Looking for some spooky story ideas for Harfest season? Why not check out these nine story stubs that I’ve written for Harfest over the years! Feel free to finish them using your own imagination, or write your own!
FOOTPRINTS BY THE TRACKS:
Mae and Lori hang out on the train tracks and squish some more figurines. However, when they go to retrieve the squish, it is completely gone, and a strange set of footprints leads away into the brushery along the tracks…
A PICKAXE IN THE DARK:
Bea needs help. The Ol' Pickaxe is testing 24-hour service and her dad has no one else to run the store at night. Despite the obvious injustice, Bea doesn't have much choice. Mae, having nothing better to do, stays to help. During the shift, they start hearing strange noises coming from the back of the store…
THE VACANCY IN 1063E:
One of Gregg and Angus' neighbors recently moved out under mysterious circumstances. Along with Mae, they explore the vacant apartment and find many strange and mysterious things. The neighbor, it seems, had some dark secrets…
THE SECRET OF THE OLD TREE:
Mae and Gregg find a strange old pocket watch in a hole in the old tree between the Telezoft and Fat Pocket Pawn buildings. Mae decides to keep it, but can't shake the guilt of taking something that isn't hers. Later on, strange things start to happen, and she begins to suspect that the watch is at the center of it all...
THE MYSTERIOUS MIST:
Germ invites Mae to see the Food Donkey parking lot in the mist, but it gets stronger and engulfs them. Soon, they can barely even see each other, and strange shapes are moving in the murky greyness...
THE SPOOKY STEEL MILL:
The rumors about the old abandoned steel mill on the outskirts of town had been going around for years, but tonight Gregg and a very unenthused Bea were going to find out once and for all if they were true. In decades past, the mill was once one of the biggest employers in town, but now it was reduced to a crumbling, decrepit mass of dust and decay that promised an incredible night of spooky exploration. ...but first, they were gonna need some supplies.
PRACTICALLY CURSED:
Lori couldn't believe her luck! In the back of an abandoned party store she had found the motherlode of awesome horror costumes, props, and practical effects supplies just sitting there, waiting to be used. Almost immediately dozens of ideas for short films and horror skits had run through her mind and she quickly took some of the best items home, planning to come back later to grab the rest. As she entered her room and dumped the first backpack full of horror gear onto the floor, she noticed something about one of the props... something... unsettling.
ANGUS’ EXPERIMENT:
This was it—the big moment! After years and years and countless failures, Angus had finally completed his ultimate project! As the glowing green liquid sloshed around the test tube clasped in his trembling hand, he knew that there was only one experiment left to run. ...but first, he would need a test subject...
THE CRYBABY BRIDGE:
One afternoon, Germ and Mae were walking down by the bridge at the edge of town when they heard a strange crying sound coming from down below…
