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Holidays stories

Stories set on the dates that matter, and the nights around them. Seasonal settings, with someone waiting at the door.

40 stories

The Pumpkin Farm's Young Heir Saves the Biggest One for YouStart
The Pumpkin Farm's Young Heir Saves the Biggest One for You Last weekend you got lost in the corn maze at the pumpkin farm, and it was the farm heir, leading his old golden retriever, who found you. Reid · Halloween
The big guy in the cornfield haunted house who scared you to tears, then took off his mask and said "Don't cry, I'll walk you out"Start
The big guy in the cornfield haunted house who scared you to tears, then took off his mask and said "Don't cry, I'll walk you out" Your friends dragged you into the most famous haunted corn maze in rural Pennsylvania, and at the third fork, you got separated from the group. Wes · Halloween
At a Halloween Party, the Goth Girl Pulled You into the ClosetStart
At a Halloween Party, the Goth Girl Pulled You into the Closet At a Halloween party, someone suggests a game of Sardines. Raven · Halloween
Halloween Night: The Witch Next Door Needs You on Candy DutyPlayableTry it
Halloween Night: The Witch Next Door Needs You on Candy Duty You've just moved to the New Jersey suburbs. Maggie · Halloween
The flight is cancelled, and you and the widowed carpenter are stranded in the mountains.Start
The flight is cancelled, and you and the widowed carpenter are stranded in the mountains. You promised your best friend you’d spend Christmas at her family’s log cabin, but a blizzard has cancelled her flight. Grant · Holidays
The Silver-Haired Host of the Masquerade Wants You to Stay Past DawnPlayableTry it
The Silver-Haired Host of the Masquerade Wants You to Stay Past Dawn On Halloween, you deliver a painting appraisal to an old Upper East Side mansion for a sick coworker and stumble into a masquerade. Severin · Halloween
The Succubus I Summoned Is Hiding in My DormStart
The Succubus I Summoned Is Hiding in My Dorm At a Halloween party in your dorm, someone dares you to chant a summoning spell you found online. Vesper · Halloween
The Drummer Dropped, and She Shoved the Sticks Into Your HandsStart
The Drummer Dropped, and She Shoved the Sticks Into Your Hands A street parade in Cebu, her dance troupe's first time performing on the road. Mikaela · Holidays
After a Christmas Eve Typhoon Grounds Your Flight, Your Seatmate Takes You to Her Grandmother’sStart
After a Christmas Eve Typhoon Grounds Your Flight, Your Seatmate Takes You to Her Grandmother’s On Christmas Eve, a typhoon hits Manila early, grounding every flight. Joy · Holidays
Day Nine, Auntie Thinks You're the OneStart
Day Nine, Auntie Thinks You're the One The ninth dawn Mass of Simbang Gabi before Christmas. Reina · Holidays
Ice Time After FourStart
Ice Time After Four Every afternoon you teach figure skating on this rink, and every day at four on the dot his hockey team storms the ice to take it over. Ryder · Holidays
Two Years Together, Per Your MomStart
Two Years Together, Per Your Mom The day before Thanksgiving, the fake boyfriend you'd lined up stood you up. Isaiah · Holidays
The third rejection, and the note in the margin reads: I really love this page.Start
The third rejection, and the note in the margin reads: I really love this page. On a Christmas-season morning, you spill an entire cup of hot latte down a stranger's front at a subway exit. Kang Seo-won · Holidays
The Drum Team Is Short-Handed for the Parade, and He Chases You Down the Street with a Long DrumStart
The Drum Team Is Short-Handed for the Parade, and He Chases You Down the Street with a Long Drum You have come to Montevideo to do fieldwork on candombe drumming. Ezekiel · Holidays
The painter with the sprained wrist asks you to hold the brush for herStart
The painter with the sprained wrist asks you to hold the brush for her You're helping at a Nubian village guesthouse in Aswan in exchange for your room. Nawal · Holidays
Cologne Carnival: You're Pulled Onstage to Lift HerStart
Cologne Carnival: You're Pulled Onstage to Lift Her Cologne, the morning of Women's Carnival Day, eleven sharp. Nele · Holidays
The Drum Queen Is Never LateStart
The Drum Queen Is Never Late You’re the new accountant the city sent to audit the samba school’s books before Carnival. Renee · Holidays
The Paper Statue Is Missing an Ear, and You're Along to Film ItStart
The Paper Statue Is Missing an Ear, and You're Along to Film It The evening before the Fallas figure goes up, the five-story paper giant made by craftsman Rubén is missing a two-meter ear. Rubén · Comedy
The Chief Designer Insists on Lighting the Fuse Before the ReviewStart
The Chief Designer Insists on Lighting the Fuse Before the Review March in Valencia, during the Fallas festival. Pilar · Holidays
The Halloween Party's Grim Reaper Has Your Name on His ListStart
The Halloween Party's Grim Reaper Has Your Name on His List On Halloween night, at a friend's private party, you spot a man dressed as a grim reaper in a black coat and black hat. Kang Mu-hyeon · Halloween
Ikebukuro Halloween: The Star Coser Wants You as Her PhotographerStart
Ikebukuro Halloween: The Star Coser Wants You as Her Photographer At Ikebukuro's Halloween cosplay festival, you're just a passerby snapping photos for a friend, but your camera caught star coser “Queen Noa” at her most perfect. Noa Himemiya · Halloween
October in Salem: Your Face on Her Tarot CardStart
October in Salem: Your Face on Her Tarot Card October in Salem is packed with tourists in witch costumes. Willow · Halloween
Halloween Murder Mystery: The Ghost NPC Won't Break Character After the Curtain FallsStart
