Saturday, October 16, 2010

Saturday Centus: Trick or Treat

Jenny Matlock



"Trick or treat!" they shouted as the door opened by the exuberance of their earnest knocking. Giggling excitedly, the children rushed forward in search of the tasty treats Mrs. Murphy always gave out each and every Hallow’s Eve. What they encountered, instead, was something so terrifying, so grotesque, that they were stopped dead in their tracks.  Struck dumb by their fright they slowly tried to back out the front door. There was no escape. No one knows what horror these kids witnessed and the unexplained disappearance of Mrs. Murphy and nine neighborhood children remains a complete mystery to this day. 


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This week's prompt for Saturday Centus (a story or poem in 100 words or less) is in orange bold above. For other entries for this weekly meme, please visit Ms. Jenny's blog.

26 comments:

Jackie said...

I know!? it was the evil triangle that sucked everyone in (Ha!just kiddin) Nice try :p

SparkleFarkel said...

Great bump-in-the-night speak! You done BOO!ed me good! LOL! (Poor kiddies.... Um... er... Can I have their candy???)

SparkleFarkle~~~~~*

Judie said...

YEOW! Now, THAT was scary! BRAVO!

Susan Anderson said...

And they all disappeared on All Hallow's Eve...

Nothing like a good Halloween mystery!

=)

Kat said...

Nice and creepy! Leaving the answer to our imaginations was a clever thing to do. Great take on the prompt. Kat

Cheryl said...

You and Tom could have hooked up this week. This one gets right into the spirit of ghouls.

Brian Miller said...

oh heck yeah...this is the great start to a much longer story!

Susannah said...

Oooh creepy!

Anonymous said...

chiller!

Koby said...

I'm such a wimp, a story like this will haunt me for days...where are they? (Good job, even though it was VERY creepy ;-)

Viki said...

Yikes, poor Mrs. Murphy and those kids. Great Halloween ghoulish tale. Good job, I think, LOL.

Teresa said...

How spooky. I want to know more. Great story.

Teresa said...

How spooky. I want to know more. Great story.

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

Oh my gosh!!! The ending is so black and it reads like a quote from the newspaper.

You have a way with words.....

Terra said...

the makings of a way cool book here sister! I just loved it.

Ames said...

Scarey! Ok, now I'm not letting my grands go trick-or-treating without me and poppie!~Ames
P.S. Great use of the prompt!

Deborah said...

Oooh a proper scarey one, brilliant!

Willoughby said...

I'm dying to know what happened! When do we get the rest of the story?

Anonymous said...

Ooh- now I need to know what happened! Well done-

Tgoette said...

Yay! A creepy, scary Halloween tale! How perfect! Great job with this weeks prompt!

noexcuses said...

Loved the story, even with the chilling events!

jeff campbell said...

Ooooh, a Halloween mystery story...very well done...loved it ;-) Peace and blessings

Diane J. said...

ooooh. Creepy. It has the vibe of a campfire tale, cool.

cj Schlottman said...

Creepy seems to be the word for this great centus. Though it's only a regular night, I just got up and made sure my doors are locked!

Wonderful and well written.......cj

Jenny said...

First Tom. Now you!

Where are the sweet little Dorothy's and the kindly Grandmothers handing out Kit Kat bars, I ask you?!?

Nightmares for sure...I am hesitant to read next weeks SC's at night!

Seriously, this was unlike your usual style and not what I expected for your SC, but I was intrigued by your words and impressed by your story here.

Thanks for linking.

Jenny said...

First Tom. Now you!

Where are the sweet little Dorothy's and the kindly Grandmothers handing out Kit Kat bars, I ask you?!?

Nightmares for sure...I am hesitant to read next weeks SC's at night!

Seriously, this was unlike your usual style and not what I expected for your SC, but I was intrigued by your words and impressed by your story here.

Thanks for linking.

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