The Wish Doctor

by Mark E Shupe

Overview

What if wishes you made turned out wrong, and you didn't even know it? What if one of those bad wishes is about to ruin your life? Well then, you better make an appointment with the Wish Doctor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781998149230
Publisher:	Moose House Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2023
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Every year on his birthday since he was 12, Mark Shupe has made a wish that someday he could share his overactive imagination through his writing. And now it begins...On the outside Mark, looks like an everyday accounting clerk who has eaten too much pasta and forgotten to take his anti-hairline-receding medicine. But on the inside, he is a raging cyclone of imagination, romance, angst and awkward jokes. He never tires of his wife saying, "That's not funny."He is not sure whether he is more comfortable atop a mountain peak, a beach at high tide, inside a Van Gogh painting, or browsing the shelves of a comic book shop. He is in all those places more frequently than his salary should allow.A Bachelor of Journalism graduate, Mark gave up a career as a sportswriter (he hosted an international TV show, "Running") to write edgy and tightly-worded audit reports for a ginormous corporation. He and famous author Lana Shupe have Wishlight Cottage, at Sandy Point on Nova Scotia's South Shore, after years of living in Calgary, where Mark managed to walk all 15,000 km of its streets.WishLight Cottage is a place of magic. If you ever visit there, and you really, really should, drop by and say Hi. If you time the tides right, you may even get to sit on the wine and sand bar behind their summerhouse, where only the grandest tales are told.

Editorial Reviews

If imagination ran wild and whisked you away to some mystical, magical realm, you would have Mark Shupe's debut novel. Full of whimsy and fancy, The Wish Doctor, with its imaginative descriptions, captivating characters, and colourful locations, grabs readers' attention from the first chapter. An intricately-woven story that is sure to appeal to readers, young and old. Move over, Harry Potter: The Wish Doctor is here.

Vernon Oickle, author of 34 books,

including the 'Crow' series

"Hoy, hoy!" An action-packed adventure set in beautiful Baddeck at the School of Wish. Alma, Syd, and a host of magical characters bring this fantastical story to life-where wishes of every kind can come true, but with a cost if you're not careful. Shupe skilfully sprinkles humour, history, science and geography, along with the age-old adage: be careful what you wish for.

Trena Christie-MacEachern

author of The Light of Day

The young students at the Wish Doctor's school seem predictable at first, but the magic of wishes soon turns their first year into one of ghosts, magical bears, and testing "whishkey." Shupe has crafted an adventure tale suitable for adult readers, who can appreciate his use of language, but also for young adults, who will follow the romantic yearnings of the students. Be prepared for humour, surprises, and the power of wishes.

James O. Weeks

author of Nodding's People

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