2011 Halloween Storywriting Contest

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Trullz.

I'm not the type of person to take credit for someone else's work. Whoever really wrote it deserves all the praise. A stroke of genius, that.

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I'm finished! And the deadline is the end of October 31st, so that means I still have 12 hours pretty much before the deadline ...

I'll put the different paragraphs in spoilers: (just bear in mind, if it's not brilliantly scary or I don't use enough dialogue/description, I did try my best at writing scary stories even though they aren't my strong point! XD)

Diseased.

Setting: show

“Bye, see you later!” My mum called after me, as I headed off towards school early in the morning. Halloween – the creepiest day of the year – was approaching. Everyone in my form seemed to be going to trick or treating, but I wasn’t. I was having a sleepover with my friends, we had planned many scary movies, many sweets and we were going to tell each other scary stories. I couldn’t wait until tonight!

Build-Up: show

Nothing me and my friends love more at school is lunch time. Not only did we get to fill our hunger we’d been building up all day, but it was the longest break between lessons of the day. But something felt strange about this one – something abnormal, something of superstition, lurked in the shadows. The biggest mistake of all was when I attempted to climb the tall fence guarding the wood outside the school field. I threw my bag over it and hoisted myself over the same way, taking care not to cut myself on the thin blades of the fence. When I reached the other side, I simply waved to my friends, unaware of the dangers that lay ahead.

Dilemma: show

Not 5 minutes had been until I heard the first shriek. There I was, abandoned in the dark of the trees, and something almost imaginary occurred. I stared up into the sky and trod on a root – and almost immediately, I heard another shriek. I shuddered and ran back to the fence roughly 100m away and out of nowhere, a creature hissed in my ear, and stared into the pupils of my eyes. I screamed so loudly and ran in the opposite direction of the school, tears running down my cheek. I had never been this scared in my whole life, and it was some kind of trick too – it had to be. But not too long after I approached a tunnel going under the ring road, and the street light flickered on and off inside it. I wasn't comfortable with it but I was drawn to it for hiding, there were some strange creatures out there. Some strange shrieking cries echoed through the tunnel. I froze all of a sudden, there was no way I could get my legs to move – they were stuck there. I was so frightened that this was the result. But that was a big mistake. Because I was standing still, one of the creatures appeared on the other side of the tunnel and began to shriek even louder, and before my eyes could deceive me, a whole army of these creatures appeared out of the darkness of the tunnel. They all ran at me with such speed that I had no other choice to turn and run for it in the opposite direction, leaving myself trapped. Before I could prevent what was happening, one of the creatures sunk their teeth into my neck and I was aware of what they were – vampire bats.

Conclusion: show

They had luminous red eyes and sharp daggers for claws – and their teeth were no better than very sharp razor blades. The pain was so great that I let out a blood-curdling scream. They were all at my neck now. But minutes later, the pain died away. I’d stopped screaming, but I’d also realised I didn’t feel myself anymore. A temper and a longing to bite grew inside me. As the vampire bats flew away, I craved to fleeing from my sanity and laying my teeth on anyone I could find. Instead of returning to the school, I stalked back to my house and lay in wait of an answer to the doorbell. My mum, answering the door, questioned why I’d come home so earlier and why I didn’t have my bag with me. The idea of answering tortured my soul and I bit her. I warned my dad to stay away. And even today, though I regret my attack on my mother, I have the boiling hatred of mortality. One day, I’ll remove myself from the dark woods and set my burning eyes … upon my school.

^^ Enjoy and don't get too scared.. Just kidding, it's not that scary

[Karyete]

Alright, I'll try....

Chap.1: OCTOBER 30, 03:24pm
I flung my bag on the floor. Finally. The end of school. The moment we've all been waiting for.
My sister asked how my day was. I replied with a grunt. She eyed me suspiciously.
"That's not your usual grunt..." she teased.
"Get lost." I snarled.
What? It isn't my fault I hate schoo- Oh wait.
Anyway, I went to my room to play video games until dinner. My dad asked EXACTLY what Susie did. Guess how I answered. Obviously my dad wasn't suprised, and he walked to his bedroom for who-knows-what.
And I entered the end of my happiness....

Chap.2: OCTOBER 30, 03:27
School is boring. It really does make you lose your concentration. That's another reason why school sucks. I guess you could say school is the death of me. I pounced on my bed and was going to start my game up, but it wasn't working. I facepalmed, then scanned the sockets. They weren't broken. Then my light started to smoke up and-POP!- it broke. My cupboard door wobbled and fell off, so it didn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out what was gonna happen.
"H-Hu-Hel-llo?" I murmered softly.
It pounced.

