Oct 6: SCREAMING I hate going to the grocery store. It’s the little kids, you see. Their parents wheel them around in the front basket of the cart, their fat little legs sticking out of the holes cut in the plastic. Or they trail along behind them like ghosts. And the crying? Always […]
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Oct 5: MUMMY The plague came from the melting snows. They warned us about anthrax, the Black Death, smallpox varieties. They didn’t warn us about the dead coming back to life. The death metal bands had a heyday. Churches burned. “The end times! The end times!” You couldn’t call them zombies. They didn’t lurch
Still no further word…I’ll update if I find out, but otherwise skip it. Oct 4: SPIDER So I need to write a short horror story on the subject of spiders this morning. The first temptation is always to go for the cheap scare. Boo! To play on people’s typical childhood fears. And then you
I was kindly referred to the Dractober Facebook Group. I’ll see if I can find something more specific than that if they let me join 🙂 You’ll note the difference between the title and the assignment…I didn’t want to deal with copyright issues over the character. The parody song lyrics should be okay, though.
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Caught up to the proper day. Will update with source when I find out. Oct 2: SKELETON Hugh’s limp had recently become worse, and he hated to say something to wreck his nieces’ and nephews’ fun, but he had to sit down. Every bone in his body ached. Everything felt slightly off-true. He needed
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I just found out about this today, so I’m slightly behind, but I’m going to leave the dates as is. I’m trying to track down the source, but so far no luck. Will update when I have it. Update: This list comes from Kirsten Easthope! Oct 1: RAVEN Outside my hotel room window on
The fluorescent lights sound like bug zappers up and down the hallway. Everything smells of chlorine bleach and lemon-pine cleaner, so strong your eyes sting and your taste buds shut down. The floor shifts underfoot. Your husband tells you, jovially, that the constant sensation of feeling the ocean moving underneath you will eventually go away.The
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(A story) Daphne had been kicked out of her friend Nina’s house because Nina got grounded. It happens, you get grounded. Ugh! It was so frustrating! One minute they were playing video games and the next everyone was in tears. In. Tears. It was so unfair, too. None of the parents would believe JUST HOW EVIL
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When I was a boy I lived in England and considered it the most ordinary place in the world. It was America that I was fascinated with, if you can imagine that. I thought that you could find anything in America. Did you know that the Jolly Green Giant lives in America? Most of you
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Welcome to the Containment Facility of The Criminal Currently Known as Mme. Bientot No pictures, film, or sketches of any kind. No Exceptions. No metal, glass, or other shiny objects, including pens and eyeglasses. Do not think of your name, any nicknames or aliases; do not think of the names of your parents, children, or
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