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For the contest, writers create a 200 word fall story or poem, inspired by a fall image (provided).
Thanks for reading my entry and best of luck to all participating this year!
Halloween- Photo Credit: Samantha Hurley / Burst
Pumpkin Guts: An Ode to Mary Shelley
200 Words
“Aw, Frank, thanks for helping me find a pumpkin this year,” says Wally Werewolf.
I shrug.
Being Frankenstein is hard when you hate Halloween.
Dark nights are scary.
I always miss Mary. (Especially her stories!)
And icky-sticky pumpkin goo? EW.
“I’m only carrying the pumpkin. YOU carve.” I remind Wally.
We scour the pumpkin patch.
“Ooooh! See that one?” Wally shouts.
Squeak!
“Yikes! Did you hear that?” I hiss. “Let’s go. It’s getting dark.”
I clomp closer to Wally.
“Hey Frankenstein, if you help carve this year, this pumpkin will win the ghoul school’s jack-o-lantern contest.”
I shudder but nod.
“Anything to escape the dark!” I yelp.
Wally laughs as we scramble to our lair.
“I’ll cut the top,” he says. “Then, we SCOOP!”
I squinch my eyes…lift the top…
EEK! The pumpkin guts are moving!
“It’s ALIVE!” I shout.
Squeak! A fluffball leaps into my hand.
“It’s a—mouse.” says Wally.
“Ahhh!” I shriek.
My hand is shaky, but the mouse curls up.
Hmm. I prefer napping on Halloween too. Maybe she wants a bedtime story.
I pat her head.
“A new friend!” says Wally. “What will you name her?”
I smile.
“Mary. May her stories live forever.”
Squeak!
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