11,077 words (≈ 44 minutes)
A surreal comic novel (in the tradition of magic realism) about a young writer in the throes of a messy marital breakup and his subsequent drifting into madness. Plus his talking cat, Fred. This is a series of four books, each one an exciting episode.
Language: English
Written in: 2011
Published: 2011-01-10
Word count: 11,077 words (≈ 44 minutes)
Tags: magic realism, animated novel, episodic novel, comic science fiction, divorce, Bipolar, comedy
David Halliday has published poems, short stories, plays, art works in reviews and publications across the United States and Canada. He has had 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 Mr. Halliday was short listed for the C.B.C. Literary Contest in poetry.
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:58:43 +0100
I lived in an apartment with a young woman. It was a basement apartment and some mornings we would find the son of the landlord peaking in through our bedroom window. He was about 250 lbs., six feet tall and bald. His father looked just like him. They were right out of a horror film.
Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:31:22 +0100
These stories were written around 30 years ago. At the time I had an idea called animation fiction which meant that one could have a serious/comic story line in which everything was animated. Trees might talk, for example. Like a children's book. But for adults.