Once Upon a Hallow's Eve

"Stories often begin with 'Once upon a time,' or 'Once there was—' charming lines that imply a fairy tale. Our story starts with wolves in the woods, and—by degrees—gets worse.

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"This tale, as you can imagine, is not the charming sort."

A young girl, with a hopeless wish, a Dark King with a candle for a heart, a single Hallow's Eve night to spin the brightest of magics. "Once Upon a Hallow's Eve," a short story and original Halloween fairy tale, travels to the court of Dark Shadows and back again on a bewitching journey across a most unusual Halloween night.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 14 pages

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