Charlie Davenport
@davenportauthor.bsky.social
Horror author with a couple of @NosleepPodcast and @ctfdn_official appearances & stories in four anthologies & counting!
11
Somewhere in the middle of the night, I heard my bedroom door groan open.
I tried to focus on the figure in front of me, but I couldn’t see through the gauze haze over my eyes.
“It doesn’t hurt kiddo, not after a little while.”
He closed the door.
#Halloween #pumpkin
Somewhere in the middle of the night, I heard my bedroom door groan open.
I tried to focus on the figure in front of me, but I couldn’t see through the gauze haze over my eyes.
“It doesn’t hurt kiddo, not after a little while.”
He closed the door.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
11
Somewhere in the middle of the night, I heard my bedroom door groan open.
I tried to focus on the figure in front of me, but I couldn’t see through the gauze haze over my eyes.
“It doesn’t hurt kiddo, not after a little while.”
He closed the door.
#Halloween #pumpkin
Somewhere in the middle of the night, I heard my bedroom door groan open.
I tried to focus on the figure in front of me, but I couldn’t see through the gauze haze over my eyes.
“It doesn’t hurt kiddo, not after a little while.”
He closed the door.
#Halloween #pumpkin
10
I didn’t hear him come up behind me until he dropped his hands onto my shoulders.
“She’d be proud, wouldn’t she?”
I went to bed early that night because I had a headache.
#Halloween #pumpkin
I didn’t hear him come up behind me until he dropped his hands onto my shoulders.
“She’d be proud, wouldn’t she?”
I went to bed early that night because I had a headache.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
10
I didn’t hear him come up behind me until he dropped his hands onto my shoulders.
“She’d be proud, wouldn’t she?”
I went to bed early that night because I had a headache.
#Halloween #pumpkin
I didn’t hear him come up behind me until he dropped his hands onto my shoulders.
“She’d be proud, wouldn’t she?”
I went to bed early that night because I had a headache.
#Halloween #pumpkin
9
Every counter, table, or any flat surface, had a pumpkin. Tupperware and bowls were filled up with guts and seeds. Next to the sink was an apple. The now familiar mold was already flourishing around the teeth marks.
The smell was awful. Everything he’d touched was rotting.
#Halloween #pumpkin
Every counter, table, or any flat surface, had a pumpkin. Tupperware and bowls were filled up with guts and seeds. Next to the sink was an apple. The now familiar mold was already flourishing around the teeth marks.
The smell was awful. Everything he’d touched was rotting.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
9
Every counter, table, or any flat surface, had a pumpkin. Tupperware and bowls were filled up with guts and seeds. Next to the sink was an apple. The now familiar mold was already flourishing around the teeth marks.
The smell was awful. Everything he’d touched was rotting.
#Halloween #pumpkin
Every counter, table, or any flat surface, had a pumpkin. Tupperware and bowls were filled up with guts and seeds. Next to the sink was an apple. The now familiar mold was already flourishing around the teeth marks.
The smell was awful. Everything he’d touched was rotting.
#Halloween #pumpkin
8
The front door was open. Dad emerged holding two fresh carvings.
“Hey Kiddo”, He beamed.
Wispy grey mold grew out from his nose, forming an Einstein mustache. Long feathery powdery lashes sprouted around his eyes. A cloud of small black bugs crawled down his chin.
#Halloween #pumpkin
The front door was open. Dad emerged holding two fresh carvings.
“Hey Kiddo”, He beamed.
Wispy grey mold grew out from his nose, forming an Einstein mustache. Long feathery powdery lashes sprouted around his eyes. A cloud of small black bugs crawled down his chin.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
8
The front door was open. Dad emerged holding two fresh carvings.
“Hey Kiddo”, He beamed.
Wispy grey mold grew out from his nose, forming an Einstein mustache. Long feathery powdery lashes sprouted around his eyes. A cloud of small black bugs crawled down his chin.
#Halloween #pumpkin
The front door was open. Dad emerged holding two fresh carvings.
“Hey Kiddo”, He beamed.
Wispy grey mold grew out from his nose, forming an Einstein mustache. Long feathery powdery lashes sprouted around his eyes. A cloud of small black bugs crawled down his chin.
