Vance’s First Party

Chel Owens

Little Vance hid behind his mother’s cape.

“What’s wrong, Vance?” his teacher asked. She kneeled, scratched at an ear, and peered at him.

Vance shivered.

“I think he’s shy,” his mother said. “This is his first Halloween party.”

“Owooooh!” the teacher howled. “Perfectly understandable.”  Rising, she said, “Why don’t you pick a scary story from the cauldron, and we’ll read it.”

Vance shuffled forward. He removed a favorite.

“Ah! Attack of the Garlic! Excellent.” Pawing it open, she began reading.

A mummy, ghoul, and another vampire joined Vance on the rug. Maybe this party wouldn’t be so bad, after all.

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Written, tested, tasted for Susanna Leonard Hill’s Halloweensie Contest.

17 thoughts on “Vance’s First Party”

      1. Haha. This is exactly how artists get typecast. I don’t think there is any problem publishing short flash humorous pieces for children, but if you get published and famous doing that, then you’ll lose most of your fan base if you were to write something very serious. But hell, that’s society for you!

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