Halloween Writing Prompts

A little late for Halloween but still close enough that I can justify sharing these. 🙂

★ Sugar Coated

A group of kids participate in trick-or-treating around their block. They stop off at an odd house of an elderly woman who just moved in recently (I think you know where this is going…). She gives them each a different candy bar. After Halloween, the candies mix with the kid’s other candy. They didn’t know something was off about them until a member of their group ate one, and woke up breathing fire and with scaly wings the next day. Shortly thereafter, another kid contacted the others to report a weird golden aura surrounding them and that they think they were growing… feathered wings? What on earth was going on?

★ Grandpa’s Crypt

A group of teens on Halloween visit on of the kid’s grandpa’s crypt, hoping to scare each other silly with ghost stories and made-up noises. But the night takes a dark turn when the door of the crypt swings shut. And their adventure begins. You see, the grandfather, unbeknownst to teens, was a little eccentric, but rich. He desired to be buried with his riches, much like the Egyptians, but, unlike the Egyptians, he also wanted to be buried in an underground maze rigged with a network of traps.

★ The Magic Mask Shop

A new mask shop comes to town every Halloween. It suddenly shows up and then goes away. But this year, they are selling some very special masks. They appear to be masquerade masks but, they not only hide the wearer’s face but transform them entirely.

★ Rest in Reese’s Pieces

A kid, on the night of Halloween, hears the doorbell ring. He opens to find a tall man standing at the door with a black cloak, skull face, and a large scythe. The child, assuming him to be a trick-or-treater, is impressed with the costume and says as such, before giving the reaper a big handful of Reese’s Cups. Luckily, the Reaper was a sucker for chocolate, and disappeared. The next morning, the child wakes with a gift from the reaper at the foot of his bed….

★ Spell Bound

The night of Halloween, you run into a woman on the street. She looks very sad, and her costume intricate, with burn marks along her skirt. You kindly ask her if she was alright and if she’d like a lift or anything. She replies she doesn’t want much; just a single licorice. You kindly oblige, giving her every licorice you can find in your trick-or-treat stash. She seems to brighten up at this, and disappears. Unbeknownst to you, there was a witch burning in that part of town, and you had just met the witch who was victim of this. But she seemed to like you well enough and appreciate the candy, so it should be no surprise to you when you find a giant, leather book in your trick-or treat sack labeled “Spells”.