#Halloween #pumpkin
7
I came home to find a dozen jack-o-lanterns lining our driveway
The first were firm and bright. Then soft spots darkened around triangular eyes. The next sagged, mottled brown and black. The last were just piles, reeking of rot.
#Halloween #pumpkin
I came home to find a dozen jack-o-lanterns lining our driveway
The first were firm and bright. Then soft spots darkened around triangular eyes. The next sagged, mottled brown and black. The last were just piles, reeking of rot.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
7
I came home to find a dozen jack-o-lanterns lining our driveway
The first were firm and bright. Then soft spots darkened around triangular eyes. The next sagged, mottled brown and black. The last were just piles, reeking of rot.
#Halloween #pumpkin
I came home to find a dozen jack-o-lanterns lining our driveway
The first were firm and bright. Then soft spots darkened around triangular eyes. The next sagged, mottled brown and black. The last were just piles, reeking of rot.
#Halloween #pumpkin
6
Dad’s blanket, the one Mom knitted, was bunched up on the couch. TV was paused on theTwilight Zone.
I found a note on the fridge, “Make breakfast. Get dressed. BRB”.
I made eggs, dressed, and sat by the front door for maybe thirty minutes.
Then I walked to school.
#Halloween #pumpkin
Dad’s blanket, the one Mom knitted, was bunched up on the couch. TV was paused on theTwilight Zone.
I found a note on the fridge, “Make breakfast. Get dressed. BRB”.
I made eggs, dressed, and sat by the front door for maybe thirty minutes.
Then I walked to school.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
6
Dad’s blanket, the one Mom knitted, was bunched up on the couch. TV was paused on theTwilight Zone.
I found a note on the fridge, “Make breakfast. Get dressed. BRB”.
I made eggs, dressed, and sat by the front door for maybe thirty minutes.
Then I walked to school.
#Halloween #pumpkin
Dad’s blanket, the one Mom knitted, was bunched up on the couch. TV was paused on theTwilight Zone.
I found a note on the fridge, “Make breakfast. Get dressed. BRB”.
I made eggs, dressed, and sat by the front door for maybe thirty minutes.
Then I walked to school.
#Halloween #pumpkin
5
That was Wednesday.
That night he rubbed the bridge of his nose, pinched his eyes shut. I asked if he had a headache. Dad told me to put on “Sleepy Hollow”. We watched it while I ate, and he moved his fork around the plate.
Thursday, I woke up alone in the house.
#Halloween #pumpkin
That was Wednesday.
That night he rubbed the bridge of his nose, pinched his eyes shut. I asked if he had a headache. Dad told me to put on “Sleepy Hollow”. We watched it while I ate, and he moved his fork around the plate.
Thursday, I woke up alone in the house.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
5
That was Wednesday.
That night he rubbed the bridge of his nose, pinched his eyes shut. I asked if he had a headache. Dad told me to put on “Sleepy Hollow”. We watched it while I ate, and he moved his fork around the plate.
Thursday, I woke up alone in the house.
#Halloween #pumpkin
That was Wednesday.
That night he rubbed the bridge of his nose, pinched his eyes shut. I asked if he had a headache. Dad told me to put on “Sleepy Hollow”. We watched it while I ate, and he moved his fork around the plate.
Thursday, I woke up alone in the house.
#Halloween #pumpkin
4
Dad’s fingertips sank into its surface as he marched it out to the bins.
He wiped at hands on his jeans and cursed the whole way to school. The smell clung to l me the entire day. Callum C asked if I’d slept in a dumpster.
#Halloween #pumpkin
Dad’s fingertips sank into its surface as he marched it out to the bins.
He wiped at hands on his jeans and cursed the whole way to school. The smell clung to l me the entire day. Callum C asked if I’d slept in a dumpster.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
4
Dad’s fingertips sank into its surface as he marched it out to the bins.
He wiped at hands on his jeans and cursed the whole way to school. The smell clung to l me the entire day. Callum C asked if I’d slept in a dumpster.
#Halloween #pumpkin
Dad’s fingertips sank into its surface as he marched it out to the bins.
He wiped at hands on his jeans and cursed the whole way to school. The smell clung to l me the entire day. Callum C asked if I’d slept in a dumpster.
