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  1. All about The Homesick Chicken [short story] by Edward D. Hoch. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.

  2. Apr 24, 2006 · Author: Edward D. Hoch. Date: 1977-01-00. Type: SHORTFICTION. Length: short story. Language: English. Synopsis: The genetically engineered chicken had a beak like a wire-cutter so it could eat the hard-shelled nuts on the world it was bred for.

  3. Jun 11, 2020 · The Homesick Chicken by Edward D. Hoch. Edward D. Hoch was known for his mysteries, so it’s no surprise that this science fiction story is also a mystery.

  4. Jul 10, 2018 · Nick Velvet appears in three different volumes of short stories, though one of them is shared with one other Hoch character, Jeffery Rand. The two collections that are entirely dedicated to Velvet are: THE THEFTS OF NICK VELVET 1978. The Theft of the Clouded Tiger.

  5. Edward Dentinger Hoch (February 22, 1930 – January 17, 2008) was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories.

  6. Dec 16, 2021 · Longtime mystery writer and editor Edward Dentinger Hoch was practically an institution in the field. Born in 1930, he published over eight hundred mystery stories including one in every issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine from 1973 to 1981.

  7. Mar 13, 2019 · Five of them are very short, close to flash fiction, often featuring a bit of a twist ending. There's not much room for plot or clueing, but since they are so short they generally get the job done. Those five stories are: "Co-Incidence", "Versus", "The Future Is Ours", "The Homesick Chicken" and "The Daltonic Fireman".