John David Hickey

Black Fedora

Truths and Lies

Dave is an engaging storyteller who makes good use of his acting experience to add a theatrical spin to his stories. His strong stage presence keeps his listeners on the edge of their seats as he weaves his tales of mystery, adventure, and laughter.

He wears his love of a good story on his sleeve; you can see that he's enjoying telling you the story as much as you'll enjoy hearing it.

Photos and Streaming Audio

Storytelling on iTunes

In January 2010, Dave started posting his stories on iTunes. The stories are free to download and his iTunes page links to the Shortening the Road blogcast.

Subscribe to his iTunes podcast and keep up-to-date on new stories as they become available!

Listen to Stories

Since November 2008, I've been posting stories to my StoryBlog podcast. These are recordings of stories I've told at events, schools, and festivals over the years.

You can listen these streamed stories by visting the Shortening the Road storyblog.

Summer Nostalgia

This story was a bit of an experiment. I wrote this piece in September 2009, recorded it, and and mixed it with some music.

The piece of music is by a band called Scatter the Mud. The album is called In the Mud (pronounced "mood") and the track is A Bad Day for Brittany / Flying Plate / Whelan's Reel.

Summer Nostalgia (6:50 minutes)

Jack's Tall Tale

This is a story that is included on my book/CD You Don't Know Jack, but it was recorded earlier this year at Our Lady of Pompeii Elementary School in Montreal.

This is one of the first stories I learned, certainly the first Jack story I learned. As the story nears its end, there's a part that is so outrageous, the audience often cries out their incredulity at the tale, which gives me no end of satisfaction.

Jack's Tall Tale (15:46 minutes)

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