Zagat Reviews Of Your Neighbors’ Halloween Treats

How to know where to go trick-or-treating this year

Caren Lissner
Slackjaw

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Photo by Beth Teutschmann on Unsplash

Dullsville

12 Morton Lane: Gives out BBBats which “s-s-suck,” and “no one eats them even when fr-fr-free.” The skeleton hanging on the door is “fitting,” because “once you see what they’re giving out you’ll stay skinny forever.” The two BMW’s in the driveway are “misleading.”

The Doubting Thomases

173 Medford Road: Old couple gives out bags of cashews and shelled peanuts “because no one had food allergies when they were growing up” and “it’s probably a hoax” and “today’s kids ought to ‘toughen up.’ ” However, both husband and wife “lack a medical degree.”

Rich Cheapskates

88 Charles St.: This house “gives out Mary Janes,” prompting a visitor to note, “Hello, 1955 called and it wants its cheap-ass candy back.” The “rusty Studebaker in the back” is “probably what they used to go buy the candy at the five-and-dime.” The residents are “suspected to be cousins of the BBBat people.”

Goody Two Shoes

9 Pittsfield Road: “Gives out pencils that say ‘Stay in School,’ ” and thus has become known as the “virtue signaling house.” Visitors “came away hungry” and as a…

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Caren Lissner
Slackjaw

Author of nerdy novel CARRIE PILBY (film version‘s on Netflix). Finishing up offbeat memoir. Love dogs & puns. Read more: http://carenlissner.com.