All Hallow on the Eve 2026 - Flash Horror Stories - "Wicked Wooden Witchcraft"

He was a boy before he was human. At least that’s how he was carved out and shaped to be. And from the top of some dusty old shelf and beside other wooden puppets he rested. Then it just so happened on one night he was chosen to accept life into his body. But he did not choose this.

It was accursed fairy from the deep, mystic woods nearby. These tiny creatures were well known for their mischievous ways, and what could be more mischievous than allowing a puppet of all things to breathe air, to walk and talk, to have a mind of its own, and moreover, to feel both the comforts and pains that life had to offer. Then in one wicked flash of black magic, the wooden boy came to life.

When it first moved, it didn’t understand the weight of its own body and fell to the floor. Some of its wooden parts cracked slightly, and it cried out in agony. Though it could not cry conventional tears, which made the act of crying that much worse. And because it didn’t know how to walk it crawled, like an infant in search of its mother, begging for help.

Suddenly, an uproar of footsteps could be heard from upstairs. The living puppet boy, although afraid by the pounding steps, also remained hopeful of a parental soul. Someone who could care for them in this strange new world.

And when the woodworker fled down the stairs and saw that one of his creations had come to life, he ran for him. Finally, the wooden boy would know love and compassion, as the woodworker lifted him from the ground into his arms. As the wooden boy could feel the man’s warmth while in the grasp of his cradling, he was soon tossed into the fireplace and burned alive. All the while, the fairy simply sat and laughed.

All Hallow on the Eve 2026 - Flash Horror Stories - "Wicked Wooden Witchcraft"