This document provides writing prompts and information about horror stories and the origins of Jack-o-lanterns. It gives two writing options: 1) writing an email to a friend asking for advice after an argument with a significant other, following specific rules. 2) creating an original horror story or adapting an existing one, noting common horror elements. It then tells the folk tale of Stingy Jack, who was denied entry to heaven and hell for his miserly ways and was doomed to wander with only a lantern, becoming the origin of the jack-o-lantern Halloween tradition.