Carl Halling

Carl Halling Portfolio

Of All Sad Words of Tongue or Pen

Short Story / Religion and Spirituality

Feb 23, 2007

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This is a tale, part prose, part "poetic" of one in thrall to deep regret, and yet a regret significantly mitigated by faith. Read More

The Long Dark Night of Alfred de Musset

Poem / Commercial Fiction

Jul 15, 2007

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A poem about the French Romantic Musset Read More

Along Whiteladies Road

Poem / Memoir

Jul 15, 2007

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The Adventures of a Hopeful Actor in London, Buxton and Bristol in the late 1970s/early '80s (Image dates from ca. 1979) Read More

She Dear One who Followed Me

Poem / Memoir

Jul 16, 2007

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Image: 1982/'83? Read More

Snapshots from a Child's West London

Short Story / Memoir

Jul 17, 2007

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A Child's west London in the 1960s. Image: Late 1950s. Read More

Tales from a College that Disappeared

Short Story / Memoir

Jul 17, 2007

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Image: 1988?/'89?/'90? Read More

Gilded Youth at the Guildhall School

Short Story / Memoir

Jul 18, 2007

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A young man's travels through merchant navy college, London punk, drama school and southern Spain, all in those crazy late 1970s. Image: 1979? Read More

The Genesis of a Gentleman

Short Story / Memoir

Jul 18, 2007

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Free from the confines of nautical college, a young man goes in search of himself. Image: 1975? Read More

The Redemption of a Rebel Artist

Short Story / Religion and Spirituality

Jul 18, 2007

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Bohemia, the avant garde, modernism and a redeemed former tortured artist. Image: 2000? Read More

Wicked Cahoots

Poem / Memoir

Jul 19, 2007

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In the west London of the 1960s, there came a menacing presence, the bully with the naive and sentimental heart. Read More

Strange Coldness Perplexing

Short Story / Poetry

Jul 24, 2007

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My Hot/Cold Torment and The Cult of Nowness. Image: 1988?'89?'90? Read More

Outside the Gates of Sultan

Short Story / Memoir

Jul 25, 2007

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A seventies dandy at sea and onshore. Image: 1975? Read More

Born on the Goldhawk Road

Poem / Memoir

Jul 27, 2007

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These first two pieces set the scene for my entire writings Read More

Final Stand of the Advance Guard

Short Story / Poetry

Jul 28, 2007

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The Reveller's Reckoning...and more... Read More

Lost Romance of an Old Pangbournian

Short Story / Humor

Jul 28, 2007

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A romantic young man, in an English south coast town. Read More

Oblivion in Recession

Short Story / Poetry

Aug 05, 2007

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One man's redemption in the early 1990s. Read More

The Toilers of the Thames

Short Story / Memoir

Aug 11, 2007

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Formerly known as "A Dandy in the Land of Blue Denim". Read More

West of the Fields Long Gone

Short Story / Memoir

Aug 16, 2007

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West of the Fields, West of the Fields, Long Gone, Long Gone... Read More

Ice Spoke of the Spells of Calm

Poem / Memoir

Aug 18, 2007

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Three poetic pieces from the heady eighties, and more... Read More

My Future Positively Glittered

Article / Memoir

Aug 18, 2007

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In the late 1970s, a young man's future...positively glittered before him... Read More

Shreds of Nothingness

Poem / Memoir

Aug 23, 2007

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The Memoirs of Carl Halling Read More

The Twilight of an Actor

Short Story / Memoir

Aug 24, 2007

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The Memoirs of Carl Halling Read More

Beyond the Borderlands of Faith

Short Story / Memoir

Sep 04, 2007

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The early days of a new life... Read More

The Trials of a Teetotaller

Short Story / Memoir

Sep 16, 2007

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Teacher, actor, teetotaller...? Read More

Gilded Youth at the Guildhall School (Final Draft)

Short Story / Memoir

Dec 05, 2007

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The Memoirs of Carl Halling Read More

An Innocent in Hamburg

Short Story / Memoir

Apr 04, 2008

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The Memoirs of Carl Halling Read More

The Mystery of Ormonde

Article / Other

Mar 05, 2010

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Aspects of the history of a family Read More

Children of the Brightest Sun

Article / Memoir

Mar 05, 2010

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Chapter Four of "Rescue of a Rock and Roll Child", also known as "West of the Fields Long Gone". Read More

The Leviathan of Glam

Article / Non-Fiction

Mar 05, 2010

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Tales from the Glam and Punk eras Read More

The Coming of the Absaloms

Essay / Non-Fiction

Jul 15, 2010

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The fulcrumic year: 1955. Read More