How Scary Are You?
You’ve quit smoking and dream about having to take a flight on the Pack ‘n’ Hack Express, where attendants hand out Turkish cigarettes, the guy next to you is reading “Tobacco Road” and. . . . *
Think you can come up with a scarier story? We invite you to enter the second annual Scariest Halloween Story Ever Told Contest. You can do it with words (maximum 700) or with a drawing (one page and in color). Submissions must be created for children--but all ages can enter--and must reach us by Oct. 18. (No phone calls, please.) Winning entries will be published Oct. 31, and prizes will be awarded.
Send your frightening fables to Scary Stories, Life & Style, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, Calif., 90053, and include a daytime phone number. Or fax stories to (213) 237-4888. Sorry, submissions cannot be returned.
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