TRICK OR TREAT!

Below is my entry for Susanna Leonard Hill’s Halloweensie 2022 Contest, for which I won 5th Place!

The challenge was to write a Halloween themed story 100 words or less, including some form of the words: slither, scare, treat.

Check out the details and awesome entries here.

THE SWEETEST TREAT

by Christina Shawn    

83 words                    

It’s Halloween! Come one and all!

Slither, scurry, climb and crawl -

gather round the bright full moon.

Children will be coming soon.

As they swarm the darkened streets,

calling out their “Trick or Treats!”

we’ll lurk nearby, our eyes aglow,

making sure our tails don’t show.

Once they’re candy-full and sleepy -

numbed to all that’s scary, creepy -

leap out from our hiding place

and lick the children – just a taste.

The sweetest tasting child will be

the one we eat on Halloween!