Vol. I No. II |
December
1999
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The
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The Ambience of Halloween by Roy Challis At the party the hostess introduces the me she knew yesterday while a long legged redhead insists she knows me but can't recognise my face. I state emphatically that I'm not myself tonight; satisfied the redhead explains she is a fridge "when I close my eyes the lights go out but when I open them they come on again" It is halloween and the scariest thing in the room is the lithe redhead without costume I offer to take her home she insists she is a witch
ROY CHALLIS OF NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASKATCHEWAN, IS A SUPERANNUATED TEACHER OF LITERARY AND THEATRE ARTS, AS WELL AS A PART-TIME WRITER/PERFORMANCE ARTIST. HIS WORK HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ONLY BEEN MADE PUBLIC THROUGH PERFORMANCE.
THIS WORK IS COPYRIGHT OF THE AUTHOR.
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THE DANFORTH REVIEW IS EDITED BY MICHAEL BRYSON.