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Halloweensie 2018 ~ Two Contest Entries

10/27/2018

17 Comments

 
Update: FEARSOME BREW received an honorable mention in the contest,
for Best Descriptive/Mood Piece!

     October is my favorite month. I love the crisp, sunny weather that reminds me of my mid-October wedding day. My older daughter's birthday is this month. And then there's Halloween! This year I will have two silver-clad alien princess to chaperone around the neighborhood. Lucky me!
     And then there's one of my all-time favorite October events...Susanna Leonard Hill's "Halloweensie" contest. This year's teeny tiny writing assignment was to produce a Halloween themed children's story no longer than 100 words, containing the words shiver, cauldron, and howl. I wrote two entries (one in poetry, one in prose)--for double the fun!
FEARSOME BREW
Costumes. Candy. Spooky scene.
Total darkness! Halloween.
 
Firelight? A pointy shadow?
Trick-or-treater peeks on tip-toe…
 
Witches! See them weary-toiling,
steaming cauldron bubble-boiling.
 
What’s inside? A fearsome brew!
Better run, for when they’re through--
POOF! They’ll put a spell on you.
 
Spooky spirits roaming, prowling.
Wild wolf pack hunger-howling.
 
Don’t just stand there stiff with fear.
Scoot-skedaddle out of here!
 
Run now, kid—and do it fast!
Witches’ spell is nearly cast…
 
“Wing of bat and specter’s shiver.
Wart of toad and chicken’s liver.
Kid, become a CANDY GIVER!”
 
Didn’t run? Well, fine and dandy.
Now the witches have your candy.

THE GRUESOME BREW-OFF
Halloween night! The time was right for the annual Gruesome Brew-Off.
Each hopeful witch made a horrible brew.
At last it was Eensie-Weensie’s turn.
With shivering fingers and knees knocking, Eensie-Weensie stood on tip-toe.
Plunk! She dunked onions into her cauldron.
Plink! She tipped toadstools into her cauldron.
Plop! She dropped dragon fruit into her cauldron (fresh from her garden).
Now what would happen?
Grumble-bumble. Blub!
Rumble-tumble. Glub!
Vile vapors rose.
A mushroom cloud puffed.
A fabulous fiery dragon flared up!
And Eensie-Weensie cried, “ENOUGH!”
The crowd howled…
and filled their bowls…
with dragon fruit-and-veggie dinner.
“Eensie-Weensie is our winner!”

17 Comments
Kelly link
10/27/2018 11:02:30 am

Great job, Heather! Fun reads!

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Patricia Nozell
10/27/2018 12:02:39 pm

I'm so impressed that you managed two terrific rhyming entries, Heather! Happy Halloween!

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Nancy Riley link
10/27/2018 06:19:08 pm

Great rhyme. Loved bubble-boiling! Good luck!

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Maria Marshall link
10/27/2018 11:15:00 pm

Wow, a spell to steal candy and a Dragon in a cauldron. Fun stories for Halloween.

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Johnell link
10/28/2018 03:04:35 am

Ha! Tricky witches. And I'm amazed you pulled of two!

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Jennifer Raudenbush
10/28/2018 04:09:19 am

I'm impressed that you wrote TWO fun stories. Good luck!

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janet smart link
10/28/2018 01:20:59 pm

Like me, you've been busy conjuring up two Halloweensie stories. Cute tales and congratulations to Eensie-Weensie!

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Sarah Radny link
10/29/2018 08:23:59 am

Nice framing entries !

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Gregory E. Bray link
10/29/2018 08:50:26 am

So many people came up with multiply entries. Very impressive. Good luck!

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Janet Parkinson Bryce
10/29/2018 09:49:12 am

Very cute! Good luck

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Jilanne Hoffmann
10/29/2018 10:13:04 am

Love your twin stories! Good luck!

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Terry Catasús Jennings link
10/30/2018 02:56:40 pm

Love dragon fruit from her garden!!

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Gabrielle Snyder link
10/30/2018 06:17:00 pm

Two fabulous entries, Heather! I enjoyed them both, but I especially loved the final stanza in your rhymer with those witches casting a candy-stealing spell. Fun!

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Amanda Sincavage link
10/30/2018 08:59:40 pm

I love the parallels in your stories!

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Traci Bold link
11/1/2018 05:56:41 am

Two standout poetic entries! Good luck!

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Susanna Leonard Hill link
11/3/2018 02:17:36 pm

Two super fun entries, Heather! Hard to decide which I like better! The rhyme and meter is nicely done in the first one, with a great ending, and I loved the story in the second one! Thanks for joining in on Halloweensie (and for saying you love it! :) )

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Jean James link
11/3/2018 10:59:56 pm

Two fun stories. I just loved Eensie Weensie. I was thinking iron chef all the way.

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