MicroHorror

The ghosts of Shady Suburb were lonely because nobody had died in years. So they started a whisper campaign. For thirteen hours straight the ghosts whispered into each parent’s ear, until they persuaded them to start a new Halloween tradition–giving out handguns to trick-or-treaters.

On Halloween, the children ran about pretending to shoot one another. The ghosts were devastated as they drifted back to their graves, until the littlest one spoke up.

“Why not persuade the parents to start another new tradition–bullets as Christmas stocking stuffers?”

On December 26, the ghost population tripled.