Abigail Donaldson

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“Halloween Horror” by Abigail Donaldson

Submitted to Contest #221

Joe was a ghost. If you want specifics, he was a poltergeist, but no one ever knew what that was, so, y'know, he just self-identified as a ghost. And he was anxious, because Halloween was coming up, and he had no plans. He debated scaring kids and stealing candy, but then again, he couldn't eat. He had started making a cursed VHS tape, but, heck it, who even had a VHS player nowadays? He even scripted spooky phone calls, but they had no effect, in a day and age where people hung up when they saw an unknown number. There was simply nothing Jo...

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I am exited to delve into short story writing, which, unpopular opinion, is easier then novel writing, because you can get the skeleton down in 10 minutes if you put your mind to it!