I had a blast hopping from one blog to the next, participating to great contests and making my own. And then, after the trick and treating, comes the post sugar-rush: picking winners.
You ALL did such a great job, I found myself having a *slight* panic attack as to choose 3 stories that chilled my bones, since they all did. You guys are utterly original, unique, talented writers, and I feel honored you participated to my contest.
1st PLACE: REN WAROM
Glue
I’m standing here. And the rain falls. Gathers in puddles huge enough to drown a house. Swallow it whole. My hair, my clothes, plastered down like they’re glued to me. There’s a hollow ring as the downpour clatters across the top of a corrugated roof. Sounds like gunfire. Like the end of the world.
Lights pierce the shroud of rainfall. They watch me, giant yellow eyes. I hear tyres on gravel, crunching loud as the shatter of bones, and we’re illuminated. The door flies open, Gina stumbles out, mouth wide as a puddle. She runs to me, falls to her knees, arms out. And I hear myself shouting.
‘I tried to make her look right. I tried to fix her. But she wouldn’t stick together.’
2nd PLACE: MILO JAMES FOWLER
Clowns Don’t Really Smile
We
Just
Unhinge
Our slack jaws
And wait for you to
Accidentally make eye contact…
3rd PLACE: LAURI MARTIN
There’s a house like any other house, except for the bear skull hanging above the front door, and the knocker resembling a giant skinned knuckle.
On Halloween we’d skip this house, but one year a pack of us ran to the door. Buck, bolstered by his Superman costume, rang the bell. It sounded like a hornet swarm. I froze. The others ran off.
She’s clever, Mrs. Shyer. Made a wreath out of me. Used paint and shoe polish so my bones look fake. I hang outside year-round now. Sometimes at Christmas she puts a red bell between my teeth.
***A SPECIAL MENTION to JANICE NEWTON and her creepy three entries***
Anne Michaud 