Halloween Stories by #OurAuthorGang

Happy Halloween

Toi Thomas

The ToiBox of Words

Growing up, my family loved the fall season, but Halloween not so much. Some years we’d observe it and some years we wouldn’t. It just depends on what we had going on. I grew up celebrating Harvest culture. We always decorated with fall colors and put out pumpkins, but we didn’t always dress up or do spooky things, though sometimes we did. One thing I do remember making a personal tradition was watching the DTV Halloween special each year. Even now, as an adult, I can indulge in this nostalgia by conducting a simple YouTube search. The quality isn’t great, but it’s still the best.

Erika M Szabo

http://www.authorerikamszabo.com

The Halloween celebration was totally new to me after I moved to the U.S. as an adult. The six-foot-tall gorilla with a little girl in pink tutu showed up at my door demanding candy, scared me so much that I dropped the candy bowl and slammed the door. I knew about Halloween but I was expecting young children in superhero and fairy costumes, not a scary-hairy gorilla towering over me.

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A few years ago my friend's five-year-old decided to be a witch for Halloween. Her mom went out to the drugstore to buy the facepaint and costume. When she got home, she had found her husband napping on the couch and her daughter had a bright green face and green magic marker in her hand. The little girl was happy to be the green witch for over a week until the marker wore off, but the husband didn't appreciate the long silent treatment.

Growing up, we didn't celebrate Halloween. Hallows Eve was to remember our loved ones, adore their graves with fall flowers and light up the cemetery with candles praying for the departed ones. Watch this short video.

Our Halloween themed stories in October

October 1 Women in Science Fiction – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley by Ruth October 5 What scares you? by Joe October 10 Halloween decoration ideas by Erika October 14 I dare you to write, part 2 by Toi October 19 The Halloween Song by Joe October 23 Paranormal reads for teens by Tricia October 30 Magic and mankind, part 2 by Nicola

October 4 Zombie lore by Rebecca October 9 Full Moon Dare by Erika October 12 Favorite Halloween children's books by Tricia October 13 I dare you to write, part 1 by Erika October 18 Fair folk or deadly monsters by Rebecca October 20 I dare you to write, part 3 by Alan and Sandra

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Joe Bonadonna

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This is a fantastic blog for Halloween! Hats of to Toinette and Erika for some great little tales, and what a splendid idea of adding the links to all Our Author Gang's spooky and Halloween-related blogs. Bravo!

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Tricia Drammeh

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Great post, Toi & Erika! I enjoyed reading your perspective on Halloween. Great compilation of Halloween posts throughout the month, as well!

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Ruth de Jauregui via Google+

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Toi and Erika share Halloween memories on #OurAuthorGang, plus a collection of October posts featuring Halloween topics. Great stuff here!!

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Ruth de Jauregui

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I need a refill of the air in my head, I completely forgot to add something to the post!! My bad!!!

GREAT JOB Toi and Erika!!

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Joe Bonadonna via Google+

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Happy Halloween! #OurAuthorGang today features a couple of cool-spooky short tales by Toinette Thomas​ and Erika M. Szabo​ as well as links to all of Our Author Gang's Halloween-related posts.

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Nikki McDonagh

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Great stories for Halloween! I love dressing up and watching spooky films on this day.

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Toi Thomas via Google+

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Today, #OurAuthorGang shares Halloween and seasonal traditions.

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P. J. Mann

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Nice story, here we do not celebrate Halloween, although there are pubs that organize parties, there is no fuss or trick or treating .We have something similar for easter.

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Erika M Szabo

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Growing up in Hungary we didn't celebrate Halloween either. We had a "dress up in scary costumes" holiday in February to chase Father Winter away and welcome Lady Spri