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Penname: Spenser Hemmingway [Contact - ]

Real name: Eric

Member Since: 2005.09.19

Last Login: 2021.12.04

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Bio:
Welcome to Spenser's Universe As you no doubt know by now, his version of events varies greatly in many ways from that of J.K. Rowling's. With sixty-some stories, all interrelated to a degree, I find that I can't, and don't, want to do away with his version of things. Characters such as the quiet Animal Healer Brandon Llewellyn, Ginny's identical distant relatives Maggie and Sara, the heroic, beer-loving Gun'r Solo and the mischievous half-Leprecaun Finian Wilco will never appear in Rowling's world. Spenser tries to explain that she wrote Harry's biography differently for her Muggle readers, but this is simply my lame excuse. I'll continue with this universe for the time being, and I hope that you who have come to enjoy his world will still have a bit of fun with it.

For those who have not met him before, Spenser Robert Hemmingway is a young Wizard from Oregon who spent his last school year at Hogwarts. He has collected stories from his friends there, and fortunately this has included Harry and Ginny. Unfortunately, he is mischievously evil, and writes like...well, an American.

In response to the email inquiries I have received, I will describe the character as being medium height, medium build, hazel eyes with short-cropped curly brown hair (just like my coworker's mischievous son). I have made his birthday 17 July 1980 (the month and day when I read how Harry broke up with Ginny, and I decided to promote their being together again). Luna Lovegood is his best friend, which makes my daughter happy and provides me (and Spenser) with some interesting story ideas; I won't offer any spoilers beyond that. I intentionally did not pattern him after myself (what fun would that be?). I'm a grumpy old such-and-such who more resembles our Alastor 'Mad-Eye" Moody.

Spenser was created so that I could observe the stories to get a good perspective, explain those Americanisms, and to blame when the story falls flat on its face. Somehow, he has started to be involved in some of those stories as well. Also, I spell his name with two M's to distinguish him from the great Ernest Hemingway, to whom he is NOT related. The name is from Spenser Avenue and Hemingway Street, two places I lived as a child.

I am Eric, a retired soldier (twenty-two years with the Oregon National Guard, including Bosnia and Iraq deployments). Like Spenser, I am a hopeless romantic, have an evil, yet clean sense of humor, and enjoy improvising stories for my family and friends.

Stories Chronology


I have received a few requests now asking me to provide a list of the order that you might want to read my stories. They all seem to interrelate, at least a little, and some introduce characters and situations used in later stories. If one or two seem to be out of order, it is because Spenser is reminiscing (please note the central story involved). Please remember that this is Spenser's Universe.

1) And Now You Know...The Rest Of The Story
2) The Life And Times Of A Human Cannonball
3) For What It's Worth
4) And Now For Something Completely Different
5) October
6) The Free Press?!
7) Trick Or Treat: The Halloween Conspiracy
8) The Three Ginnys
9) A Working Title?
10) You Sent My Luggage Where?
11) Power Tools…Ar, Ar, Ar!
12) Cosmic Cow Tipping And Temporal Sins
13) Saving Snape
14) Popular Plumbing
15) Turkey Day
16) Love, Secrets, And Organized Elves
17) It's A Wonderful...Potter
18) Tempus Fugit
19) The Eyes Have It!
20) Actually…I’ve Never Met A Dragon I Didn’t Like
21) Trouble…With A Capital T And That Rhymes With P…
22) What Do You Do With A Drunken House-Elf...Early In The Morning?
23) The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
24) April Fools!
25) A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Horcrux
26) The Gringotts Job
27) Tromed Love And The Great Broom Race
28) Don't Drink The Water!
29) The Fine Art Of Not-So-Fine Art
30) Have Wand, Will Travel
31) Colonel Mustard In The Conservatory With The Candlestick?
32) Man's Laughter!
33) Speculations: What A Wizard Wants
34) Nelly Bly
35) Voulez-Vous Harry?
36) Sherlock Potter And The Red-Headed League
37) Forensic Accounting—A Love Story
38) No Reindeer Were Injured During The Writing Of This Story
39) Spenser For Hire—Two Knuts A Word
40) Off With His Head!
41) Requiem For A Practical Joker
42) The Best Of Times
43) Finnigan’s Romance…And Other Natural Disasters
44) A Marvelous...Valentine's Day Gift?
45) "It's Kind Of Fun Doing The Impossible"
46) Antidisestablishmentarianism!
47) That’s The Biggest Mouse I’ve Ever Seen!
48) Taking The Taste Out Of Peanut Butter
49) Beach Blanket Bat Bogey
50) Just A Friendly Little Game Of Quidditch
51) Muggles Tomorrow--Comedy Tonight!
52) Merry Secularized Non-descript Winter Holiday?
53) Brass Monkeys
54) Romancing The Brick
55) Honestly... I Really Am Harry Potter!
56) I Saw Ginny Kissing Santa Claus
57) A White Christmas...Harry Potter Style
58) Oh Baby!
59) Wizard Jam
60) Great Scot!
61) It's The Great Pumpkin Harry Potter!
62) Praise The Elf And Pass The Turkey
63) The Reindeer Whisperer
64) Oh My Darlings! Oh My Darlings!
65) Wings!
66) Never Sniff A Gift Hippogriff
67) Abra Cadabba Doo?
68) Mischief Managed!


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