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Monday, October 28, 2019

Susanna Leonard Hill's Halloweensie Writing Contest

It's that time of year again to enter Susanna's Halloweensie writing contest. I have been working on several stories to enter this year. Each entry has to be 100 words or less and include the words cobweb, trick and potion. You can also use other forms of these three words too. It's an interesting and challenging thing to write a story using such a small amount of words. Here are my two entries so far. I will most likely change things a bit before midnight on October 31st. Good luck to all those entering.

Ken



                                                                                 Word Count: 100                    

I WANT MY MUMMY

By Ken Major


“I found this mummy at a tag sale,” said Mom.

“It looks real,” said Max.

Max cleaned cobwebs off it, found a button labeled

“magic potion” and pushed it.

Liquid dripped down the mummy onto the porch.

Max’s friends came over for trick or treating.

A strange kid joined in.

Later on Max saw his sister trick or treating.

“Our mummy’s missing,” said Sarah.

“Where’s the strange kid in the mummy costume?’ asked

Max.

Sarah and Max walked home together.

“The mummy’s back on the porch,” said Sarah.

“Someone left candy near it too.”

“Want some candy?” moaned the mummy.








                                                                        Word Count: 100


TRICK OR TREAT, SPIDER HIDER

By Ken Major


Guess what? Spiders like Halloween too!

I used cobwebs to reach Jordan’s candy bucket.

I hid in there because you can’t beat free rides and candy.

The trick was to beat Jordan to our favorite candy, chocolate.
 
Houses 1-4 didn’t give out chocolate.

Houses 5 and 6 did, but Jordan ate it.

House 7 gave out apples.

House 8 gave out sodas marked “Potion”.

House 9 gave out chocolate-less cupcakes.

House 10 came through with chocolate-covered pretzels.

Long before we reached House 20, I fell asleep, totally full.

I woke up back home surrounded by chocolate candies. What a night! 



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10 comments:

  1. Rachel FunezOctober 30, 2019 at 8:21 AM

    Both stories are fun. I'm a little jealous of the spider who gets all the chocolate. :-)

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    1. Read/Write/RunOctober 30, 2019 at 8:31 PM

      Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your comments, Rachel. Yes, chocolates are a huge motivation for me too.

      Ken

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  2. McMarshallOctober 30, 2019 at 10:15 AM

    I don't want to wake up the next morning to a spider in my candy! Fun stories. Good Luck/

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  3. Read/Write/RunOctober 30, 2019 at 8:33 PM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your comments. I wish you good luck in the contest too.

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  4. Eleanor Ann Peterson-authorOctober 31, 2019 at 5:02 AM

    Wow! Two entries, I loved the I want my Mummy, actually I was expecting a child to be frightened but you fooled me. Congrats!The spider story was fun too hitching a ride to gobble up all the chocolate.

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  5. Read/Write/RunOctober 31, 2019 at 5:09 AM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your comments. Good luck in the contest, Eleanor.

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  6. Gregory E BrayOctober 31, 2019 at 7:59 AM

    Nice work cranking out 2 stories. I barely came up with one. Good luck!

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  7. Read/Write/RunOctober 31, 2019 at 2:17 PM

    Thanks, Greg. Good luck.

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  8. Bonnie KelsoNovember 1, 2019 at 11:17 AM

    Nice job! Good luck with the contest! :)

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  9. Read/Write/RunNovember 1, 2019 at 2:35 PM

    Thanks, Bonnie. Good luck to you too.

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