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The 8-bit home computer Commodore 64 was introduced into the market place in January, 1982. Volume production started sometime in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of $595. Dalton Mackenzie bought one. Under the advise of his teacher Mr. Stabler. “If you want to invest money,” Mr. Stabler said to his grade eleven class, “don't invest in stocks or bonds or computers. Invest in pornography.”
A serial killer, triplets, a high school dropout, a wannabe movie star, a woman out for revenge, a disgraced high school teacher all headed west. To look for their dream. But the universe had a different dream and it didn't include the earth.
David Halliday
I have published poems, short stories, plays, art works in reviews and publications across the United States and Canada. I have several published books: murder by Coach House Press. This book is a series of poems and illustrations set up like scenes in a movie, describing the murder, trial, and mob execution of an innocent man. Winner of the 2001 Eppie for poetry. The Black Bird by. The Porcupine’s Quill. This is a book of poems, illustrations and short prose pieces describing the fictional making of the John Huston film, The Maltese Falcon. Making Movies by Press Porcepic. This is a book of long poems, interviews, short fiction pieces about a fictional BBC documentary about a fictional Canadian film maker, Samuel Bremmer and his company of actors and colleagues. It follows his career through the creation of a series of his movies. Church Street is Burning, a book of poems, was a finalist in the 2002 Eppie for poetry. The God of Six Points, published by Double-dragon-ebooks. A man who believes he is a god believes he has murdered one of his subjects. Sleeping Beauty, published by LTD ebooks.com is a murder mystery. A woman lands in a small village where the only escape is to be murdered. Finalist in the 2003 Dream Realm Awards. Winner of the 2004 IP Book Awards. The Hole, published by LTD ebooks is one in a series of cop stories. There are unusual happenings in the quiet suburb of Islington. People have begun to disappear. And they have been disappearing for generations. For the soon to retire Sam Kelly, this is his last case as a detective. All the clues point to a mysterious hole, which appears to have no bottom. In 2007 I was short listed for the C.B.C. Literary Contest in poetry.
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1948 - David Halliday
1948
Things to Come
by David Halliday
Copyright 2020
Everything is a metaphor.
In the eleventh or fourteenth century, the facts are fuzzy, in a small town in southern France people had hallucinations. Centuries later scientists suggested that the bakers had accidentally laced the flour with an hallucinogenic drug. Rat feces. The town folk, including the mayor, the doctors, and the police said they saw a dark turd move slowly across the sky.
Doger Ransel
On October 19 of 2017 a long cigar like figure was seen passing through the sky. Oumuamua, it was named. No explanation for its nature was brought forth before it disappeared once again into mystery. In 1948 Doger Ransel bought a Land camera, the Model 95, in Boston at Jordan Marsh department store for $89.75. He wanted to make postcard pictures of his girl Mercury DeBlanc. They went to a park and an isolated corner where they couldn't be seen. Doger captured dear Ms. DeBlanc's smooth milky breasts. And something else. A long cigar like figure moving through the sky across the face of the sun making the yellow ball appear to be laughing.
Mercury DeBlanc
Weeks later two officers of the law appeared at Ransel's apartment door. Mercury answered the door. The police asked to talk to Mr. Ransel. She informed them that Mr Ransel had gotten unfortunate news of his mother's sudden illness. He had left for Toronto that morning. The officers looked at each other. One of them produced a postcard out of his pocket. He asked if this was a