Join the Herald's Halloween short story contest
THE first fear-filled fiction for The Herald's Halloween short story contest has begun materialising in our post bag – but we want more submissions please.
The Herald will publish a Plymouth author's terrifying short story, on October 31, and we want all you budding horror writers to get busy with your tales of ghosts, ghouls, vampires, werewolves, zombies – or worse.
The Herald will print the best one, but remember we're a family newspaper and want to be frightened, not put off our tea – so nothing too violent or gory.
The story must be a maximum of 3,000 words, but there is no minimum length. It must reach The Herald no later than 9am on Wednesday, October 24.
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Send your story in a Microsoft Word document attached to an email titled Halloween Story. If you can double-line space and put it in 12-point type, all the better.
In your email include your name, age, address, contact numbers, and short biographical details.
The competition is open to anyone, whether previously published or novice.
It will be judged by a guest. There is no prize other than publication.
Send entries to William Telford at wtelford@theplymouthherald.co.uk
Comments
by CityCyclops
Saturday, October 27 2012, 1:16PM
“Once upon a time there were some Herald hacks who owed a favour to a Plymouth councillor who was involved with the arts (or at least on a committee but didn't actually do anything useful). In order to grow popularity of the councillors venture, a nudge and a wink asked for some short stories to help plug ...... End of Part One.”
by star2sparkle
Thursday, October 04 2012, 3:40PM
“Oh so sorry...must have been your bad writing style, I couldn't tell!”
by CharlieDodd
Thursday, October 04 2012, 3:27PM
“Star said- 'Thought it was most men's fantasy to have another woman, other than his wife, slip into bed with him!"..
Not if she's a Succubus (female demon)..;)”
by star2sparkle
Thursday, October 04 2012, 12:23PM
“CharlieDodd, is that meant to be a horror story? Thought it was most men's fantasy to have another woman, other than his wife, slip into bed with him!”
by CharlieDodd
Thursday, October 04 2012, 12:10PM
“..'there is no minimum length'..
Okay here's mine..:)-
"Bye" said John's wife as she went for an evening out with her girl chums, "see you later!"
John had had a rough day so he went to bed and fell asleep. Later he was woken around midnight by the sound of the front door shutting, and footsteps coming up the stairs. The bedroom door opened in the dark and someone got into bed with him embraced him and fell asleep. Still dozy and assuming it was his wife, he thought how icy-cold her arms and body were, then drifted off to sleep again.
An hour later, still in that ice-cold embrace, he was woken by the front door shutting and his wife called up to him "Sorry I'm late darling, i'll be right up!"”
by Nevman
Thursday, October 04 2012, 11:41AM
“Having trouble persuading people to sweat blood simply to fill up some space in your rag for free, Herald?”