Chap.3: OCTOBER 30, 6:09
"Harry, dinner!" Mum shrieked.
I lifted my body up. My hands were freaking caked in blood! I whimpered, stiff as a board. My blue shirt seemed to be blue no more. It was a deep red, the colour of-
"BLOOD!" I gasped.
No prizes for guessing what the rest of me was covered in.
It stared right at me. That...thing! It look like a huge bat mixed with a shark.
It would've been scarier if it wasn't the colour of cat sick.
"You......die!" It spat. And then it bit into my neck. That was all I remembered.

Yeah, yeah, it sucks, but at least I tried. Diary entries FTW.

[Yoshi Boo 118]

DONE. Hope you'll enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing it :3 The indentation differences from Word to Runouw really suck, bit oh well. >.>

Koopa's Final Blow


I’m sick of those damn plumbers ruining everything! No more….NO MORE…

A Goomba had stepped up. “Uh, sire? Maybe we should just give up? I mean, we’ve never succeeded. We’ve failed again and again and ag-” The Goomba had fallen to the floor, a knife lodged deep into its cranium. The Koopa King pulled out the knife he had just used.

“I will make sure no one tries to stop my plans again…and this time I’m stepping up my attacks.”
And in that little castle of his, something was spawning. The plan for the plumbers’ destruction had begun.

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It was midnight in the Mushroom Kingdom. The thunder roared with vigor, and the lightning flashed tremendously. It was pouring buckets of rain. Mario and Luigi, just returning on their way from another adventure, were headed back to Peach’s Castle. While Mario had just come back with minor injuries, Luigi’s were fairly more severe. A particularly nasty wound on his right leg came from the poisonous bite of a Swooper. “Stupid Swooper,” said Luigi. “He gave me this stupid bite AND took my green hat.”

“Don’t worry, bro. When that infection heals and this rain stops, we’ll find and take down that hideous bat,” said Mario.

“Yep, as a team!” Luigi and Mario gave each other a high-five and continued their trip home.

While they were about halfway there, Luigi began staggering.

“Luigi, are you okay? You seem as if you’re in intense pain,” said Mario.

“No…I’m fine. Let’s keep moving,” responded his brother. Suddenly, Luigi fell to his knees. “Agh!”

“Luigi! You’re not okay, let me help you-”

“NO! Listen, brother. I can continue on. Don’t worry about me.”

“I won’t leave you. I mean, look at that wound, it already looks as if it’s infected.” Sure enough, the wound had started festering on its own. Globs of pus had been gushing out of the problem area. “ I can carry you on my shoulders-” But Luigi had stopped listening. A voice rang out in his head.

Luigi…

The voice rang out ominously, as if calling to the green plumber.

Luigi…come over here….Luiiiiiiiiigiii….

The voice had increased in volume. Luigi started to shiver. “Something wrong, Luigi?” Mario asked.

“I s-swear…there’s someone else here…I can h-hear a voice…” Luigi tried to act brave around his brother, but in reality he was the most easily scared person in the Mushroom Kingdom.

“…I can’t hear anything. Just the sound of the pouring rain.”

Luigi…LUIGI…LOOOOIIIIIIIEEEEGEEEE

The noise was deafening to Luigi. He could stand it no longer. “AGH. I can’t take it anymore!” Luigi ran as fast as he could with his damaged leg.

“Luigi, wait!” Mario ran after him. He ran for several minutes, yet he just could not keep up. Even when ill, Luigi was always a fast runner. After about 10 minutes, Mario lost sight of his brother. “Luigi? LUIGI!”

Luigi had gotten closer to the voice. So very close…

Almost there Luigi…just a few more steps…

Luigi tracked the sound to a dimly lit cave with torches. He walked in. “H-h-hello? Who’s…there? He walked into the deepest parts of the cave. Suddenly, the torches went out. “WHA? Who’s doing this?”

He turned around to find the shape of a horrific looking ghost. It let out an ear-piercing shreak.

EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!!!
“WAAAAH! MAAAAAARIIIIIOOOO!!!” Luigi screamed the loudest he had ever screamed. “I gotta…get out of here…” He tried to run. After just a few steps, his infected leg let him go no further. He fell to his knees. “HEEEELP-ACK…” Luigi looked down to find the blade of a machete, cut through from the back of his spine into his heart and out his chest.

