Life As A Cat, A Humorous Tail *wink* – Monstrous Halloween

Technology is amazing! Why, even as I type this post I love it all the more. Well, ‘type’ may not be the proper term anymore since I am now a cat and must walk on the keyboard to post. I’ll get to that in a minute, anyway, I am just ecstatic that I can post here as I’ve always done even with paws! The joys of the modern age!

Why am I a cat, you wonder? No, this isn’t a new identity phase I’ve entered. Nope, not at all. You see, last night I was cleaning up some limbs that had blown down onto my yard. I had just lifted a particularly long, unwieldly branch and turned when I heard an ‘Umphh!’.

There on the ground nearby was a broom and lying not far from that, a very angry looking witch. “You did that on purpose!”, she shrieked! She was quite inconsolable and would not accept my apology despite my aid in righting herself.

Once standing, still muttering about how I must go about knocking witches off their brooms daily, she got a glint in her eye. She started waving her hands and said, “You like to play with trees? Try it with whiskers and fleas!”

*Poof*

Now I am a black cat. Well, not a pure black cat. I am very fond of the little white patch under my chin. I think I look more distinguished with it. It looks like it might be time to start a cat pic gallery!

Time to wrap up this post and take a nap. All this dancing on the keys is more work than you’d think!

*curls up on the warm computer*

The end.

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I created this post in response to the second prompt of the Monstrous Halloween, “A witch has turned you into a cat, how is that working out?”. Join in the fun at any time!

I hope you enjoyed the tale. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Word of the Day Challenge: gallery

Cat and computer image by Klinkow @ pixabay

Jim Sponseller – mindescapes.net – 2019

Grumpy Pumpkin, A Charming Poem – Monstrous Halloween

There was a grumpy pumpkin,

His carve, a happy a face,

So underneath his plump skin,

His feelings showed no trace,

You’d think he would go crazy,

Would suffer mental harm,

Instead, it’s quite amazing,

He came to like his charm.

This is my entry for prompt 1 of the Monstrous Halloween event hosted here at mindescapes.net. This was based on the one word prompt: Pumpkin

If you like Halloween fun and are feeling creative, check out the prompt list and give it a go! I would love to read your amazing entries!

Pumpkin image by QuinceMedia @ pixabay

Fandango’s One Word Challenge: grumpy

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!

Jim Sponseller – mindescapes.net – 2019

Monstrous Halloween: Fun and Spooky Prompts for 2019

Monstrous Halloween: Fun and Spooky Prompts for 2019

Welcome to my first year of hosting a Halloween Writing Challenge. Simply pick a prompt from below and create your post. Once that is done, link back to this post from within your own to create a ping-back or enter a comment below with a link to your entry. You can enter as many times for as many prompts as you like, there is no limit. I do ask that you please keep the content PG for our family viewers. Complete them all and win a bit more praise from me and your readers! Well, at least from me anyway.

I will be posting a weekly roundup post, planning on Sundays right now, highlighting any entries from the week so don’t be shy.

Without further ado, here are the prompts for Monstrous Halloween 2019!

  1. One Word Prompt: Pumpkin
  2. A witch has turned you into a cat, how’s that working out?
  3. The headless horseman chases you right smack into a corn maze…can you escape?
  4. You’re at a ‘costume’ party when you realize, none of the other creatures attending are costumed. What happens?
  5. One Word Prompt: Spider
  6. A ghost moves in with you. Describe its antics and how you meet.
  7. You are abducted by aliens. What are the aliens like?
  8. As a slayer of monsters, describe your toughest battle.
  9. The phone rings at midnight, who’s calling?
  10. All the doors leaving your house open to another dimension, where do you end up?
  11. You hear a tree crying about his/her thinning mane, how do you console them?
  12. One Word Prompt: Cauldron
  13. A bell tolls thirteen times, then…
  14. You open your closet to find an actual skeleton, how did it get there?
  15. Your favorite child’s toy comes to life
  16. Tell a scary story about a summer camp
  17. A woman in the mirror screams when you look in
  18. One Word Prompt: Vampire
  19. Bigfoot moves in next door, what kind of neighbor is he?
  20. The Grim Reaper makes a deal with you…explain the terms?
  21. You find yourself lost in a haunted forest, how spooky is it?
  22. You find a creature living under your stairs
  23. The full moon rises blood red, what is it a sign of?
  24. One Word Prompt: Demon
  25. A thick fog settles into your town for a week, people start to disappear, what’s going on?
  26. A dragon arrives and burns down….
  27. You have a recurring nightmare, what’s it about?
  28. Just as you are walking by a graveyard, the ground erupts and this emerges…
  29. The zombie apocalypse has arrived – you’re still alive, who’s with you?
  30. One Word Prompt: Witch
  31. Happy Halloween! Use these three words in your entry: Trick, Treat, Candy

Special thanks to cocoparisienne @ pixabay for the spooky house and moon image!

In Search Of: Halloween Challenges/Prompts

Hey there readers and fellow bloggers! I am looking for someone hosting some Halloween writing prompts/challenges for this month.

Have you come across any?

Last year I entered the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge by Fluture. The year before that, JNW’s Halloween Challenge but neither of those blogs seem to be hosting this year. My entries can be found here for Octobers 2017 and 2018 if you want to see what I was up to then. You do, don’t you? 😉

So I’ve searched through WordPress Reader using several related search terms and have come up empty handed this year.

Please let me know in the comments of hosting blogs any that you know of, or if you would like me to host one here for 2019.

If none turn up in the next several hours it looks like I will be hosting this year [I would be glad to anyway 🙂 ] I would hate to pass up all the fun Halloween possibilities!

Thank you!

Tome image by Amber_Avalona @ pixabay

Jim Sponseller – mindescapes.net – 2019