The Strangest Halloween

The story below is my entry for the annual Halloweensie contest put on by Susanna Leonard Hill (find it here! ) and this year was my first year participating! It had a few conditions (which I love because it helps reign things in for me) such as stay within 100 words (hence the ‘weensie’ part! :), and I had to use the following three words somewhere throughout: werewolf, fright, and superstition. This one was FUN, friends! I hope you enjoy, “The Strangest Halloween”!

The Strangest Halloween

by Jenn Kim

99 Words

The pumpkins are out.

The lights are all on.

It’s Halloween night,

but everyone’s gone!

Not one single ghost.

No werewolf in sight.

There aren’t even monsters,

to fill kids with fright.

Where are the tricks?

Where are the treats?

Where is the laughter

to hear in the streets?

I miss being scared,

and superstitious.

This night has been strange—

very suspicious.

But then I see them,

a bush filled with eyes

I slowly walk up,

And hear a “SURPRISE!”

I jump and I giggle

When I see my friends

And now I just hope,

this night never ends.