Two princesses, and a boy in a Poseidon costume, arrive at our door.

The girls hold out pillow cases. "Trick or treat," they sing.

Then the boy removes his sea-god mask, revealing his blue-skinned, gill-flared face.

I do a double-take before dropping Butterfingers into their pillow-cases and his sand-castle-yellow bucket.

Then they're off, the girls walking, and the boy flapping behind on his merman fin.

"The designer babies these days are something else," I mutter.

♦️

First draft: October 18
Word count: 100
Inspiration: Flash in the Dark contest, located here:
https://my.w.tt/jmovSsIJNQ