A Halloween Story: Hallowed

[Jamie Hogan]

They stole around the back of the clubhouse and Burke fished through the weeds until he found a piece of brick about the size of tennis ball and jammed it in the center pocket of his hoodie. 

On the deck they passed the Henderson kid in the hot tub, lolling in the water like pork for a stew, empty socket and muscle fiber and bone and Theo gave an "Aw hayul naw" and had nearly made the steps heading down before Lauren snatched him backward by the collar, "Burke's brother is in there and we are going in to get him and that includes your chicken ass."

The pumpkin light swirled in the house and they could hear a man's voice through the thin glass of the windows and french doors, and they looked at one another with that big-eyed look kids get when they know shit is real. Then Burke went to one of the french doors and pushed it open two inches and they crowded the opening and listened to the rantings of a beast.

"...I mean it's in the Lord's prayer, for fuck sake - 'HALLOWED be thy name' - and to hallow is to make holy or sacred, not to dress up, use fake blood and masks or these days for girls put on any really damn slutty thing and their parents can't say anything because it's just a costume daddy, chill out. Well son in this house we will honor all hallows eve, we will make holy and we will sanctify..."

[Cita]

I don't like this.  But then... I don't want to stop reading...

[Robert Crisman]

At the end there, I had a revenge fantasy kick in that included rotwiellers and videotape.

[Diana E. Backhouse]

I echo everything that has been said by the others.

[Paul de Denus]

I'm with Theo on this one with  'includes your/my chicken ass'- time to run people.

[Angela]

"it's in the Lord's prayer for fuck sake" was a welcome little bit of humor.  Please don't let anything happen to little Theo.

[Gita]

"Aw hayul naw" had me backing away, too. Oh man this is some creepy shit.  There is nothing worse than a religious nutjob who does horrible things in the name of scripture.  Get me outta here!