“GOODBYE, LUIGI. YOUR SOUL WILL BE BOUND TO HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY!”

Everything flashed in the blink of an eye, and then, darkness.

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Mario had heard the call, loud and clear. He made it to the cave where the yell had originated. “Luigi! I heard your screams and I-oh… my God.”

Luigi had become horribly disfigured. His face had been ripped off right to the bone. His heart appeared to the side, flat and crushed, as if it had been stepped on just for cruelty. His left leg was snapped in half, while his right leg was oozing goo from the infection he had. It had begun to stink. He also noticed a machete laying to the side. “What kind of no-good, low life could have done this?” Throughout the history with his brother, he knew that the only other times Luigi had screamed so loudly was when he had been haunted by Boos…yet he knew it was impossible for a Boo, or any other ghost to have yielded a weapon. “If I ever find out who…” Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something hidden behind one of the cavern’s rocks. On closer inspection he immediately recognized it. “This is a Koopa Shell…” Mario scowled. “Bowser and those damn turtle ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!” He grabbed the Shell and threw it to the ground, smashing it into several pieces. It was then he noticed there had been something concealed within the shell, a note of some sort. He picked it up and read the two simple words:

Turn around.

Mario turned around to find himself face to face with several Dry Bones. Their look was terrifying, as if their one sole mission was to destroy him as brutally as possible. Before they could swipe at him, Mario jumped back. However, he noticed something. One of the Dry Bones had a slight smirk on his face, in a way that made it seem that he had had the satisfaction of causing Mario great pain. Then, it struck him. “You…all of you guys…you KILLED MY BROTHER…I will MURDER YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HIM!” However when he jumped, one of the Dry Bones, having the reflexes of a ninja, suddenly yanked out one of his own bones and threw it at the red plumber, causing him to stumble to the ground.

The same Dry Bones then approached Mario at an uncomfortably close distance. Once again, Mario noticed something, but this time it was a gut feeling. This Dry Bones did not look normal, nor did the other two. He couldn’t pinpoint it, but something was just not right, their appearance made them look almost…fake. Could they…could they have been Koopas who just recently died and became this? No, no. It took years for a Koopa’s Shell and the rest of his skin to completely decompose and become a Dry Bones, and he himself knew it from Professor Gadd’s extensive research. Yet, if this had truly been the one to kill his brother, then why was there a perfectly non-decomposed shell laying nearby? However, he did a double take. The shell looked less real then before; the green coloring almost seemed to be melting away…none of this added up…

Before he could analyze any further, he realized that the Dry Bones that had gotten oh-so close to him had grabbed the bone he had dropped earlier, in preparation for another attack. Mario’s reflexes matched that of the enemy’s, and he quickly grabbed the club-bone before it could strike him. Pulling it out of his grasp, he swung the bone and struck a clean blow to the undead foe’s head. His bones fell apart into one small pile. The other two followed right after him. Mario grabbed the bones of the fallen foe and began tossing them at the others rapidly. The Dry Bones sidestepped them, but eventually Mario got the rhythm of their movements. The next bone he tossed hit one square in the face, and he too collapsed. However, the last one was more cunning, and he kept dodging the bones. Mario reached for another one but ran out. The Bones charged directly at him, but at the last second, Mario bounced up into the air. When he returned to Earth he ran straight for one of the bone piles left behind. Grabbing yet another bone, he flinged it at hit the final Dry Bones before he was able to dodge, and again, another collapse.

“Phew…now that that’s over…?” A rumbling sound began. Mario looked around to find the bone piles shaking. The bones had begun to reassemble back to Dry Bones. “I can’t waste my time fooling around with these guys…I’ve got to get out of here!” He ran as fast as he could for the exit. When he got there, he found something he hadn’t been expecting. “No….NO…”

Lines, groups, entire masses of Dry Bones a mile long had been marching in one direction: Peach’s Castle. “…there’s no way I can warn the princess in time…that group attack was just a distraction…”

“That’s right, fool.”

Before he could turn around, a large hand clasped over Mario’s mouth and nose. He could feel the lack of oxygen in his body and started gagging. After a minute or two, his eyes began closing and he began to blackout. The last thing he heard was an evil chuckle from the strangler. He lost consciousness.

