Spooktober 2024 Novels & Stories

"I will kill all the members of your family if you do not offer yourself to me. I will bring you to the situation when you will intentionally come to me and plead to save your family members by offering yourself to me." Amara walked helpless towards the haunted mansion. She felt numb and lifeless for the happenings around her. The words of the sage begin to ring in her ears. "It will be the dark night without the moon, the onset of heavy storm and the shrill howls of dogs. There will be an unfathomable clamor present in the atmosphere, the unwelcoming cries of the eagles and the uproar of tumult yowls from everywhere around will be the indication to alert you it was the one and only day in y

“Why, Ms. Thalia?” In a wave of her hand, the chains in Dorrien Ronan’s hand now plummeted onto the floor. “There is always a right timing for everything.” *** Finally, Samhain has come. October 31 and it was the hallowed day for the creatures of the night. The Hunter’s Moon was vibrantly glowing on Halloween Night—Samhain for vampires and werewolves, and even for the Blood Witches also known as the Heathens. Rozelyn managed to recover soon from that heart-stopping situation days ago; less than a day, to be frank.

Too fucking bizarre to even contemplate, to even have been real. Still, it was funny, how the thin giant’s head didn’t seem nearly as large and monstrous tonight as it had when they were younger. There were other Halloween decorations on display along Brazier Drive, amid these sleeping Houses of the Holy. Richard noticed some window-cling mummies, and a bedsheet ghost in the trees. An autumn-harvest scarecrow with a pair of dullish orange pumpkins (whose fleshy insides must be turning to stringy, seeded mush with the warm September days) sat on the porch stoop next door.

We put out pumpkins and ghost decorations for Halloween, and cornucopias and turkeys for Thanksgiving, and in turn, they close their shops early and keep a quieter pace during the Somber Howl and stay up all night, telling stories of ancestors from long-ago during the Winter Solstice. “Then you can carry them to bed later.” I say with a chuckle as I put my head back down on my forearms that are still resting on my desk. Zella reaches over and begins running her fingers through my brown, curly, mess of hair. “So what happens next?” She asks. I know she’s both thinking about the safety of the pack and my own exhaustion level.

I replied with a friendly sneer before leaving Gar. After roughly a long day of lessons and some tests and some pop quizzes in between, Mr. Glyn was ready to give us the day’s send-off message. Halloween is coming up tomorrow and I guess the school authorities are thinking of going bigger than ever this year. Not like it really puts me up in a frenzy or anything but still, I’m tired of having the same old Halloween every year. “….so like I was saying class, as you all know, tomorrow is the thirty-first day of this month of October and you all know what that means…..” said Mr. Glyn with a face that made me think that he was expecting an answer from me.

I replied with a friendly sneer before leaving Gar. After roughly a long day of lessons and some tests and some pop quizzes in between, Mr. Glyn was ready to give us the day’s send-off message. Halloween is coming up tomorrow and I guess the school authorities are thinking of going bigger than ever this year. Not like it really puts me up in a frenzy or anything but still, I’m tired of having the same old Halloween every year. “….so like I was saying class, as you all know, tomorrow is the thirty-first day of this month of October and you all know what that means…..” said Mr. Glyn with a face that made me think that he was expecting an answer from me.

her eye widen as she looks at me and Cynthia, "when is the moon fesitval anyway?" I giggle, "I believe it's in October, so we've missed it this year, perhaps we should do both, I'll talk to Braddock about it. Now back to this, I want to decorate every tree outside the houses of every member of the pack, no one should not have a tree and since we live in the forest that shouldn't be an issue. I don't want any cut down and brought into a home, that's just not what this is about. We can make wreaths for every door, oh the children, I'm sure they would be excited to help." They look at each other with worried expressions, "what?, tell me what am I doing wrong this time?"

LUNA POV After one hour and the 20-minutes trip from Astoria, we finally arrived at St. Helen's town. The place gives a sparse suburban feel and most houses are beautiful. We passed by some bars, coffee shops, and parks. I remember this place. This was the place Elli mentioned before. She told me that this place celebrates Halloween for the entire month of October. I planned to go with her before but I wasn't able to do that because my brother don't want me to.

I found his humor comforting and a bit of a relief from my anxiety. We visited a Halloween exhibition at the Botanica Gardens in the city center. Tenants were busy setting up their booths. They were filled with various spooky-themed products: candy stands, clothing stands, hat stands, accessories stands, uniquely flavored drinks stands, snacks stands, and even a tok figure stand. The spooky Halloween atmosphere was complemented by the warmth of the falling maple leaves. My eyes were spared by the orange and black, with no flashy colors. It would have been more striking at night because the lights installed behind the pumpkins' eyes and other ornaments would have dispelled the darkness.

) understand Whitey’s need to be close to Maria tonight? Whitey sat down on the cot, knees popping, his lower back aching. Didn’t matter what they thought. He’d decided to spend October by Maria’s side here at the cemetery, and he had. Only one more night left. Tonight, All Hallow’s Eve. Dia de los Muertos. Day of the Dead. Technically it fell on November 2nd, but after they’d gotten married, Maria had insisted on celebrating it Halloween night. To her, it felt right to celebrate Dia de los Muertos the same night the whole town armed their porches with grinning Jack o’ Lanterns while costumed youth patrolled the streets.