Dr. Bill Stork

I Have Never Failed...

Throughout his life, Dr. Bill has found guidance in the blue-collar adaptations of centuries-old wisdom: I have never failed, but I have extensive experience with things that do not work; there is no such thing as bad weather, just a poor choice of clothes; and shut up and do your work. He has modeled the exemplary lives of his parents and been tailwinded by the unconditional support of his wife, Sheila.

Dr. Bill shares stories about OCD Shepherd crosses and a German Shorthaired Pointer with three testicles. There are tributes to a one-eyed mechanic, the Pike County Jesus, and Certified Nursing Assistants. Dr. Bill shines a light on the plight of loneliness among the elderly, calls into question the dehumanizing effect of technology, and respectfully opposes The Wall Street Journal and Princeton Professor Emeritus Harry W. Frankfurt.

Dr. Bill lives each day to earn the words said, and the tears shed at a Baptist church in Atlanta in April 1999. The two hundred stories he’s written leading up to ADB were only a warmup to properly honor the legacy of The Amazing Dick Bass.

I Have Never Failed will be released in mid-October, 2020.

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"My good friend, Bill Stork, published this book - In Herriot's Shadow. Two years prior, he wrote me a letter. The gist: to him, farmers and musician/songwriters have striking similarities, not the least of which is that they do what they do not by choice, but because they were born to do it. Thanks for your book, Bill, and thanks for giving me the inspiration to write this song. Thanks as well to Eric Drobny, Bruce Rummenie and Danny Deckard for bringing the song to fruition." - Kevin Deforrest

Here is what Bill Stork knows: Just as the best road trips are seldom made on straight interstate highways, good stories sometimes dodge and weave and become something other than what they seemed at the outset.

Doug Moe, Madison Magazine

Bill Stork has this thing about first impressions. He can't abide them...

Doug Moe, Wisconsin State Journal

Bill - loved this piece! You are indeed "In Herriot's Shadow". Keep writing! ("Hedley Rides Again")

Virginia Bradshaw

You must publish this book. Bill Stork's stories comprised some of the best reading I’ve done in a while, and I read all the time. He has a strong and personable voice, and an easy way of putting together two or three words in a way that you’ve never seen before, but in a way that makes perfect sense and that captures the scene better than any more mundane use of words possibly could.

Coleman

Superb story, well-told. ("Norway's Gold")

George Hesselberg

This is like a really legit book!

Calvin Stork, upon receiving a copy from dad