Tessie H is the married mother of 3 children and a special education teacher in a suburban middle school on the east coast. Her pen name came from a cheesy movie and a middle school crush. When she's not on the internet, she is either working or running the kids to one function or another.

My passion is ...

my kids, my husband

I know too much about ...

listening to the wrong people

My parents always told me ...

to follow my dreams

My childhood ambition ...

to be a famous author

My favorite memory ...

family vacations

Why I write ...

because I have to-it's an impulse and a compulsion

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Just finished "The Secret;" have moved onto a Star Wars book

My first job ...

Hardee's (but I did meet my 1st boyfriend there)

My best moment ...

there are too many to list.

My inspiration ...

my children, my husband, life's little idiosyncracies

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Halloween

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It was the hottest Halloween on record, but Sylvie didn't care. The Indian summer that sometimes stifled the cold November winds had come early, mid-October, and stuck around. The usual chills of autumn's winds had been replaced by a muggy humidity that seemed to linger like a pall around the town.

That was of no concern to Sylvie. She'd bought the skimpiest, sexiest costume she could find for the big Halloween dance. Every year, the local community college held this dance to raise money for some charity or another. College guys from miles around would flock to this event, knowing...

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