A Halloween Story: Trickery

[Bill Floyd]

Laura grabbed the closest weapon at hand and pressed herself against the wall beside the doorway that led into the main room.  

Footsteps thundered on the hardwood, and then Flythe strode into the kitchen wearing his canvas sack-face all stained with dried blood, holding a knife in his hand that seemed as large and well honed as an industrial tractor's blade.

Theo stood there rooted in place, his face slack with terror, holding the mortar spade in front of him like a pitiful shield.  

"Well, what do we have here, another trick-or-treater?" Flythe said, chuckling darkly, and then Theo swung the  spade and its head flew off and careened harmlessly into the scarecrow's chest.

Flythe moved in on the boy, showing him the knife: "It's reaping season, boy, and this here's my scythe, and there's no treats, no tricks, only what's been sowed."

The scarecrow heard the girl's voice behind him--"Trick this, bitch,"--and turned around just in time to take the full force of the rebar as it smashed into his teeth.      

[Cita]

I have to keep reading.  Fine.  I don't like either one of you, Bill OR Jamie.

[Dorothy Pendleton]

I'm doing the Pavlovian thing with the stories AND the comments.  Fingers drumming.

[Angela]

Thank god.

[bolton carley]

lol, gita.  love that laura's got some fightin' words!  great comment and flythe has a scythe.  of course, he does. great stuff!

[Gita]

@Jamie: less of a baton and more like an Olympic torch.

[Jamie Hogan]

This here's my scythe. And what you did with the mortar spade is only exactly what should have happened with it. And it is absolutely true and right that Laura would strike the first blow. Oh man, it's ON now. Wait, what? Baton? Me?

Oh shit.

[Teresa]

I was speeding through this to get to the next landing.  Damn and ouch.  Rebar in the teeth. 

 

I'm so glad for this series.  Can't wait to see what you boys cook up each day.   

[Paul de Denus]

Rebar in the teeth- gotta hurt and now you've gone and made him mad on top of crazy- I'm getting the popcorn.

[Diana E. Backhouse]

I like the fact that it was the female that landed the first successful blow. Go girl!

[Gita]

First of all, it has gotten to the point that every day I check the new story posts to see if tye next installment has arrived. It's getting Pavlovian.

But oh oh oh Laura struck a blow! YES!!! Finally! Please don't let Jamie write the next one. He always gets the kids in worse trouble.