Halloween Writing Contest 2023 Novels & Stories

HALLOWEEN CAME just as quickly as everyone anticipated it and the Halloween Party was already moving in full speed ahead at Nora and Max's school. There was an activity assigned to a few nominated kids to make the event even more entertaining and each group with the highest attendance votes by other kids stood a chance of winning a prize. Therefore, Nora, the team leader of the "Scary Story Booth" was doing everything in her power to make her temporary occupation strive along with her team members: Max, Ethan, Laura, and a few other kids from the first grade who were handing out candies as she narrated the story.

OSTARA’S POV The week passed like a soft blur. The Halloween flavor competition had taken over Harvest Bloom. Someone had drawn a scoreboard on the break room wall. Every morning, new sticky notes appeared with flavor names that ranged from brilliant to borderline absurd. “Caramel Blood Moon.” “Pumpkin Praline Panic.” “Ghoulberry Crunch.” By Thursday, Sabrina’s absence still felt strange, but the team’s excitement had a way of filling the gaps she’d left.

“We need to know the theme. If it’s crowded and we don’t match the vibe, we won’t blend in.” “I’ll text Mateo,” Haley said quickly. “He can check the flyers or the event site.” Jasmine kept going. “We’ll need masks. Full face. Nothing memorable. And something that lets us carry bags without looking suspicious.” “Like trick-or-treat bags,” I said. “Or props,” she replied. “Cauldrons, candy sacks—whatever fits the theme.” Haley’s phone dinged. “It’s called Underworld Night. Some kind of Greek mythology thing.”

With the bright light that strayed Into the darkened place Slowly, I stepped into space Of glorious gist It was a sight to see For roots came down From the height over my head The flowers too seemed To have capped the lines of the muddy horizon It was funny because the sky was brown and not blue Still a beautiful hue And I saw more people dressed in their best Walking out of their hide It was a delight To finally Not be alone in the case That offered no chase From a sibling And no embrace from the family That I missed, I set aside my sorrow And swayed with the music That tuned in the night of Halloween As the clock strikes Thirteen Everyone cheered in mirth They voiced together Loud synch of

I glanced at both of them — Kent tense and evasive, Holly hollowed out and dazed — then began explaining calmly. “Today was Halloween. The kindergarten planned a trip to the amusement park. Our class unanimously chose to visit the haunted house, and all the parents agreed beforehand. “This morning, Tommy did request leave, saying he couldn’t come. But in the afternoon, Mr. Spark brought him to the kindergarten, saying he had a date and it wasn’t convenient to bring Tommy along.” The moment I said that, Kent’s shoulders jerked and he lowered his head in panic. Beside him, Holly looked up in utter disbelief.

All I have to do is ignore them, and I'll be fine. -------------------------------- "I really hate being in the library." Hilary complained. They were sent to the library to research about the history of their town through old newspaper articles. "Shut up, and help us. Come on." Henry, her twin brother said. "Hey, guys. Look at this." Xavier found a news article dated thirty years ago." Xavier announced. Everyone gathered around him, except for Landon. "Young boy found dead at the boy's locker room?" Olga read title of the headline.

After dinner, the three of them left the house and began walking in the direction of the high street. Jill had suggested that it would be better to look for clues in a saturated place like this. Few blocks away, they saw a huge gathering in front of a house where a party was in full swing. They decided to sneaks in and crash the party where a huge group of children were celebrating Halloween.

The Halloween party was not a part of our yearly celebration but Kate talked about it and convinced me to hold the celebration she reasoned that since the hunting was done by those that have wolves and have shifted and the after party was usually held later at night and the kids could not attend that it would be nice to hold an inclusive event and everyone could attend. I liked her idea and discussed it with my beta and they too bought in on the idea. Kate had also not gotten her wolf and I felt that was the least I could do to make her feel more at home with us. This year's Halloween fell on the day of the full moon festival and we could not have the two events on the same day. We has to ei

I tilted the cover just enough to give them a glimpse. “A witch!” “There’s a kitty!” “Is it about ghosts?” The children scrambled off the adults’ laps and crowded closer. “Halloween is almost here. So today, I’m going to read you a story called *The Wonders of Halloween*.” The children eagerly began telling me about the Halloween decorations they had made at school. Before I knew it, even more of them had gathered around me. “Rin was a girl who was afraid of ghosts and the dark. That was why she could not understand why everyone else wanted to turn into ghosts—”

Ellie asked, a memory on the cusp of her thoughts as she tried to focus on why it was familiar. "Yeah, you know how you said you saw a Fate with a long, flowing red dress at the Feast of the Fates? Well, the Feast of the Fates supposedly ends at Halloween, it's the culmination of all of the Fates celebrating another year of their people. The mother of the fates is the woman in the red dress. That's why it's a red moon, the moon becomes a reflection of the mother and when the feast ends, the fates decide how the next year will go. So, big changes always happen at Halloween," Sam said as she glanced behind her to make sure Ellie had heard her explanation.