Halloween Night.

Leaves scrambled through the front door to join a litter of glass from the shattered TV screen. Drops of smashed pumpkin dripped from the wall, I was terrified!

The creature the children had called, watched the blaze on the fireplace. The thing was tall, emaciated, with enormous, crimson eyes. It clicked its small pointed teeth together. Over the fire rested the spirit board through which it had passed, now burnt and curled beyond sight. Lifting a chocolate to its lips, it bit down and gazed into the flames, wondering how it would ever get home again.

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