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Category:
Young Adult/Teen
Publisher: Shannon L. Buck
Type: Fiction
Pages: 14
Copyright: October 5, 2016
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
Sometimes a Halloween party isn't what you expect.
Sofi is excited about the Halloween party she and Cal have been invited to, but he seems nrevous. Is he right to be? He's heard some things about a party at the same house last year, and isn't sure they should attend. Sofi blows it off as overreaction, and convinces him to go.
Excerpt
“Are you nervous?” Cal asked his friend as they walked.
“Why should I be nervous?” replied Sofi as they neared the old house. “It's just a Halloween party.”
“Yeah, maybe you're right. But Kim went to this person’s party last year, and she said some weird stuff happened.”
“Like what?” Sofi asked, wondering why Cal would be so nervous about a stupid Halloween party.
“She wouldn't say, but she seemed so scared when I talked to her the day after the party. The strange part is that Kim never gets scared about anything, and she has never talked about what exactly did go on at that party. This was always her favorite time of the year, and now she won't celebrate.”
“She has seemed a little different lately, but I don't think that anything bad could have happened.”
“Well, the Tawny twins went to the same party.” They stopped in front of the house and Cal lowered his voice. He was looking at the door with a worried expression on his face. “We never saw them again.”
“I heard they moved somewhere out west. There's nothing strange about that.”
“Yeah,” he replied, biting his lower lip. “You're probably right, but why didn't they say good-bye?”
*****
The moon was full and eerie, rising over the trees behind the old house. Cal rang the doorbell, and a deep ding-dong sound emanated from within. What a freaky sound. He was still nervous, but didn't want Sofi to know. They stood on the porch, waiting quietly.
Looking around, Sofi said, “Someone did a good job decorating the yard here.” There were pumpkins placed here and there, and the pumpkins on the porch were carved with scary pictures that were glowing with candlelight. A scarecrow was sitting on top of a bale hay, holding a bloody ax. “Those spiders on the cobwebs look real,” she continued, shivering.
“I think they are real,” he replied, scowling. Cal hated spiders, but he didn't want anyone to know.
The door finally swung slowly open, making a creaking sound that reminded Cal of a scene from an old horror movie. “Come in,” they were invited by a deep voice. A Tall man moved aside so they could enter. The man looked like Death. “They are waiting for you in there,” the man told them, pointing to a doorway down the hall.
As they walked toward the door, Sofi said, “I didn't know we were supposed to wear costumes. I thought it was just a dinner party.”
“That's what the invitation said,” Cal replied, thoughtfully. “I wonder why we were the only ones to receive invitations. I don't even know the people who live here.”
“I just figured it was someone from school,” she replied as she opened the door leading to the room they had been directed to. The room seemed empty of people, the only light emanating from the candles on the dining room table. They each took a seat and waited quietly.
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