October Writing Contest

Ah, October. I think we all know what that means. Yup, October 31st. And we all know what happens on October 31st. Nothing special in pretty much everywhere in the world.

But, in some countries they throw all their 'stranger danger' messages to the wind and force their children to dress up in strange outfits, walk the streets at night and accept candy from strangers. And the rest of the world has to suffer through interminable 'halloween' editions of everything there ever was. So, here's yet another Halloween Special!

Who are we to break with tradition? I shall now begin with the mandatory and obnoxious use of puns.

Welcome to the spook-tacular October Writing Contest, boys and ghouls. Witch of you will sweep (sweep, broom, witches, broom, sweep, geddit?) the competition? No ghost writers!

Theme: Halloween/Horror

Style: Short story

Length: 1,000 words

Deadline: 23 October 2009

So before you hang up your pumpkins on the fireplace and prepare the turkey's Princess Leia outfit, whip up a short story and show us what you've got.

Entries PMed to either myself or Gold

Discussion for this contest should take place in the discussion thread.