Dumb Supper (Flash Fiction)
Traditionally, today (Nov. 1st) is Samhain (also known as Halloween) but however you celebrate the holiday is fine with me. I celebrate Samhain on both occasions, just because I love it so much. Hell, I celebrate Halloween/Samhain year-round – that’s just my style. I have jack-o-lanters, skulls, ravens, and bats adorning my desk all of the time. I find them to be “cute” and they’re all elements that lend to my creativity, my love of Halloween, and the world I choose to inhabit. Call me crazy, call me weird, call me whatever you’d like – I’ve heard it all – but as long as you’re calling me, at least I know someone is thinking of me.
In any case, the title of the piece of flash fiction I’ve been working on is ‘Dumb Supper’, a pagan tradition in which a meal is eaten in silence, and the spirits of the participants ancestors are invited to attend. Although, my story depicts an actual dumb supper, I’ve taken fictional liberties ( because I can ). I hope you enjoy this little tale of fright.
Just click on ‘Dumb Supper’, on the right under FLASH FICTION, to read the story.
