"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:
I know!? it was the evil triangle that sucked everyone in (Ha!just kiddin) Nice try :p
Great bump-in-the-night speak! You done BOO!ed me good! LOL! (Poor kiddies.... Um... er... Can I have their candy???)
SparkleFarkle~~~~~*
YEOW! Now, THAT was scary! BRAVO!
And they all disappeared on All Hallow's Eve...
Nothing like a good Halloween mystery!
=)
Nice and creepy! Leaving the answer to our imaginations was a clever thing to do. Great take on the prompt. Kat
You and Tom could have hooked up this week. This one gets right into the spirit of ghouls.
oh heck yeah...this is the great start to a much longer story!
Oooh creepy!
chiller!
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 ;-)
Yikes, poor Mrs. Murphy and those kids. Great Halloween ghoulish tale. Good job, I think, LOL.
How spooky. I want to know more. Great story.
How spooky. I want to know more. Great story.
Oh my gosh!!! The ending is so black and it reads like a quote from the newspaper.
You have a way with words.....
the makings of a way cool book here sister! I just loved it.
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!
Oooh a proper scarey one, brilliant!
I'm dying to know what happened! When do we get the rest of the story?
Ooh- now I need to know what happened! Well done-
Yay! A creepy, scary Halloween tale! How perfect! Great job with this weeks prompt!
Loved the story, even with the chilling events!
Ooooh, a Halloween mystery story...very well done...loved it ;-) Peace and blessings
ooooh. Creepy. It has the vibe of a campfire tale, cool.
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
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.
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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