Boring! We want a story that will scare the pants off us!
Adam looked at the ten-year-olds around him. A wicked smile lit up his features. He dropped his voice to a subdued whisper, Oh, you want a story with a real ghost who walked among us?
Shivering, they nodded.
She was cutting up the pumpkin that night when a sudden movement caught her eye. That’s odd! She hadn’t lit the candles yet. As she leaned in to check, the pumpkin shook violently and exploded in her face, splattering her with yellow paste! Two frightened rodents scampered into the darkness.
©Shailaja V
Word count:100
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This is written in response to the theme prompt
‘The pumpkin exploded ‘
for Drabble Week over at
Marathon Bloggers
Today is Day 2
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i would be scared too if that happened!!
Yeah, right? Spooky 😉
Wow! I didn’t know you created all the prompts!! Lovely. Very interesting ones I must say 🙂
Ha ha ha. I doubt everyone shares your opinion 😉
oh, that was scary! Nicely done as usual 🙂
He he he.. thank you 🙂
O wow….even i was taken aback for a second… the power of words 🙂 🙂
Aww, thank you! Welcome to my blog <3 Look around some more 😀
Thrilling the Shailaja signature:)
Hey Thanks Vishal!
It’s scary! Another creative piece! Keep it up! 🙂
Thank you very much, Umang! 🙂
Ooh! That would surely scare anybody! A good one for the prompt, Shailaja. BTW, a very creative and imaginative prompt! 🙂
Thanks Shilpa. I came up with all the prompts for this challenge 🙂