Entry for the 12th annual Halloweensie contest! (Honorable Mention)
**Update! My story received an honorable mention for spookiest/creepiest entry!
This holiday contest is hosted by Susanna Leonard Hill, and is chockablock with fantastic prizes from a group of generous #kidlit donors. Check them out below!
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Something Wriggling This Way Comes
by Amy Chini
Imagine, child, how great the fright,
When gobbling treats All Hallow’s Night,
A rustling from my candy stash
Pricked up my ear mid-Monster Mash.
Though scared, I crept across the floor,
But child, I wish I hadn’t, for
There in the dish before my eyes,
A something buried tried to rise;
And as it slithered through the sweets,
My heart, it skipped a thousand beats;
Some wrinkling, crinkling apparition
Ravaging my disposition,
Surfacing now, almost through,
My child, I knew not what to do;
When breaking free with one last squirm,
Up popped a gooey gummy worm!
Check out these amazing prize donors!
