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25 Word Halloween Horror Story Contest 2018

25 Word Halloween Horror Story Contest 2018

Welcome to our 25 Word Halloween Horror Contest 2018.  You know how much we love Halloween and horror, so this is one of our big contests. This contest is for bragging rights only. We will announce the top 3 winners on Halloween night 2018. Honestly, it just wouldn’t be Halloween without a 25 word story contest.

The rules are very simple:

  • 25 Words or less
  • Post in the comments
  • Deadline is October 28, 2018
  • Enter as many times as you like.
  • Must be scary, clever, awesome….best story wins
  • Must be unpublished original stories

We look forward to these every year. Please have fun. Be nice, and I hope your story wins.

Please leave your stories below, DO NOT EMAIL THEM. Good luck, leave your stories below.

 

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  1. Oddtree says

    December 29, 2018 at 10:16 pm

    “Come play,” they said from the drain. “I see you.” I get close to the drain. Two long fingers poke through the drain. “Come closer.

    (I know it’s past Halloween.)

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  2. Every Writer says

    November 8, 2018 at 7:38 am

    Hello, I am taking a short break from EWR until 11/11/18 (traveling). The winners of all contests were posted on our Twitter, in the movie chat, and sent through our newsletter! Please follow us on Twitter and sign up for the newsletter. The Christmas rush will kick off this weekend. More information is coming.

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    • Tracey Brown says

      November 20, 2018 at 6:40 am

      Hi, EW. I won the 25-word contest but I don’t know with which story! Please let me know so I can pop it on my writer’s stuff. Thanks!

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    • Tracey Brown says

      December 15, 2018 at 10:59 am

      Hi. Still don’t know which one of my stories won!

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  3. Tracey Brown says

    November 8, 2018 at 2:42 am

    Hello! Apparently, I won this, but I haven’t been told with which story…

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  4. Gregory C says

    October 28, 2018 at 7:27 pm

    Bloody footprints in snow. Two fingers missing from my left hand. My baby girl dead in my arms. Where had it all gone wrong?

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  5. Michelle H. says

    October 28, 2018 at 5:58 pm

    All Hallows Eve, honor the dead. Those who’ve passed, trail alongside the living.

    No evil spirits dwell here. Our ancestors just come to say “Hello.”

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  6. Jenna McFall says

    October 28, 2018 at 5:04 pm

    As I awoke from my sedated daze, their twisted faces lingered above me whilst white hot pain was thrown through my body.

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  7. Charles Milton Lee says

    October 28, 2018 at 4:28 pm

    Sewer serpents slithered into toilet drains and waited. When an unsuspecting person sat on the toilet seat, the serpents struck, sinking fangs into flesh.

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