VSS365 | VERY SHORT STORIES | OCTOBER | AUTUMN | CHALLENGE
3 VSS Stories — October Theme
They came and dropped the temps. They are staying until Halloween. They turn leaves red and make it rain.
They are the grey heart of autumn. They are the spring of decay.
They need to complete the job the 9th left unfinished. They need to finish summer off. (48 words)
Queen Persephone went back to her husband, so her mother started to grieve.
Rot spread upon the land, greenery turned red and brown.
It was like a spring of death, wearing a crumbling red-brown dress.
October arrived, decaying all summer remnants. And it was beautiful. (46 words)
The three little ghosts had only 24 hours. It was enough time to have fun spooking children.
The adults did not believe in ghosts, so they could not see them.
And they preferred to play with children, as they were also children.
But each Samhain fewer children saw them too. (50 words)
3 very shorts stories by Nikolaos Skordilis, based on today’s Twitter #vss365 prompt, which was in homage to Ray Bradbury. Can you write one or more stories up to 50 words with the theme of October, Halloween or autumn?
You do not have to submit them in this pub, link this article or even tag me -though if you do I’ll almost certainly read them, unless I miss the notification- but please make sure VSS365 is one of your five tags.
That way me and everyone who follows the VSS365 tag will be able to find them easily via the main page. Word-counting is also optional. If you find it had to compress your story in 50 words, you may use up to 10 more words.
All my VSS365 super shorts:
And six 20-word Stories by Benighted, inspired by dreams: