War

By David Halliday

Two factions of children in separate schools find themselves at odds. One is humiliated but rises to take vengeance on the other. It was war. And the children loved it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Halliday
• Release date: Dec 21, 2010
• ISBN: 9781458022202

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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War

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Copyright 2010 David Halliday

David could not have been standing more than a few minutes outside the school doors when a thin kid with long spider like legs, arms, and fingers, named Marcus O’Reilly, approached him. David was glad for the attention. He was a new kid and recess was boring when you were alone.

Don’t look at me, Marcus said, his voice almost a whisper, as if the present correspondence was taking place under a veil of secrecy. Marcus stuck his fingers in his mouth and padded down a cowlick on the back of his head. I shouldn’t even be hanging around here. Penny warned me that it was not a good idea, but I seen ya here the last few days and I figured you’d be alright.

Marcus was in David’s class. He sat at the back of the room. Mostly it seemed Marcus was in trouble with the teacher. He was one of those boys who seemed to have a long list of excuses why work was not done in class or completed at home. It appeared to David that Marcus was running a messenger service between home and school. There was a constant exchange of notes between the Marcus’s parents and Mr. Wickenhauser. Several times a week Marcus would be hauled up to the front of the class and forced to take a seat beside Miss Ponick at her desk. To David’s surprise, Marcus did not seem to be bothered by this punishment. The other boys were delighted when Marcus made some lewd expression.