Sword Play (2006)
Sword Play
“Oh, joy! I’d traded Nona’s wonderful All Hallow’s party for door duty with miniature candy grabbers.
Elegant pumpkin lanterns glowed along the paved pathway to the porch where mechanical witches whirled overhead on glowing broomsticks. An interior decorator had transformed the house with lacy cobwebs and tasteful porcelain Halloween figurines. My family was famous throughout the neighborhood for having the best decorations and designer goodie bags.
My father usually manned the door in a... Dracula or Frankenstein costume. He would joke that a monster costume was more comfortable than his business suits. He didn’t have time for joking these days, but he had planned to stay home Halloween night—until at the last minute his assistant called. With apologies, he’d rushed off for an important meeting.
Mom was committed to chaperoning the masquerade party for my sisters’ dance class, and my sisters were decked out in wicked costumes.MoreLess
Elegant pumpkin lanterns glowed along the paved pathway to the porch where mechanical witches whirled overhead on glowing broomsticks. An interior decorator had transformed the house with lacy cobwebs and tasteful porcelain Halloween figurines. My family was famous throughout the neighborhood for having the best decorations and designer goodie bags.
My father usually manned the door in a... Dracula or Frankenstein costume. He would joke that a monster costume was more comfortable than his business suits. He didn’t have time for joking these days, but he had planned to stay home Halloween night—until at the last minute his assistant called. With apologies, he’d rushed off for an important meeting.
Mom was committed to chaperoning the masquerade party for my sisters’ dance class, and my sisters were decked out in wicked costumes.MoreLess
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