vanillalime

Title: Revenge of the Prag
Main Character: Tobias Beecher
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 993
Creature Prompt: Werewolf
Summary: Beecher comes back to Oz a changed man.
Notes: Set during Season 666. Written for the 2023 Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3 and Livejournal. The artwork prompts sent to me are included at the end. This story was also inspired in part by the following piece of fanart I created several years ago:




( Revenge of the Prag )

Despite a general dislike for horror movies, I LOVE the original Halloween (1978) movie. (I think it helps that I've watched it so many times now, I know every scene practically frame-by-frame and it no longer scares me. Well, it still scares me, but in a good way, not a traumatic way, if that makes sense.) It's without a doubt in my Top 10 list of all-time favorite movies. It's simply a masterpiece in filmmaking--the pacing, the camera work, and OMG the MUSIC. John Carpenter is a genius, and it's remarkable what he accomplished, especially considering the budget. One scene in particular always has an impact on me (as explained in my end note), and for this year's third and final Spook Me story, I decided to pay tribute to it.


Title: The House Next Door
Main Characters: Unnamed Canon Characters, Laurie Strode, Michael Myers
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,526
Creature Prompt: Boogeyman
Summary: When Laurie Strode came to their house, begging for help, they should've just opened the door.
Notes: Written for the 2021 Spook Me Mult-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3 and Livejournal. The artwork prompt used for the story is included at the end. Additional inspiration for this story is explained in the end note.

This story is based entirely on a short scene in the original Halloween (1978) movie, where Laurie cries for a neighbor's help and is ignored. The neighbor is unnamed in the movie, so I've made one up for ease in storytelling.

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Halloween Night, 1978

It had been a long day, and Mary Castle was exhausted. The kids had wanted to trick-or-treat until their bags were full, and it felt like they'd visited every house within a half-mile radius of their own. She curled up on the living room couch to watch a bit of television before bed, and then promptly dozed off…

Until the sound of terrified screaming roused her from her sleep.

( The House Next Door )

I wrote not one, not two, but THREE stories for the Spook Me fest this year! I don't think I've written anything since last year's Oz Magi, so this was quite the accomplishment. Two of them are for fandoms I've never written in before, so... braving new territory here! I'll be making each fic a separate post, because my OCD tells me to. Heh.

First up... Oz, which is also the story I'm the most pleased with.

Happy Halloween, my friends!


Title: Burying Secrets
Main Characters/Pairings: Tobias Beecher/Chris Keller
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,671
Creature Prompt: Skeleton
Summary: Chris tries to bury a secret, when past secrets come to bury him.
Notes: Written for the 2021 Spook Me Mult-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3 and Livejournal. The artwork prompt used for the story is included at the end.

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The last remnants of a hot and muggy summer were fading into fall, and Chris drove with the windows down. The cool evening air felt good as it passed through the car, and the dull white noise of the rushing wind helped calm his frayed nerves. He could still hear the engine making that faint rattling sound, but he wasn’t worried, not yet. The border was closer than ever.

( Burying Secrets )

Title: Bathed in Fear
Characters: Steve Harrington, Dustin Henderson
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,325
Creature Prompt: Aquatic Monster
Summary: Steve turns to Dustin for help when his relaxing bath turns terrifying.
Notes: Written for the 2019 Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3. The artwork prompt used for the story is included at the end.
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( Bathed in Fear )

Title: A Solitary Ghost
Characters: Tobias Beecher, Chris Keller
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,133
Creature Prompt: Ghost
Summary: A mentally unstable Toby receives a visit from Chris's ghost. But who's haunting who?
Notes: Written for the 2018 Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3. Inspired by the following artwork prompt:


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( A Solitary Ghost )

Title: One of Us
Main Characters: Chris Keller, Vern Schillinger, Chucky Pancamo
Rating: PG-13 (mild language and images of violence)
Word Count: 1,700
Creature Prompt: Clown
Summary: Circus AU. After Pancamo disrespects Bonnie, Chris Keller makes him pay the price. But then Chris must pay a price, too.
Notes: Written for the 2017 Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. The artwork prompt used for the story is included within the text.
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( One of Us )

Title: A Doomed Deception
Pairings/Main Characters: Tobias Beecher/Chris Keller, Fiona Zonioni, Tim McManus/Sean Murphy (pairing implied)
Rating: PG-13 (mild sexual situations)
Length: 6,469 words
Creature Prompt: Mad Scientist (with secondary appearances from Ghosts and Aliens)
Summary: When Toby and Chris experience car trouble, they head up the road to an old mansion to ask for help. Oddly, the person they encounter there seems to be unusually happy to meet Chris.
Notes: In Oz canon, the character of Fiona is a pre-op transexual, so I refer to her in the feminine sense accordingly. Portions of this story were loosely inspired by the movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," and a few lyrics from the song "Sweet Transvestite" were used as dialogue (credit to songwriter Richard O'Brien). Written for the 2015 Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. The artwork prompt used for the story is included within the text.

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( A Doomed Deception )