50 Word Halloween Story Challenge

Hello Everyone, I hope you’re all doing great. Since Nanowrimo is literally just around the corner, I’m trying to get warmed up. I got this idea from two guys that I used to do online gaming with.

I wanted to share a short 50 word story will all of you that I wrote about Halloween. It may seem easy, but crafting a cohesive story in 50 words can be quite a challenge. It makes you really think and you really have to make every word count.

Here’s my 50 word story for the Challenge, and I wanted to see if any of you could come up with something that channels a Halloween theme and spirit in 50 words or less.

Post what you come up with as a comment on my blog. I’d love to have a whole bunch of them. I’ll repost them in a special Halloween blog closer to the end of the month. I’ll credit everyone who submits and try to include a link back to your blog.

So start writing your 50 word stories! It’s great practice and it doesn’t take that long. Oh and one last thing, for this story, I have only counted ‘Jack-O-Lantern’ as one word, although my iOS Pages program counts it as three, go figure.

The Street:

The laughter of children echoes down an otherwise quiet street.

They savor the first bite of chocolate from a generous neighbor, and stray from the darkened porch of others unwelcoming.

Crackling footfalls skipping down a walk littered with leaves to the next porch with a jack-o-lantern this All Hallow’s Eve.