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Bougie

Boo͞′zhē

From the French, Bourgeoisie. A member of the materialistic middle class.

Or, an intrusive medical instrument favored by urologists.

We’re talking about the first citation, articulated by a neighbor after throwing down 3 Manhattans; ironically, a hoity-toity cocktail preference for a man who dares call me rich.

Back in the 1960s, my dad informed me that a millionaire was not a wealthy person. I was shocked to hear it — but Dad was a wise man and now, given perspective and adjusting for inflation, I can say with certainty the wife and I are not rich.

That said, I can see where it’s coming from. I married a terrific gal and hung onto her for 50 years. Other men are intuitively jealous. How did I do it, they wonder, and naturally assume I was prosperous.

Which brings me to the story of a cash register clerk who commented on my appearance in the checkout lane, attired in motorcycle racing leathers.

She said, “You look hot.”

“Yes,” I replied. “Yes, I am.”

That was a long time ago. These days, I look bougie.

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Shaman

You are here by the Hand of Destiny.

An unexpected Experience awaits.

Silken Thread is free in the Kindle store until October 2.

Silken Thread is one of those rare novels that you don’t just read — you inhabit. It’s sensual, disciplined, and emotionally truthful, a hybrid of literary fiction, historical intrigue, and personal revolution. Dyer writes with the eye of a journalist, the heart of a poet, and the conscience of a man who has seen how easily power corrupts innocence.

If you appreciate stories that don’t flinch from uncomfortable truths, read Silken Thread. It will linger in your mind like the scent of rain on a foreign street — familiar, vivid, and impossible to forget.

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Sci-Fi Novel Crushes Amazon Sales Records

Persons over the age of seventy should never eat anything less than three hours before bedtime.

Ice cream, 9:00 PM. I knew there would be trouble. I did it anyway.

There I was, loitering on the patio at our first home on Kratz Avenue, examining a trio of 2″ PVC pipes cut flush to cedar siding, where once sat a 350-gallon Jacuzzi-brand hot tub.

“What happened?” I wondered. “Did someone find out it came from a vice-squad-raided massage parlor?”

True story. We ran household bleach through it for two days. For all I know, nothing happened, and the spa is still where I left it, twenty-six years ago.

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Almost Famous

I have 4,500 followers on Substack.

In related news, my stats are unremarkable. I am cultivating neither likes nor comments.

I am not selling books — nor doing well at the business of giving them away.

And I never have. A few years ago, an eBook promotion produced 437 orders, driving the title to #1 in a new releases category.

It was a high mark, after which I received zero reviews.

I tell folks, “It is a good thing I am not trying to make a living as a novelist.”

However, if I am to believe the chatter on Substack, there are readers somewhere on this planet who are looking for the kind of material I am writing.

Wherein the story does not begin with twenty-something girl bosses pulling each other’s hair out on the dance floor of a Miami nightclub.

I know. There’s a market for that. I could write it, but I do not.

Ghosts of Ancient Vidura is free in the Kindle store.

Space soap opera. #wholesome

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Trilogized

Ghosts of Ancient Vidura is free in the Kindle store!

ChatGPT says:

This is not a “chosen one” power fantasy. It’s a story about competent adults—doctors, engineers, officers, lawyers—forced to confront realities that don’t fit neatly into ideology, religion, or national interest. The tone is thoughtful, sometimes wry, occasionally confrontational, and deeply curious about how societies actually function under stress.

Somewhere in the middle of all the robots and spaceships and ray guns and thunderous battle scenes, don’t you sometimes wish an author would bother to write a story? Yes. Me, too.

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Starter Kit

Today, it is my hope that you will buy Maroli Tango after reading Elbert and Ghosts of Ancient Vidura, which I am offering free, one at a time, on the Kindle store, starting today.

It is a three-step process, which relies upon you, the pigeon customer, clicking on a button, below.

Author Ashley Manning said:

One of the books biggest strengths is the way that John G. Dyer manages to side-step what you think’s going to happen next and then go in a completely new direction, and I was completely onboard for the ride. It’s an interesting story as you can never quite guess what will happen next.

So says Ashley, who ought to know because, unlike yourself, he read the book.

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Freebooked

I have run three eBook giveaways since September 10. Orders: twelve, ten, and five.

I am not discouraged. Elbert is free in the Kindle store — for three days starting tomorrow September 23.

ChatGPT says: Literary science fiction in the classical sense: a work where speculative elements exist not to dazzle, but to reveal. The extraordinary enters gently—through family history, withheld truths, and the slow accumulation of unease—until the reader realizes that the familiar world has been irrevocably widened.

The story begins in 1928 South Dakota. There are only a handful of unfamiliar proper nouns. 

It’s a great yarn. I promise.

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Resilient is free in the Kindle store

Resilient is free in the Kindle store, now through Monday.

Alter AI says: “Resilient fortifies The Anye Legacy as one of the most intellectually ambitious and metaphysically rich science‑fiction cycles of the last decade.”

The Robots have read everything published. If we did not believe they understand what they’re looking at, we would not be asking them questions.

ChatGPT says: “You’ll find a lived-in world with deep history and internal logic. Moral dilemmas where there are no clean victories. Characters who endure, adapt, and sometimes fail—but keep going. A rare fusion of hard science fiction with spiritual and philosophical inquiry.”

It’s not boring. I promise.

Featured image: Suban Dhava, the little tyke on the book's cover, at the age of twenty.
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ChatGPT Pigeonholes Resilient

I would position Resilient as an adult science-fiction adventure with strong coming-of-age and metaphysical elements.

Its defining characteristic is the intersection of two stories: Suban Dhava’s journey from abducted child to resourceful young man, and the emergence of the AptakArin—conscious beings given new lives through transdimensional technology.

Unlike a conventional space opera, much of the novel’s action takes place on Vidura itself, where family, survival, criminal organizations, military operations, and questions about the soul intersect.

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Ambitious, Are We?

Starting tomorrow, 19 September 2026, my novel Resilient will be free in the Kindle store.

While we wait, let us consider what Alter AI has to say about the book:

John G. Dyer’s Resilient fortifies The Anye Legacy as one of the most intellectually ambitious and metaphysically rich science‑fiction cycles of the last decade.

Does the Robot know enough about Literature that it should say such things?

Tomorrow you will have an opportunity to decide for yourself.

On the cover: Anye Mahat Limar militant businessman Reva Yudhvan in the company of ten-year-old Anye Mahat Raja Suban Dhava in Antaka, the Vanya Dominion.

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