Wilaru Chronicles - Volume 3 (The Wilaru Chronicles)

The Wilaru Chronicles

Volume 3

David G. Wilaru, a brief biography:

David G. Wilaru is a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area town of Silicon City which is located north of San Jose, south of San Francisco, east of Los Gatos and west of Milpitas. If you cannot exactly pinpoint Silicon City on the map, just consider it a state-of-mind.

David G. Wilaru’s early employment was in the creative paperwork allocation and re-allocation sector but he always knew that his true calling was to be a Wordsmith. After hisdivorc he pursued his dream of a writing career with a stint drafting product manuals for Godzilla Brothers, Inc., penning the user manuals for such cutting edge Godzilla Brothers’ products as the Delilah Magic Hedge Trimmer and the Trident Electric Fork..

After leaving Godzilla Brother after his unfortunate involvement with Dr. Werner Buick’s Thirty Day Plan and overcome with ennui, Mr. Wilaru founded SCRAP, The Surrender Company Representing All People, a project that, unfortunately, led to his brief confinement in the Feldman-Margolis Memorial Psychiatric Ward where he edited the patient newsletter, Four Soft Walls.

Thereafter Mr. Wilaru accepted a position as a slogan writer with the 1001 Adult Greeting Cards For All Occasions Company of East Los Angeles, Inc. Mr. Wilaru went on to hold a senior public relations position with the Silicon City medical appliances company, BodySpares, Inc. where he directed the marketing effort for the Mirage Artificial Pancreas 690 RG.

After BodySpares’ unfortunate difficulties with the SEC, Mr. Wilaru joined the start-up, Xcitement, Inc., where he designed the marketing campaign for the Xcitement Confidential Advisor (popularly known as “The Brain Box”) and singlehandedly coined the slogan “Get Sane At Warp Speed.” After Xcitement’s sudden bankruptcy, Mr. Wilaru took over as the head of Marketing and Public Relations for Memories-R-Us, Inc. where he directed the advertising strategy for the Dog Box and other Memories-R-Us products.

It was during this high-tech marketing period that Mr. Wilaru wrote his first paperback novel, the moderately successful Grip Melman, Garbage Detective: The Case Of The Hostess In The Can. After the unfortunate litigation generated by the book’s Second Printing Party, Mr. Wilaru obtained a position as a free-lance writer and later as a staff reporter for The American Inquisitor Weekly News Magazine, a post which he still holds today.

A self-described obsessive-compulsive Wordsmith, Mr. Wilaru regularly writes about subjects of topical interest including Gay Marriage, Hollywood Culture, the rapid growth of Amnesiology, the Patriot Act, Middle East Developments, UFO Babies and other matters of broad general appeal.

These articles have been collected under the heading, The Wilaru Chronicles.

This is Volume 2 of the Wilaru Chronicles and contains the following stories:

Shrink Wrapped?

What happens when Silicon City High Tech meets the world of psychiatry? Can the nerds beat the shrinks? Might there possibly be a problem trying to automate psychotherapy?

Shrink Wrapped was published in Analog Magazine, April 1998 issue

Here Comes Little Egypt

The nerds of Silicon City are at it again, this time making the world’s computer safer for nerds, but what about the rest of us? Do we really need a new operating system, especially one called ‘Little Egypt’?

The Man In The Spleen-Colored Suit

Wilaru attends a cocktail party and soon discovers that he’s not as cool and with-it as he might have thought.

Doctor Donald

Wilaru’s computer has suffered a potentially fatal meltdown, but not to worry. Doctor Donald is on the case.

Captain Gizmo

Wilaru visits one of Hollywood’s most enduring TV series, Captain Gizmo. No doubt a little bit of solid wordsmithing can do wonders for the ratings.

Approximate total, 11,500 words

Copyright David Alexander writing as David Wilaru 2009