We spent many days brainstorming, organizing, writing, discussing and editing the following stories. WARNING: DO NOT READ THEM IN A DARK ROOM BY YOURSELF!
Yeti by Toby
One cold night in a snowy cave there was a Yeti. The Yeti had a problem. The Yeti got too cold. He bought a fireplace but the fireplace did not work. Then he bought a furnace but there was no outlet. So he got a coat from the ski lodge. When it was cold, he put his coat on.
Skeleton by Soren
On Halloween night in the monster park, monsters have a celebration. Skeleton saw the celebration so he ran to it but when he got there he could not see anything because his head fell off.
He got to the end of the line. The guard said “Who are you?” Skeleton did not say anything. I saw his head. I said “I found your head”.
I put his head in his hands. He went to the monster park.
The Black Cat by Hana
Deep in the woods at midnight there was a black cat. The black cat lost his witch when she found out she was allergic to cats! Then I came along. I helped him look for a witch.
We looked in the forest, but no witch.
We looked in the haunted house. We found a witch for the black cat. The witch let the black cat fly on her broom.
Voldemort by Colin
One Halloween at Voldemort’s castle, at twilight, Voldemort called me to his room and told me he was a pumpkin. He sent me off to get Ron’s wand to change him back.
I went to the Hogwarts castle. I got Ron’s wand. I used the Expeliarmus spell on him. Ron followed me. I ran fast.
I got back to Voldemort’s castle. I used the Change-a-lot spell and he changed back.
Ghost by Leo
Before the sun came up, in a haunted house the ghost washed her sheet and it shrunk!
The ghost nabbed somebody’s money to buy a new sheet.
Vampire by Kiran
One Halloween night at the Vampire Hotel, it was raining hard. When all vampires were getting ready for bed, some vampires were going trick-or-treating.
When one vampire was trying to turn into a bat, he found he couldn’t fly! He tried to place a spell on flying. He tried to flap his wings.
Then a skeleton and his men showed up. The skeleton and his men made a formula but it didn’t work.
Then a ghost placed a better spell and then the vampire at last could fly. He went trick-or-treating with his friends.
Goblin by Lindsey
One rainy night in a cold dark cave, there was a goblin who had a problem. He lost his slime by taking a bath. Now he couldn’t put slime on people and be scary.
He went to his room to look for slime, but he didn’t find any.
He looked in his basement, but he didn’t find slime.
He looked in the bathroom. He found toilet paper and magazines, but no slime.
He thought about climbing a tree to get sap. When he climbed the tree, he got all sappy and slimy! He was happy.
Goblin by Alexandra
One Halloween night I was trick-or-treating until I saw a graveyard.
I saw a goblin under the bridge. He was weak because he did not like tomato sauce.
I gave him my trick-or-treat candy and he said thank you to me. Then I went to my house and I ate my supper.
The Bat by Carissa
One stormy night in the dark graveyard, there was a bat. The bat had a problem. The problem was the bat lost his wings!
He looked in 108 places. He looked in a food store. He looked in an ice cream store. He looked in a toy store. He looked at the doctor’s office.
Then the bat looked in the costume store. He looked in every aisle. In the last aisle, he found his wings!
Ghost by Charlie
One cold night at the haunted house, a vampire knocked on the door and bit off the ghost’s legs.
The ghost disappeared and said a great big BOO!
The vampire dropped the ghost’s legs and fainted. The ghost got his legs back and jumped for joy!
Jack-o-lantern by Lucy
It was a dark Halloween night at the deserted school. A jack-o-lantern was trying to be scary, but he wasn’t scary because the people didn't carve a scary face!
He tried and he tried to be scary, but he couldn’t. So he went to a witch. The witch used a special kind of potion to turn him scary.
The jack-o-lantern went back to the deserted school and waited for morning. Then he scared everybody!
Ghost by Jenna
At the haunted school on Halloween everyone was in their costumes. People went Trick-or-treating at the haunted school.
At 9 o’clock the ghost of the haunted school wanted to go out, but he couldn’t because he could not float through walls.
Then he saw someone go out the door and he went out the door too.
Lost Four Legs! by Miranda
One cloudy night, down by the black lagoon, was a spider. She lost four of her legs when she was running away from a dog.
She looked in a basement to find her legs. A cat chased her away.
The spider looked in the backyard. She found a bird. The bird carried the spider to her nest to feed her to the baby birds. When the mother flew away, the spider crept out.
Then she looked in one very last place. It was a Halloween store. She found four of her legs!
Mummy by Max
One Halloween night I saw a pyramid. I went inside. It was scary. All of a sudden I heard a scream in the pyramid. I ran for my life. It was a mummy! It seemed it was looking for his sarcophagus. He ran up to me and said “You have my sarcophagus!”
“No I don’t,” I said to the mummy.
I kept running and he followed me again. I went in a room and I saw a gold box. It was the sarcophagus! I gave it to the mummy. The mummy said, “Thank you Max.” Then he gave me a magic rug and I flew home.
Snow Princess by Julia
When it was pitch black in the haunted castle, the Snow Princess lost her crown.
She looked in her bed.
Then she looked on the roof.
Then she looked in the basement
Then she went to Cinderella and asked for her crown. Cinderella found her crown the last time the Snow Princess came to see her. Cinderella gave her back her crown.
Voldemort by William
One rainy night on the Hogwarts Express, Voldemort was casting spells to make the train go up in the air. His plan was to make the train fall but he cast the wrong spell and ghosts came and took his powers away.
Voldemort was mad a Harry Potter because he thought Harry sent the ghosts. But it was not Harry actually.
So Voldemort jumped off the train and tried to catch the ghosts. He caught one of the ghosts and that one had his powers. He took his powers back and made the ghost promise that it wouldn’t take his powers away again.
Zombie by Kai
Last week, in a cold, gray tomb, there was a zombie who could not get out of his grave because he did not eat healthy foods. So he had no muscles.
I walked by and threw a rope down and pulled him up.
Then he went to Mr. Martin because he is a gym teacher. He did pushups on Sunday, jumping jacks on Monday, splits on Tuesday, and stretches on Wednesday.
Next he went to Mrs. Roos because she is in charge of ordering healthy food. He ate peas on Thursday and broccoli on Friday.
Then he grew muscles and now he can get out of his grave by himself.
Zombie by Gillian
One Halloween night a zombie was cleaning his castle. He got tired and was really hungry. He checked his cabinet and there were no more jars of brains left.
At the same time, some children started to go trick-or-treating.
The last house they went to was the zombie’s house. They rang the doorbell. The zombie opened the door and ate them.
Vampire by Emily
No one saw him fly into ghost town at 12 o’clock. The vampire had a problem because he had no fangs.
He asked the dentist for a new pair of fangs. The dentist said, “I do not have fangs that you can take.”
The vampire asked Mrs. Nave. She did not have fangs either.
So the vampire looked in one more place, the candy store. He found his fangs! Now he can drink blood. He is very, very, very, very, very happy!
Werewolf by Brooke
One night there was a werewolf. He couldn’t howl at the moon because it was cloudy. He didn’t know where it was. He was sad.
He went in his castle. Then the clouds went away.
The werewolf went back outside. He found the moon because the clouds went away. He howled at the moon.
Witch by Auveen
When the moon was full, a witch sat in an old haunted castle. The witch forgot her spells.
So she went to the library and asked Mrs. Barr for a spelling book. Mrs. Barr gave her a book of spelling words for kids.
The witch went home and she saw that it was not the spelling book she wanted.
Then she went back to the library. She asked for a book of spells for witches. Then Mrs. Barr gave her the right book.
The witch studied the book and soon she remembered her spells.