#Halloween #pumpkin
3
We set them out front. The LEDs made their eyes dance red, yellow, green.
The next morning, we found black gnats swarming outside. My lantern was fine, but Dad’s tilted to the side like Uncle Gary. It sprouted wispy mold from the eyes and a rancid fluid wept out the mouth.
#Halloween #pumpkin
We set them out front. The LEDs made their eyes dance red, yellow, green.
The next morning, we found black gnats swarming outside. My lantern was fine, but Dad’s tilted to the side like Uncle Gary. It sprouted wispy mold from the eyes and a rancid fluid wept out the mouth.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
3
We set them out front. The LEDs made their eyes dance red, yellow, green.
The next morning, we found black gnats swarming outside. My lantern was fine, but Dad’s tilted to the side like Uncle Gary. It sprouted wispy mold from the eyes and a rancid fluid wept out the mouth.
#Halloween #pumpkin
We set them out front. The LEDs made their eyes dance red, yellow, green.
The next morning, we found black gnats swarming outside. My lantern was fine, but Dad’s tilted to the side like Uncle Gary. It sprouted wispy mold from the eyes and a rancid fluid wept out the mouth.
#Halloween #pumpkin
2
We carved them in the living room, Hocus Pocus playing on TV. Tradition is important, you know?
When Dad pulled the top of his pumpkin, the smell was somewhere between vinegar and moldy cigars.
“It’s not like we’re eating it.” He said as he reached in with his scoop.
#Halloween #pumpkin
We carved them in the living room, Hocus Pocus playing on TV. Tradition is important, you know?
When Dad pulled the top of his pumpkin, the smell was somewhere between vinegar and moldy cigars.
“It’s not like we’re eating it.” He said as he reached in with his scoop.
#Halloween #pumpkin
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
2
We carved them in the living room, Hocus Pocus playing on TV. Tradition is important, you know?
When Dad pulled the top of his pumpkin, the smell was somewhere between vinegar and moldy cigars.
“It’s not like we’re eating it.” He said as he reached in with his scoop.
#Halloween #pumpkin
We carved them in the living room, Hocus Pocus playing on TV. Tradition is important, you know?
When Dad pulled the top of his pumpkin, the smell was somewhere between vinegar and moldy cigars.
“It’s not like we’re eating it.” He said as he reached in with his scoop.
#Halloween #pumpkin
It had to be the pumpkin that did it.
It hadn’t been some specimen with odd, nobbly bits or patches of crusty grey creeping across the orange skin.
Dad had picked it out from dozens of other perfectly round pumpkins, all with a healthy orange glow.
#halloween #lantern #pumpkin
It hadn’t been some specimen with odd, nobbly bits or patches of crusty grey creeping across the orange skin.
Dad had picked it out from dozens of other perfectly round pumpkins, all with a healthy orange glow.
#halloween #lantern #pumpkin
October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It had to be the pumpkin that did it.
It hadn’t been some specimen with odd, nobbly bits or patches of crusty grey creeping across the orange skin.
Dad had picked it out from dozens of other perfectly round pumpkins, all with a healthy orange glow.
#halloween #lantern #pumpkin
It hadn’t been some specimen with odd, nobbly bits or patches of crusty grey creeping across the orange skin.
Dad had picked it out from dozens of other perfectly round pumpkins, all with a healthy orange glow.
#halloween #lantern #pumpkin
Because, why not follow the plot of “Daredevil,” beat for goddamn beat?
#daredevil
#daredevil
June 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Because, why not follow the plot of “Daredevil,” beat for goddamn beat?
#daredevil
#daredevil
To be fair, those kids are always laughing at you.
May 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
To be fair, those kids are always laughing at you.
April 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If this is true, DOGE records would remain sealed until 2034.
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If this is true, DOGE records would remain sealed until 2034.
Yeah, I'm religious. I believe in the holy trinity
November 30, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Yeah, I'm religious. I believe in the holy trinity
Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with.
November 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with.
Everything hurts & I’m dying.
June 1, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Everything hurts & I’m dying.
Good observation.
#2024
#2024
March 5, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Good observation.
#2024
#2024