The Night Before Halloween Novels & Stories

Halloween!? Halloween is on the last day of October! I got here on my birthday which is March 3rd. ~so I've spent eight months here!? Gabby notices the look on my face. "What's wrong sis? " she questions "It's been 8 months. " I manage to mutter "It's been three years," she replies placing her hand on my shoulder and I get her point. The preparation for Halloween here actually beat my expectations. We were made to make lists of what we want, what we want to give, who we want to dress up as or what we need to make our costumes and so much more.

Not being able to take my eyes off of it, I watch as it slowly sinks into the paper. I look around the room and a thought pops into my head. Speaking out loud, I ask, “Billy, are you there? If you are, please let me know somehow.” I have heard that on Halloween the veil between the worlds is thinnest. Maybe he is trying to contact me and let me know that he is watching over me.

“I understand, I was almost late filling out all these scholarships, then I had to run around and get stamps. My parents wouldn’t give me any of theirs. Then I had to go to the bank to have money orders taken out of my account to send in for the college application fees. All of them have nearly wiped me out.” “Yeah.” Normal world problems just couldn’t make an impact today. “You missed my announcement for the next game.” “Which is?” “It’s Halloween on Friday, so we’re gonna have it in a cemetery.” “I don’t know. Isn’t that illegal?” “This is a decommissioned cemetery. No one goes there anymore. We’re gonna bring sleeping bags, pick up some snacks, game all night, then come back in the mornin

I finally got back to him after giving it some consideration for a while, and I told him: "Yes, I do. However, why do you ask at this hour?" After that, he let out a chuckle and offered his response, "primarily on account of the fact that we are planning to violate one of the guidelines later on tonight. We're going to get it on in the open air, in the middle of the day. In addition to that, I don't care if anyone sees us." My anxiety was through the roof, and I couldn't help but giggle nervously before asking, "what do you mean?" Before saying anything else, Jack reached over and took my hand in his "Let's get some exercise and head to the beach on foot, shall we? Because of how quickly it

I stare at the approaching road as I drive from the center of town back home, and I occasionally sip on a coffee I made and poured into a travel mug, but nothing seems to cure my grogginess. Halloween is around the corner and all the businesses around the lake have decorated their storefronts for the holiday. Webs line windows with giant spiders, skeletons stand at attention to usher customers inside, and the dentist's office has a window painting of three witches around a bubbling cauldron with a written offer to trade in candy at a dollar per pound.

Blue immediately nods his head. “Okay so here is the plan. I am sending ten monsters to attack the Ma Vista’s tomorrow and I need you too...” The next morning is Mayhem all the monsters gather in the backyard as they prepare to hear all the monsters that will be going to the Ma Vista’s today. There is an excited buzz that floats around the yard as they all stand there waiting for me to finally address them. Finally I stand, all the monsters stop whispering to one another and the backyard falls silent.

unstoppable. “We will end her... tonight.”

I added. “Okay then it’s settled, but know you’ll have a thousand guards around you at all times,” he said “Now let’s prepare for the masked party of the season. My daughter’s 24th birthday.” Dad announced as Maya put her hand together in cheers. Tomorrow, they get to see Jessica Hart in the flesh.

I looked at the grave, my voice clear in the cool autumn rain. "If there's a next life, let's not meet again." I turned around, umbrella in hand, and walked away—stepping on fallen leaves, my pace steady and resolute.

After school started back, the excitement turned to the upcoming holiday that all kids and teenagers love, Halloween. The local theater was putting on their annual haunted house but we saw signs that they were short on actors. They had it open on Saturday nights and then on Friday nights that there wasn’t a home football game to compete with.