It’s that time of year – time for the Halloweensie Contest organized and run by the generous Susanna Leonard Hill!!!
Here’s how it works – to enter you must write a kid-friendly Halloween story in 100 words or less, and you must use the three words chosen by Susanna. This year the words are: shiver, cauldron, and howl.
For the full list of rules click here.
If you didn’t enter, I still encourage you to check out the entrants. They’re short, fun, and have never before been seen by human eyes! (Click here to read the other stories.)
Here is my entry:
WITCHES’ BREW
(99 words)
The witches convened
in a clearing each fall,
to conjure the trickiest
spell of them all.
They gathered up bats
and black cats
and an owl.
Then sprinkled in shivers
and shrieks
and a howl.
The cauldron grew bubbly,
all spicy and hot,
creating a vapor
that rose from the pot.
The witches fell silent.
Their pointy ears perked
each anxious to hear
if the witches’ brew worked.
Then over the clearing,
came rollicking noise.
Ding-dong.
“Trick or treat!”
sang the sweet girls and boys.
The witches, they cackled.
They’d done their job well,
successfully casting
The Halloween Spell.
(Update: I came in 5th!)
(Click here for last year’s story – 2017 Halloweensie Contest)
What a fun story, Kelly! And you did a terrific job with your meter and rhyme! I love that the witches had to cast Halloween! Thanks for joining in the fun!
Thanks Susanna! And thanks for running Halloweensie! It’s so fun to write and read these stories.
Oh I just loved this Halloween story. So glad the spell worked!
Thank you! Happy Halloween!
I picture this as a picture book. Delightful poetic story with fantastic rhythm and rhyme.
Wow, thank you!
This could totally be a Halloween book! I’d buy it!!!! 😘
Happy Halloween, Rebekah!
This reads aloud beautifully, Kelly! It sets a perfect Halloween mood, and the ending is spooktacularly clever!
Thanks so much, Gabi!
Fantastic! I think you need to work on a Halloween children’s book!
Thanks, Kirsten! Maybe I will 🙂