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Mario awoke feeling weakened from earlier to find himself nearly crushed by several iron rings gripped tightly around his arms, pushing them to his waist; this and the fact that they were so heavy prevented him from moving. He turned and was surprised to see his evil nemesis; the Koopa King himself in all his glory. His sly grin disgusted Mario. After a second, his grin turned into a chuckle, the same one he had heard before he lost consciousness. Then it turned into an uncontrollable, wicked laughter that resonated throughout his castle, which Mario figured out was where he was. “What can you possibly find so funny?” he asked.

Bowser flashed another grin before replying, “I just can’t believe it…finally, after all these years…I’ve managed to kill your brother, and am about to kill you and take over the kingdom in one fell swoop! It just makes me happier than I’ve ever been.”

“I won’t let you…” Mario began to feel a little woozy.

“…take over the kingdom? Well I’m afraid there’s no hope. While you were incapacitated a had some help from a friend. I believe you’ve met my pet Swoopy?” Out of nowhere, a Swooper flew in from behind and knocked over Mario’s head before landing calmly on Bowser’s back. Mario was terrified to, but he looked down; sure enough, a large gaping flesh wound appeared around two bite marks on his leg.

But this wasn’t just any Swooper. Mario noticed something on its head, which in actually it could not see because the object was so large.

It was a green hat that bared an “L” symbol in the center. His brother’s.

“Yes…yes, I know you are in disbelief,” Bowser went on, “and I also know that you are too worn out to speak.” Coincidentally, Mario’s lack of energy prevented him from getting a word in edgewise. “My entire plan worked perfectly, from the very start of that first bite to…well, this. After you’re out of the picture, next comes the castle, then the Beanbean Kingdom, then very soon afterwards…the WORLD WILL BE MINE!”

“N-NO! Ugh…” Mario could barely speak. He could feel the poison spreading through his veins.
“Hm-hm, yes…I wonder what to do with the princess? Perhaps I might raise a few more children of my own…but enough of that for now. I can tell you’re almost at the end of the road. I could simply let you pass away painlessly, and that would be that. But…so much grief you’ve caused me…so many plans for conquest that have failed….because of YOU and your BROTHER…I think your punishment will be justified.”

“WAIT…” Mario was so tired, he felt he could die at any moment. “How…the Bones…not right….”
“I see you’ve noticed the uncanny sense that something was different about them? Well, I’m glad you did. Our little chat may have distracted you, but just listen…” Sure enough, when Mario listened, he could hear a faint sound in the background…like the sound of yelling….no….the sound of bloodcurdling screams. “Now…you shall see the truth.” Bowser picked up the plumber with only one hand, and walked in the direction where the screams came from. As he walked down the hallway, they continued to get louder, and louder, and louder. Finally the Koopa King made it to the door at the end, and pushed it straight open.

What Mario saw has sickening. Normal Koopas were willingly standing in a zone where they were grabbed by a crane, and taken to right above a giant pit filled to the brim with a bubbling substance. The unique, atrocious odor let Mario figure out what the liquid was: sulfuric acid. As the crane reached its end, it released, dropping said Koopa into the burning substance. The screams he had heard came from the intense pain they felt from their skin being in contact with the substance. Mario witnessed the a Koopa’s skin dissolving off, followed by the waxy coating of the shell. All the way, the screams continued relentlessly. The process led to a sort of artificial Dry Bones; they had the same exact build as a normal one, yet with a feeling of life still among them.

“Heh. They all do it for me. Such devoted followers…and the mix of life with the feeling of death makes for much stronger subjects. ‘No pain, no gain,’ as they say it.” He chuckled once more. “Now…you’re next.”

Mario tried his hardest to break out of the iron rings, but his weakened state simply wouldn’t allow it. He could feel his heart beating widely from the effects of the poison. All he could wish now was for the poison to kill him before the acid…

Bowser placed him on the zone where the other Koopas waited in line. Now both they and the man-made Dry Bones gathered to see the spectacle, the plumber’s finale. Mario was lifted by the crane, waiting for the inevitable as it slowly made its ascension to the pit. “I’m…so sorry.” Mario said quietly to himself. I let everyone down…the princess…the entire kingdom…and worst of all, I let my own brother down.” A tear fell out of his eye and straight to the ground. The crane made it to its destination. Bowser took out a switch of the manual drop, made just for this occasion. “Ahh…so long, plumber.” The Koopa King slammed his hand onto the switch’s button, releasing the crane. Mario fell into the zest pool below.

