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Tonight, for Halloween, as the trick-or-treaters wander the neighborhood, hesitantly making their way up my porch, I will stand guard over two bowls of candy.
The first is for the princesses, the Snow Whites, the cowboys, the vampires, the Buzz Lightyears and the mini-monsters who are scavenging for candy.
And the other?

I was loved once. Hard to believe, seeing me now, but I was cradled and doted on by a child. She showed me off to her friends and was ever so sweet.
She whispered a lullaby before laying me down in my crib. "Night-night, Lizzie," she cooed.

NORFOLK As dusk fell over the Norfolk Botanical Garden on Sunday, a zombie closed in on Shane Lloyd. He zigged, and the zombie zigged. He zagged, and then he got tagged. It was over. Now, Lloyd was a zombie. Immediately he turned on his friend, Chris Reil, who already was under attack from several of the undead.

Double, double, toil and trouble... Wait. Hold the scary organ music. Halloween isn't as wicked as it used to be. Pranks, once a hallmark of the holiday, seem to have gone the way of the homemade costume. Police say fewer things go bump in the night now. "It's pretty quiet on the Halloween front these days," said Chris Amos, Norfolk's police spokesman.

Participants raced through the streets of the Ghent neighborhood in Norfolk Va. playing a game of zombie tag during Survive Norfolk on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (Amanda Lucier | The Virginian-Pilot)

By Devorah Ben-David
Correspondent
VIRGINIA BEACH
Imagine a gas-fired stove so big you can't put your arms around it. And a 40-gallon copper kettle that resembles a witches' cauldron, with sugar and corn syrup bubbling inside.
No, it's not some creepy recipe from an Addams Family cookbook. It's a step in the process of making Forbes Candies' saltwater taffy.

VIRGINIA BEACH Hulk Hogan charged past a cigar-smoking Charlie Sheen and his mistress. A block away, two giant M&M's sidestepped Superman, who had stopped to tie his shoe. Minutes later, a team of doctors pushing a skeleton on a stretcher rushed ahead of an out-of-shape Gumby, already walking after less than a mile.

Got mask? Well, you have the potential for a unique one if you have an empty milk jug. All you’ll need is a serrated steak knife or X-Acto knife and about 20 minutes. Follow these step-by-step instructions, be careful and have fun.

1. Cut off the screw top of the milk jug. This part will be the bottom of your completed mask.

In the spirit of Halloween, we’re offering a six-part story. Normally, we deal in facts, but fiction is fun, too. So sit back and enjoy a little time with a creature from the swamp. References to other recognizable creatures, both real and otherwise, are made with a wink and a nod.
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