Halloween Murder Mystery: The Ghost NPC Won't Break Character After the Curtain Falls A Halloween-only murder mystery called “13 Xiafei Road.” You drew the role of a reporter who came to investigate a case in 1936. Wen Man · Halloween
Halloween Lucha Night: The Skull-Masked Wrestler Drapes His Championship Belt Over Your ShouldersStart
Halloween Lucha Night: The Skull-Masked Wrestler Drapes His Championship Belt Over Your Shoulders On Halloween night, the wrestling show at Arena México runs straight into the Day of the Dead, and the whole crowd is painted in skull makeup. Diego · Halloween
Catemaco, City of Witches: The Young Witch Says Half Your Soul Is Lost in the LakeStart
Catemaco, City of Witches: The Young Witch Says Half Your Soul Is Lost in the Lake You came to Veracruz on a business trip, and on the weekend you took a boat out on Lake Catemaco. Lupe · Halloween
Office Halloween Party: The Quiet Senior Came as a Vampire QueenStart
Office Halloween Party: The Quiet Senior Came as a Vampire Queen Every year at the company Halloween party, Senior Shiraishi from accounting sits in a corner in her cardigan, sipping oolong tea. Sae Shiraishi · Halloween
On Halloween Night, the Childhood Friend in Wolf Ears Says He Doesn't Want to Be Your Little Brother AnymoreStart
On Halloween Night, the Childhood Friend in Wolf Ears Says He Doesn't Want to Be Your Little Brother Anymore On Halloween night, a café in Kichijoji closes early for a costume party among friends, and you're cornered in the storeroom by the neighbour boy who has been clinging to you since childhood. Minato Hinata · Halloween
On Samhain Night the Veil Thins, and the Stranger at the Bar Trades a Dance for Your NamePlayableTry it
On Samhain Night the Veil Thins, and the Stranger at the Bar Trades a Dance for Your Name On Samhain night, a traditional session is playing in an old pub in Galway, and a stranger in a dark green velvet coat has been watching you across the crowd all evening. Cillian · Halloween
No Guests on Halloween, but the Madam Is Waiting for You Alone.Start
No Guests on Halloween, but the Madam Is Waiting for You Alone. On Halloween night, pumpkin lanterns glowed outside every bar in Kitashinchi, but not one customer pushed open the door of the snack bar Kaoru all night. Kaoru Kiryu · Halloween
The Vermont Inn Every Halloween, the Girl from 1926 Comes Down to DanceStart
The Vermont Inn Every Halloween, the Girl from 1926 Comes Down to Dance You've booked a century-old inn in Vermont, and the front desk says the old ballroom isn't open on Halloween night, though “sometimes you can hear the music.” Around midnight the crackle of a gramophone wakes you. Mabel · Halloween
Halloween on Julu Road: The Black Impermanence Cosplayer Has You in His ChainsStart
Halloween on Julu Road: The Black Impermanence Cosplayer Has You in His Chains On Halloween night, a costume party fills an old villa on Julu Road in Shanghai, and the Black Impermanence cosplayer everyone came to see is mobbed by phones the moment he walks in. Fan Yu · Halloween
The Headless Knight Reins In and Pulls You Up Behind Him.PlayableTry it
The Headless Knight Reins In and Pulls You Up Behind Him. You came to Sleepy Hollow alone for Halloween. Brom · Halloween
Three Nights of the Dead: The Skull-Faced Gentleman Who Comes Back for Three DaysStart
Three Nights of the Dead: The Skull-Faced Gentleman Who Comes Back for Three Days On the eve of Halloween, you're clearing away the Day of the Dead altar the landlord left in the old mansion you rented in Mexico City, and you light a candle in front of a yellowed photograph. Julián · Halloween
Samhain Bonfire Night: The Weeping Woman on the Moor Says She Wept for the Wrong ManStart
Samhain Bonfire Night: The Weeping Woman on the Moor Says She Wept for the Wrong Man On Samhain night you go back to your late grandmother's family home in Ireland for the bonfire on the hill. Aoife · Halloween
Running of the Bulls: The Herder Drags You Into a Doorway for Standing in the Wrong SpotStart
Running of the Bulls: The Herder Drags You Into a Doorway for Standing in the Wrong Spot At eight on the morning of July 7th, the cannon sounds in Pamplona. Iker · Holidays
Undas at Grandma’s Old House: The Night Watchman No One Has Ever SeenStart
Undas at Grandma’s Old House: The Night Watchman No One Has Ever Seen Your grandmother passed away this summer, and this is the first Undas without her. Rafa · Halloween
Halloween at the Hillside Mansion: A Woman in a Cheongsam Waits for You on the StairsStart
Halloween at the Hillside Mansion: A Woman in a Cheongsam Waits for You on the Stairs You rented an old pre-war mansion on the hillside for an absurdly low price, and the agent signed the papers and hurried off. Su Mei · Halloween
Halloween Night in Hongdae: The Young Shaman Says Something Followed YouStart
Halloween Night in Hongdae: The Young Shaman Says Something Followed You On Halloween night, halfway through a private costume party at a friend's place in Hongdae, your shoulders keep getting heavier. Han Seo-ri · Halloween
A Girl Jumps Into Your Car: First One to Scream Loses.Start
A Girl Jumps Into Your Car: First One to Scream Loses. Halloween 1958. At a drive-in in New Jersey, a horror double feature runs all night. Dottie · Halloween
Your Ex Is Outside, and the Makeup Artist Wants You to Play Her Date.PlayableTry it
Your Ex Is Outside, and the Makeup Artist Wants You to Play Her Date. Halloween night, your friend is hosting a costume party in an old terrace house in Fitzroy, Melbourne, and nobody gets past the door without a costume. Tasha · Halloween
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