The pain he experienced was the worst he ever felt in his entire life. He could feel his body slowly eroding away, first his legs, then his waist, then eventually he was up to his head in acid. The Koopas and Dry Bones stood, laughing at what they saw. Bowser had yet another sneer, knowing that it would be seconds before he perished. Lastly, Mario took his cap off and placed it in front of his face; he did not want Bowser to notice all the tears he had shed from the pain. Then, the plumber was completely immersed in the acidic juices. He had finally succumbed.

“Yes…YES! I’ve FINALLY DONE IT! MY PLAN FOR WORLD CONQUEST SHALL NOW BEGIN!” Bowser laughed, as well as the rest of his troops.

Soon afterward, the King and his army had set out to take over the second wave of their attack, yet it was not necessary, the first wave had done an extraordinary job. Without sufficient protection from the Mario Bros., the castle easily fell to Bowser. He finally had what he had always dreamed of. However, when they first checked for the princess, she was nowhere to be found. A closer inspection in the basement revealed that she had committed suicide by hanging herself on a nearby pipe with a rope. Beside was a note that simply had the phrase, “I will never join you. -Love, Peach”

A meaningless loss, Bowser had decided. He still had control of everything. He lived in total luxury, finally being satisfied with the plumber’s demise. He sat back and simply smiled.

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Ever since, Bowser has sent out his troops all over the world. They still have yet to complete their capture of Earth, but they have invaded. And they have not fallen down, not a single one. They could be anywhere, hiding, waiting for the perfect strike against anyone. Even yourself.

Just make sure that whenever you see a conspicuous note, pick it up and read it. You never know. It might just read:

Turn around.

[Asterocrat]

Since I think this is not over yet, I'm gonna post my story anyway.

Thanks to The Masked One for the inspiration.

Hope you enjoy.

Death Code
Leave secrets hidden...

My name is Tom Isaac Foxhunter. I have done many things in my life, some good, some bad. My name will soon disappear from the face of Earth, death will soon find my home. I want to pass to you my little knowledge.

This is why I'm giving this to the future generations.

MDCTH TDEPHQ IHFBHK PQ WNW XHJN CD JM EZPEHO


~Tom Isaac Foxhunter

November 11, 8:13 PM, a certain location.

This is what Police found next to the body of Henry Fitzgerald, scientifist.He was working for the Police itself, Code Decoding sector. He died of two axe hits in the back. Though, the police, who had to investigate, didn't find any clue. They didn't found anything. Nor the identity of the murderer. It's just like he was killed by a ghost...

The bill was the only thing we found next to the body. Though, we know it's not the murderer who left it here, Henry was aalready working on it since a week now. It was found next to the body of a series of other murders. But no-one ever found the meaning of the code.

But for once someone was close... Henry. They found him dead the next day.

A policer, a wise man, yes, but a bit in the moon sometimes was chosen to take the message safely to the Police station for research. He put everything in a small business case, put his hat on his head, and left the poor man's house under the rain.

The policer headed to the nearest Bus station. The buses being very rare, he knew he had to wait quite a little, he sat, and put his suitcase next to him.

Suddenly, a bus. What passed in the old wise policer's head ? I don't know, but as he run off in the hot and dry inside of the bus, leaving his case with the message on the bench.

The night went quickly.

The streets of the innocent meaningless certain location starts to fill.

A pair of children, even more innocent than the others, maybe around 8 years old (though their age is not important), was heading to the bus station, to go to the primary school.

Being logic enough, you can think of what they'll found there.

"Dude! Look what I've found! The bag of a secret agent!"

"Woaw epic! Let me have a look."

But then the first who talked, a clever kid we have to admit, said:

"No way I've found it first!"

But unfortunately the other one was stronger, and took the suitcase, opened it, and started looking for something interessant. Guess what he found?

"Ohai dude! I've found a secret message!"

"Woah cool! Like pirates!"

The strong kid put the message in his pocket as the school bus was coming, leaving the "secret agent bag" on the bench.

Is it destiny who brought their look on this message only? Destiny who brought the message in the middle of an innocent primary school?

For the day, it became the main attraction. Everybody wanted to have a try and try to find a letter. Even some teachers did. For those who think they are kinda smart, it was a challenge.They noted it on a small paper and then they will think about it home.

"I may also ask my mum", the clever kid said.

Night came once again.

Then the next day.

The strong kid strangely came alone, today. The clever kid wasn't there. Was he sick? Was he skipping school? Who knows.

