“Stop squirming, Hermie,” ordered his mother.
The dreaded Halloween card picture.
Where he’d have to sit still so the likes of Aunt Creepola and Uncle Deaduns could coo and fuss over how much he’d grown since the last Halloween card picture.
“SMILE.” Click. Click. “Don’t stick out your tongue!” (His mother)
His mother would polish his bolts til they hurt, slick back his hair with stinky bat grease, and make him wear a stupid grey t-shirt “just like your father did.”
Hermie wanted to be playing Pokémon Go! with his friends, not sitting in a dumb studio with Mr. Ralpho, photographer to the dead and undead telling him to SMILE.
And worst, next he’d have to sit still with his bratty sisters. Yuck.
For the Halloween edition of Sunday Photo Fiction, October 30, 2016. Happy Hauntings, Al.
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October 30, 2016 at 9:26 pm
Great story! No child likes posing for family pictures.
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October 31, 2016 at 5:48 am
Monster OR human, : ] :
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October 30, 2016 at 5:08 pm
Very cute! :-)
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October 30, 2016 at 8:10 pm
Thanks.
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October 30, 2016 at 9:51 am
Nice little though sad touch to Halloweens. Good read!
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October 30, 2016 at 9:37 am
Excellent, had a sort of ‘Addams Family’ vibe to it. Gave me a chuckle :-)
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October 30, 2016 at 11:26 am
I was thinking Addams Family or the Munsters when I wrote it.
Glad it gave you a chuckle!
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October 30, 2016 at 8:54 am
There’s one certainly made me smile, nicely done!
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October 30, 2016 at 11:29 am
Thank you. I hoped folks would find a smile in Hermie’s day at the photo studio.
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October 30, 2016 at 8:35 am
Haha! Nice. Poor old Hermie, having to put up with the same horrors the rest of us – and sisters too :) Really well done.
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October 30, 2016 at 11:30 am
I figure monsters are just like us only hairier.
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October 30, 2016 at 11:41 am
Who says they’re hairier? Some of us could give them a run for their money … :)
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October 30, 2016 at 7:37 am
Love everything about this – especially the character’s names! Bril.
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October 30, 2016 at 11:30 am
Glad you enjoyed it!
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October 30, 2016 at 11:41 am
Keith: I often have difficulties leaving comments on blogspot: I wanted to say you wrote a sweet story with a nice rather than the nasty potential ending. Hope you get to read this. Got to figure out how to leave blogspot comments — used to be able to.
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October 30, 2016 at 6:37 am
That made me laugh. Especially the names. I like that you used the Chiller font as well. A great added touch.
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October 30, 2016 at 11:32 am
Had to use Chiller — glad you noticed! I had a lot of fun channeling the Addams Family and the Munsters.
Great Halloween photo to work from.
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October 30, 2016 at 3:49 pm
Yeah I figured that’s where they came from. I wanted to use one for the date, as it gives people a chance to let out their creepy side. Although some people don’t need any help lol.
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October 30, 2016 at 5:52 am
Delightfully amusing.
Little bit of a typo just before ‘grey t-shirt’.
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October 30, 2016 at 5:54 am
Thanks, and I’ll go typo hunting.
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October 30, 2016 at 5:07 am
Cute story! Happy Halloween :-)
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October 30, 2016 at 6:00 am
Thanks, and a haunting Halloween to you too.
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October 30, 2016 at 4:40 am
This made me smile. Poor Hermie!
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October 30, 2016 at 4:46 am
Monster kids got to go through the same as human kids I figure.
Glad it made you smile.
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