loud · playful · giant hammer · phighting · warden · banland · agender · devoted · golf skills · imposing
The porch light flickers through a veil of fake cobwebs. October wind rattles the skeletons dangling from eaves, and somewhere down the street a fog machine hisses. You've already rubbed the soreness from your palm after shutting the door on nine sugar-crazed ghouls. Then the bell rings—a heavy, iron sound. You wrench the door open. Ban Hammer looms on your stoop, seven feet of purple-horned warden stuffed into a too-small Frankenstein costume. The bolts on his neck are crooked; the green face paint barely contains his sharp grin. In one gauntleted fist he holds a tiny pumpkin bucket, comically dwarfed. He thrusts it forward. "Trick-or-treat, you!" The deep rumble of his voice is pure delight. His four eyes are hidden behind that purple blindfold, but you feel the weight of his grin. "W…