The Candy Bowl Was Breathing: A Halloween Horror Novel - Couverture souple

Wheat, Harry

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798178978832

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Introduction
Halloween is supposed to be one of the most exciting nights of the year.
For children, it means costumes, candy, glowing pumpkins, laughter, and staying outside after dark.
For adults, it can mean decorating the house, handing out treats, watching scary movies, or enjoying the excitement of children running from porch to porch.
Most neighborhoods feel different on Halloween.
The ordinary becomes mysterious.
Streetlights seem dimmer.
Trees cast longer shadows.
Old houses suddenly look haunted.
A simple noise in the bushes can make someone stop walking.
And a porch light glowing at the end of a dark street can feel like an invitation.
That is where this story begins.
With a porch.
A house.
And a candy bowl.
The house at the end of Willow Street has been empty for years.
Everyone in the neighborhood knows it.
The paint is peeling.
The windows are cracked.
The yard is overgrown.
No family lives there.
No one opens the door.
No one keeps the porch light on.
Yet on Halloween night, something changes.
A light appears.
A black candy bowl sits on the porch.
It is filled with treats.
Beside it is a handwritten sign containing two simple words:
TAKE ONE
Most people would not think twice about it.
Children see signs like that every Halloween.
Take one piece of candy and move along.
But Eli Mercer notices something strange.
The bowl does not feel like plastic.
It does not feel like metal.
It does not even feel like ceramic.
It feels warm.
Then it moves.
Slowly.
Up.
Down.
Up.
Down.
The bowl is breathing.
From that moment forward, Halloween stops being fun.
Eli, Maya, and Cole soon discover that the abandoned house holds secrets stretching back decades. Children have disappeared. Candy wrappers know names. Voices come from inside walls. Doors lead to rooms that should not exist. And the candy bowl seems to understand something about every person who comes near it.
It knows what they want.
It knows what they fear.
It knows what they regret.
Most importantly, it knows when someone takes more than they should.
At first, the danger seems simple.
Return the candy.
Leave the house.
Go home.
But some things are not that easy.
The more the friends investigate, the more they realize that the bowl is not just a haunted object.
It is part of something much larger.
Something that feeds on temptation.
Something that grows stronger when people become afraid.
Something that waits for someone to make the wrong choice.
Throughout this story, Eli and his friends are forced to decide what matters most.
Do they run?
Do they fight?
Do they sacrifice themselves?
Do they trust what they see?
And what happens when the monster does not ask you to do something evil?
What happens when it offers you exactly what you want?
That is where the true horror begins.
Because monsters are easier to recognize when they look frightening.
The harder ones are the monsters that offer gifts.
The ones that make promises.
The ones that tell you everything will be fine if you simply reach out your hand.
The Candy Bowl Was Breathing is a Halloween horror story about fear, friendship, greed, guilt, courage, temptation, and consequences.
It is about three young people who discover that sometimes rules exist for a reason.
Sometimes warnings should be taken seriously.
And sometimes the most dangerous thing on Halloween is not the dark house at the end of the street.
Sometimes it is the innocent-looking bowl sitting on the porch.
So as you begin this story, imagine yourself walking down Willow Street.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798178978832
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.es/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg