as a writing instructor, guest speaker, panelist, and guest of honor.When Richard announced that King was involved in book three, I realized it would be a bit odd to have books one and three sitting on my shelf but not book two. His novel 11/22/63was named atop ten book of 2011 by TheNew York TimesBook Reviewand won the Los Angeles TimesBook Prize for Mystery/Thriller. That same summer, she was entrusted – or some might say cursed – with the extraordinary button box by a mysterious stranger in a black suit. Sadly more lecherous old Congressmen and a dangerously enraged President makes life as a US Representative challenging.

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As the final volume opens, the world has changed — and darkened — considerably, and Gwendy’s role as guardian has changed as well. Together, the three books constitute a single long narrative encompassing the life and times of its eponymous hero, Gwendy Peterson, an ordinary young woman handed an extraordinary — and inescapable — responsibility: preserving the universe. In a carefully prepared scenario, Gwendy travels to a newly constructed international space station, at which point her own destiny and the destiny of the Button Box converge. Both the small press publication of Gwendy’s Magic Feather by Cemetery Dance Publications and the signed-limited edition by SST Publications are sharp! Years later, in Gwendy’s Magic Feather, she’s a successful novelist with a promising future in politics.Chizmar has done a bang-up job of continuing Gwendy’s story and I’m so happy I decided to read this. If you look at this book as a casual, fun page-turner you will like it, but there is so much more to Gwendy if you try to observe her. In 2019, Chizmar carried the story forward with “ Gwendy’s Magic Feather,” a solo effort that effectively maintained the tone and overall ambiance of its predecessor. The first two volumes take us through the first few decades of Gwendy’s life, from awkward adolescence through an increasingly accomplished adulthood that includes successful careers in literature and politics.

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It didn’t feel rushed but it also didn’t feel like it was all that necessary to the global aspect of the story. Castle Rock is an infamous place in Stephen King’s works, and Richard even inserts a statue where a great fire once ran rampant in the infamous town. The Button Box itself has grown increasingly unpredictable, as though reflecting the instability of the outside world. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarterare the basis formajor motion pictures, with Itnow the highest-grossing horror film of all time. His short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazineand The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories.He is the recipientof the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the2014 National Medal of Arts, and the2003 National Book Foundation Medal forDistinguished Contribution to American Letters. Let us go back Back to Gwendy’s Button Box for a minute, as it is vital to understanding the 37-year-old Gwendy that appears in Chizmar’s novel. We feel for Gwendy as guilt clouds her mind and her strong demureness is rattled by the uncertainty of what she has done in her life – did she act because she wanted to or what things did she do that may have just as a result of holding the talisman, the Button Box. But he does finally assure Gwendy that she is special, a caretaker, but she has also made her life’s accomplishments on her own.