The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 8: Mr. Tricks (Part Two)
Last story of 2022. The last one will always have to be about Halloween. We check in on a recurring character from 2020. (Read Mr....
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The Halloween Project
An annual October blog of original stories inspired by the season.
- Oct 31, 2022
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 7: Horror on the Douro
Abilio, nicknamed “O”, a staff member on the cruise ship, discovered the severed foot in the pool. The Amelia Rodrigues, a beautiful new...
- Oct 28, 2022
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 6: A Writer’s Craft
This serial killer is so obvious, Preston thought. So typical. A stereotype. The black clothes, face mask, gloves. The thick piano...
- Oct 24, 2022
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 5: Silent Snow -The Three Peaks of Lavaredo
Annie hammered her nearly frozen fist on the large metal door, the sound muffled by her climbing glove within her ski mitten. She...
- Oct 18, 2022
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 4: Black Squirrel
I see the black squirrel. I see it sitting there right now. It’s there on the front porch railing. Looking right at me. Right at me! And...
- Oct 16, 2022
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 3: Seeing Through the Dark
Roger didn’t sleep well that first evening it all began. His glance at the bedside clock told him the time exactly. 2:17. He moaned and...
- Oct 12, 2022
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 2: Halloween Calls
“Dude, you can’t do this kind of shit. It’s too crazy. It’s way over the top.” “Relax, Randy, you know it’s all part of the fun. It’s...
- Oct 10, 2022
The Halloween Project 2022 - Story 1: The Farthest Flight
Year Number Six of the Halloween Project. This simple ghost tale is dedicated to my father April 10, 1926 - September 7, 2022 “Hey kid,”...
- Oct 31, 2021
The Halloween Project 2021 - Story 8: Kenoza Kills
So ends Year #5 of the Halloween Project. Not quite ten stories, but many more are squirming around my brain. Kill – (def.) – a body of...
- Oct 31, 2021
The Halloween Project 2021 - Story 7: Hear Me Out
This story is based on a true, existing condition. Did you ever hear something in background noise? A voice? A melodic line? A...,...
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