The Scariest Thing!

Here is my entry for Susanna Leonard Hill's 8th Annual Halloweensie Contest. The rules are that the story must be for children (12 and under), and has to be 100 words or less. It must include the words shiver, cauldron, and howl. Of  course, it must be Halloween themed. Enjoy mine and then go to Susanna's website and read all the other entries! Or join in the fun. You have until Halloween at midnight to post your own Halloweensie story!

The Scariest Thing!
(91 words)

My mom is a witch.

She cackles and screeches

And stirs her black cauldron.

She doesn't scare me.

My dad is a werewolf.

He is covered in hair

And he howls at the moon.

He doesn't scare me.

My sister is a ghost.

She shrieks in the night

And wanders through walls.

She doesn't scare me.

My brother is a bat.

He has sharp pointy teeth

And a terrible bite.

He doesn't scare me.

My teacher is human.

She makes my spine shiver.

 'Cause she can give homework,

On Halloween night!

Halloween fun

Having worked with Adobe Illustrator since it was version 1.0 I do a lot of doodling in this very popular vector artwork application. During Drawlloween 2015 I drew these two weirdos for the "candy" prompt.

And just the other day, one of my favorite artists, @scaredofbees posted a weird little candy corn character which got my brain on the candy corn train of thought. Thinking about how weird candy corn is got me thinking about what is weirder than candy corn, and I came up with the following list.

Since the idea made me think of the work of another one of my favorite artists @tomguald I attempted to copy the format of some of his cartoons, as a sort of tribute.

Happy Halloween! And let me know which of the weirdos above is your favorite.