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Candy Corn
On Halloween, 13-year-old outcast Blake is lured into the home of the sociopathic Candy Cornfield and her lobotomized husband Carl. Chained to the wall in the Cornfields' basement dungeon, Blake must act out the role of Candy’s ideal fantasy son, play her strange party games, and use his limited resources to regain his freedom - before he ends up like the frozen head in the freezer.
(Cover by Adrian Baldwin)
(Cover by Adrian Baldwin)
53 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 26, 2019
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About the author
Kevin M. Folliard
43 books20 followersKevin M. Folliard is a Chicagoland fiction writer with a degree in English and creative writing from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign.
His published fiction includes scary stories collections Christmas Terror Tales and Valentine Terror Tales, and adventure novels such as Matt Palmer and the Komodo Uprising and Jimmy Chimaera & the Temple of Champions.
Folliard's work has been collected by Sanitarium Magazine, Nosetouch Press, Black Bed Sheet Books, Double Feature Magazine, Flame Tree Publishing, and more. He has also developed films for Neon Harbor, including the video game parody Press Start.
His published fiction includes scary stories collections Christmas Terror Tales and Valentine Terror Tales, and adventure novels such as Matt Palmer and the Komodo Uprising and Jimmy Chimaera & the Temple of Champions.
Folliard's work has been collected by Sanitarium Magazine, Nosetouch Press, Black Bed Sheet Books, Double Feature Magazine, Flame Tree Publishing, and more. He has also developed films for Neon Harbor, including the video game parody Press Start.
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November 26, 2023
WWCSD (What Would Captain Starblast Do?)...
CANDY CORN (Short Sharp Shocks! Book #25) by Kevin M. Folliard
No spoilers. 4 stars. It was Halloween night, and 13 year old Blake was out in costume trick-or-treating...
When...
He noticed a house tucked away at the end of the forest littered with autumn leaves on its lawn...
He was almost finished trick-or-treating...
When he saw the flickering light of a jack-o-lantern outside the gates of the house...
The mail slot read: The Cornfields...
Blake walked up the stoop and rang the doorbell...
A 40ish woman dressed as a candy corn opened the door holding a bowl of candy. She saw Blake and said: Oh my! You look just like him!...
Blake was dressed as his hero, intergalactic adventurer, Captain Starblast. Blake filmed his own episodes after the series ended...
Mrs Cornfield told Blake that her husband Carl wrote a few of the original episodes before filling Blake's bag with candy corn...
She asked Blake to pop into the living room to show Carl his costume. Blake noticed several pictures of young boys on the entry console...
In the living room, in front of a flickering TV was burly Carl dressed as a zombie couch potato with a fake scar across his bald head...
Mrs Cornfield (Candy) said Carl had a box of Captain Starblast memorabilia in the basement...
Come on down, she said to Blake as she descended the stairs to the basement, which was decorated for Halloween as a dungeon...
The Cornfields had gone all out...
There were monsters and skeletons at the bar, a fog machine, a white screen, and a projector...
And liquor everywhere...
While Candy searched for the posters and memorabilia, Blake noticed many pictures of 12 or 13 year old boys on the bartop...
He felt a chill run down his spine...
Blake dropped his bag of candy and ran for the basement steps, but the next thing he knew, he was chained by his neck to the wall...
He panicked and knew he was in real trouble, but he calmed himself and said: What would Captain Starblast do in this situation?
This was an excellent, if predictable, short story. I like this SHORT SHARP SHOCKS series and have been reading them for years. Like most people, I've been busy getting ready for the holidays, and these stories are good, short breaks from all the hustle and bustle.
CANDY CORN (Short Sharp Shocks! Book #25) by Kevin M. Folliard
No spoilers. 4 stars. It was Halloween night, and 13 year old Blake was out in costume trick-or-treating...
When...
He noticed a house tucked away at the end of the forest littered with autumn leaves on its lawn...
He was almost finished trick-or-treating...
When he saw the flickering light of a jack-o-lantern outside the gates of the house...
The mail slot read: The Cornfields...
Blake walked up the stoop and rang the doorbell...
A 40ish woman dressed as a candy corn opened the door holding a bowl of candy. She saw Blake and said: Oh my! You look just like him!...
Blake was dressed as his hero, intergalactic adventurer, Captain Starblast. Blake filmed his own episodes after the series ended...
Mrs Cornfield told Blake that her husband Carl wrote a few of the original episodes before filling Blake's bag with candy corn...
She asked Blake to pop into the living room to show Carl his costume. Blake noticed several pictures of young boys on the entry console...
In the living room, in front of a flickering TV was burly Carl dressed as a zombie couch potato with a fake scar across his bald head...
Mrs Cornfield (Candy) said Carl had a box of Captain Starblast memorabilia in the basement...
Come on down, she said to Blake as she descended the stairs to the basement, which was decorated for Halloween as a dungeon...
The Cornfields had gone all out...
There were monsters and skeletons at the bar, a fog machine, a white screen, and a projector...
And liquor everywhere...
While Candy searched for the posters and memorabilia, Blake noticed many pictures of 12 or 13 year old boys on the bartop...
He felt a chill run down his spine...
Blake dropped his bag of candy and ran for the basement steps, but the next thing he knew, he was chained by his neck to the wall...
He panicked and knew he was in real trouble, but he calmed himself and said: What would Captain Starblast do in this situation?
This was an excellent, if predictable, short story. I like this SHORT SHARP SHOCKS series and have been reading them for years. Like most people, I've been busy getting ready for the holidays, and these stories are good, short breaks from all the hustle and bustle.
November 21, 2025
Creepy!
What a fun Halloween read! The perfect bite sized treat with lots of tricks and twists. I loved how the author portrayed Candy, sweet as pie and crazy as a loon.
I don't want to say too much and give things away so I'll end this review with you really need to add this to your Halloween TBR!
What a fun Halloween read! The perfect bite sized treat with lots of tricks and twists. I loved how the author portrayed Candy, sweet as pie and crazy as a loon.
I don't want to say too much and give things away so I'll end this review with you really need to add this to your Halloween TBR!
August 3, 2019
Poignant Horror
Madness reigns in this Halloween themed horror. Trapped in a basement, a young boy uses treasured memories of his time with his late father to help him escape. A wonderful bite-sized read.
Madness reigns in this Halloween themed horror. Trapped in a basement, a young boy uses treasured memories of his time with his late father to help him escape. A wonderful bite-sized read.
August 3, 2019
I really enjoyed this! Great plot and fantastic imagery! Keep writing.
October 6, 2025
3.5 - This was a perfect horror novella, and I loved it!
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