The Countryside Stories
Johnny Is BBQing or Is He?
- Publisher
- NOBLE GRAY PRESS
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2023
- Category
- Literary, Family Life
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781990070839
- Publish Date
- Feb 2023
- List Price
- $5
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Description
This fiction series is a collection of short stories and anecdotes about life in the countryside, the wins and misses, the ups and downs of city dwellers trying to create an alternative, part-time life in the countryside. These stories are aimed at adult readers and make an entertaining reading on weekends. These short stories are available in English language.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Dr. Edgar Guzman, PhD is an entrepreneur and an academic and business consultant. His debut animal exploration book, The Enchanted Friends: Canaries (Serinus Canaria), was published in Spanish language in 2022. Dr. Guzman has also authored the how-to book in English language, The Get-It-Done Data Analysis: Perform a Statistical Analysis That Will Get Your Research Published. Dr. Guzman has also authored a number of short stories in such series as The Countryside Stories, The Family Affairs, The Neighbourhood Gossip, The Office Legends, The Retail Occurrences, The Road Anecdotes, and The School Tales. He lives in Toronto with his family.
Excerpt: The Countryside Stories: Johnny Is BBQing or Is He? (by (photographer) Lana Guzman; by (author) Edgar Guzman)
The time has come when Johnny was looking not only to fit in the neighbourhood, but also to be accepted and maybe even respected. To get some inspiration he watched TV and went to the movies, read magazines and was searching through almost anything that he could get his hands on, but nothing really stuck with him. That was especially true when physical activity and social contact would be involved. Just looking at people socializing was already annoying to him. As strange as it could appear, Johnny always dreamed of being in the middle of a social circle where he could mean something to the rest of the people. Maybe that could explain his fixation on observing social interactions of people when walking through a park on his way to work. Most of the parks are equipped with outdoor BBQs grill spots where people can bring their food, beverages, wood or coal, music and everything needed to enjoy each other's company in the open air.