HALLOWEEN STORIES
(4,400 words)
A family gather round a fire one Halloween, and tell each other scary stories. But when they finish, a disembodied voice voice speaks to them from out of a corner of the room, saying that it didn't think much of the stories. Terrified, they all dash out into the hall, but nothing else happens, and gradually they forget about it.
Next Halloween they decide not to tell stories, recalling what had happened the previous year. But then something unexpected happens which made them change their minds....
© Sarah Thiel
