Story archives - tag: "halloween"

Halloween

I realized the world had changed from when I was a kid when they not only took all the candy but also the bowl we'd had for 20 years.

tags: halloween candy greed lost innocence [add]

2008-07-08 09:54:34 / Rating: 99 /

forgotten facts

A man and a boy trick-or-treated at my house years ago, and I closed the door on them after I had filled their bags, never knowing that they were my father and my brother.

tags: separation halloween divorce clueless [add]

2008-03-10 10:16:45 / Rating: 219.25 /

fluffy

Answering the door to trick-or-treaters in all her hairless chemo glory, my mother has inspired me more than she could ever imagine.

tags: halloween cancer chemo inspiration mothers daughters [add]

2007-11-09 11:01:52 / Rating: 304.5 /

Wogglebug

My parents thought I was disturbed when I went as a serial killer one year, but it was time the Trix Rabbit learned that no means no.

tags: halloween humor childhood tragedy [add]

2006-10-30 00:20:23 / Rating: 240.5 /

Levontaun

We were having loads of fun with our Halloween pranks until the man with the shotgun told us he was not amused.

tags: halloween [add]

2006-10-27 11:49:45 / Rating: 168 /

PezPyre

Using my $40 lightsaber, I fought with the mini-Darth Maul using my Sith-like mind tricks, and I won his bag of candy.

tags: halloween humor victory darth maul lightsaber candy [add]

2006-10-25 11:03:15 / Rating: 183 /

Ryan

Trick-or-treat bags in hand, we jumped into the woods to dodge the car that tried to hit us.

tags: halloween vehicular assault [add]

2006-10-24 13:28:10 / Rating: 102.5 /