The challenge is to write Halloween Flash Fiction – Write the start to a story with the words Dead, Kiss and Skeleton in it.

Everyone has a few skeletons in their closet. I’m no exception.

As I stand in my black body stocking with bones and wonder why I didn’t go
with something a bit sexier. I look ridiculous. I guess that’s the point, but
playing dead is not exactly my idea of a good time even if it is Halloween.

My bestie, Jane’s costume is a mad scientist and she needed a body to go
with her. I couldn’t say no.

If James is at this party, which he likely will be, I’m going to kill Jane.
There’s no way I’ll get a kiss wearing this thing.

The doorbell rings, and I open it.

Jane’s smile is wide and with the crazy white, red, and black make-up, she’s
a bit scary. “Look who I found.”

The pirate with his broad chest exposed behind her gives me a grin. James’s
smile makes my knees weak. “Hey there, gorgeous.”

Jane is a dead woman. Wait, did he just call me gorgeous?

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HAHA That’s it for me. Click here to read what Leslie Hachtel has on tap.

A beautiful homicide detective and a sexy cold case guy have to team up to find a vicious axe-wielding killer. Brutal murders have shocked the city and all the evidence points to a twin sister once thought dead. So many twists and turns in this action packed romantic thriller. And so much passion.

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