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