But he wasn't the only one skipping school. Another couple of kids wasn't there today. Even some teachers... This was quite strange.

But soon after midday, a rumor started. It was said that Mrs McAllister, Maths teacher, has been found dead at home with two axe cuts in the back. Hearing that, some girls screamed, and boys laughed. That's how it works. But no-one actually took it seriously. Though, at the end of the day, everyone had heard of the rumor.

But never mind this minor events. It was tonight that the strong kid, with another friend, would go to his friend's house.

"To do homework" he said to his mother.

"To find out about the code" he said to his friend.

We are in November. Night went quickly.

He and his friend met at the bus station. To make time pass quicker as they were waiting for the bus, the strong kid asked to his friend:

"So yeah, any clue?"

"Well, I think I found out something. We could take the letter before, giving you a L as first letter. But it would give a C as second one" said the friend. "It doesn't fit. I tried in the other way, it gives NE as first letters. It fits more."

"Sure."

"But then the whole word would give: NEDUI. It means nothing."

"Certainly."

"I tried to alternate the letters. It gives LEBUG. Unfortunately it means nothing too, though it's getting close of something."

"Of course."

"What do you thing it could be?"

"Me? I don't know."

Both stopped talking. It is getting to be pretty dark. The bus was still not there. The strong kid continued:

"Wait maybe... LEBUG... If we remove or add one letter from the second set of letters... It makes... LEAVF... It's getting pretty close!"

"LEAVF? Wait if you take the letter before F it makes LEAVE!"

Was it a coincidence they found that quickly?

"LEAVE... It means... We have to alternate... the letters... You take the one before... Then the one after... But after each set of two letters... You continue, but you take two letters before then two letters after... etc... THAT'S IT!"

The strong kid said:

"WE FOUND!"

At the exact moment he shouted that, all the public lights went out. The area was completly silent. The two boys started to panick...

"What's going on?"

The second kid (the one that isn't strong) starts running away in the dark. Then there was a huge scary scream, then nothing anymore.

The strong kid took his pocket light from his pocket, and looked at the message. He started walking as he was decoding it...

"LEAVE... SE... CR... ETS... HI... DD...EN... OR..."

As he continued walking, he found something on the ground. He pointed his pocket light on the ground, and he screamed. His friend was lying on the floor, with two axe cuts in the back, dead. Blood was everywhere. He started running, always trying to decode the message...

"YO...U...WI...LL... BE... IN... DA... NG... ER..."

He stopped, and read again the decoded message.

"LEAVE SECRETS HIDDEN OR YOU WILL BE IN DANGER."

Suddenly, he understood the irony. A crypted message was telling people not to decode it. He understood, all the disparitions, all the missing pupils, McAllister missing, the rumor... He understood everything as Tom Isaac Foxhunter's cold axe pierced the skin from his back.

[Yoshi Boo 118]

So, write a scary story before the end of October 31st. Me and... someone else... will pick the winner. Go!

Also the SWC will have a deadline extended by 4 days just like all the other contests.

TOO LATE. DISQUALIFIED. :3

And I'm not just saying that in hopes of not being overshadowed

Nice story though.

[Asterocrat]

So, write a scary story before the end of October 31st. Me and... someone else... will pick the winner. Go!

Also the SWC will have a deadline extended by 4 days just like all the other contests.

TOO LATE. DISQUALIFIED. :3

And I'm not just saying that in hopes of not being overshadowed

Nice story though.

I was in vacantion, the 31st of November. So I could only post it now.

[Yoshi Boo 118]

Vacation until today? Cause if not, then you should have posted here earlier or PM mod to notify that you weren't going to be able to post the story until you got back. Even then if you knew you weren't going to be here on Halloween you could have notified mod beforehand.

Also thanks for making me type all this on an iPhone :c

[Asterocrat]

Vacation until today? Cause if not, then you should have posted here earlier or PM mod to notify that you weren't going to be able to post the story until you got back.

Ahem.

I would love to join.

Unfortunately I leave tomorrow for vacantion. Too bad, TMO just gave me an epic idea this morning. I really wish it could last a bit after Halloween... Because I will not have Internet for one week, but that doesn't mean I can't work on my story. I can surely have something done in a week.

So... Extended?

[Yoshi Boo 118]

Well then, I guess it's up for MoD decide. Although I doubt he'll be hear to judge the competition anytime soon... :/