{"id":42088,"date":"2018-10-28T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T18:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/?p=42088"},"modified":"2018-10-28T21:05:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T02:05:55","slug":"on-hallowkreme-you-get-tricked-and-treated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/2018\/10\/28\/on-hallowkreme-you-get-tricked-and-treated\/","title":{"rendered":"On HallowKreme you get Tricked and Treated"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Trance-tory<\/a>

Trance-tory Trick ‘er Treat by Kris P. Kreme<\/p><\/div>\n

Installing a new fancy product called a Trance-tory Trick ‘er Treater, Jonathan hopes the special hypnotic lighting can do as it claims and influence the visiting kids to only take a couple pieces of candy each.<\/p>\n

But while it works flawlessly on the children, what does it do to those over eighteen who are exposed to it?<\/p>\n

He’ll find out, just not the way he ever would have chosen as his neighbor’s eighteen year old daughter stands mesmerized for several minutes only to leave her trance with quite uncharacteristic desires.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Find it on Smashwords now!<\/a><\/p>\n

Now on Amazon!<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonathan loves Halloween, has never shied away from decorating or anything, but the one element of it he could do without is constantly being bothered by the doorbell. His experiment last year with simply leaving a bowl out didn’t work, punk kids taking too many pieces and then leaving the latecomers to knock or ring and ask for more.<\/p>\n

But this year, Jonathan found a neat device that promises to put an end to such annoyances. It’s called the Trance-tory Trick ‘er Treater, and supposedly while it looks like a simple hanging artificial pumpkin with a face carved in it, it’s actually some sort of special hypnotic strobe lighting effect that activates by motion sensor.<\/p>\n

According to the elaborate instructions he reads while wiring everything up and putting it out on Halloween during the day, the device has settings he can adjust for how many pieces of candy each kid should take. When the kids step onto the porch, the strobe lighting activates, they look up fascinated, and then happily take only that amount of candy, walking off.<\/p>\n

It seems too good to be true, and a bit strange, particularly the warnings about possible adverse affects to those over eighteen, but Jonathan could never pass up at least giving something new a try.<\/p>\n

So he’s setting it up, waving hello to an older guy across the street, an old college buddy who mostly goes on about how hard it is to believe his daughter just turned eighteen and will be off to college soon. Of course his son is still a kid, still going to be around, and later that evening when Jonathan has been impressively watching through his doorbell camera the Trance-tory Trick ‘er Treater work flawlessly, it’s the last stop visit by his neighbor’s son that changes everything.<\/p>\n

Sam, the son approaches, but chaperoned by his older sister who is quick to approach the front porch and make sure Sam isn’t taking too much candy. However as the strobe lighting begins, Jonathan can see from the doorbell cam feed on his phone that something isn’t right.<\/p>\n

Instead of briefly looking up at the flashing lights and then looking away like all the kids did, Sam’s older sister Abigail is just standing there, seemingly in a total trance staring at the hanging pumpkin lights.<\/p>\n

Even as Sam runs off back home, ignoring how weird she is being, Abigail just stands there, and she remains minute after minute until eventually she’s still enough the motion lighting turns off, but Abigail hasn’t moved.<\/p>\n

Freaked out a bit, Jonathan realizes that it’s dark, no more kids likely to come by, and he has to make sure Abigail is okay.<\/p>\n

Just what will happen when Jonathan inadvertently activates the Trance-tory Trick ‘er Treater with his own motion, stepping onto the porch with Abigail? Will they both be tricked into a treat neither ever expected on Halloween? One thing is definite, there’s a reason the Trick ‘er Treater was only intended to be exposed to kids and the unfortunate side effects to those over eighteen might just expose a whole lot more.<\/p>\n

HallowKreme gets tricky with the trances this Halloween, but in the end there’s plenty of treats to go around.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Find it on Smashwords now!<\/a><\/p>\n

Now on Amazon!<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Coming up next… She’ll be Whore-ified…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Installing a new fancy product called a Trance-tory Trick ‘er Treater, Jonathan hopes the special hypnotic lighting can do as it claims and influence the visiting kids to only take a couple pieces of candy each. But while it works flawlessly on the children, what does it do to those over eighteen who are exposed … <\/p>\n

Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[37,136,4],"tags":[69,137,63],"class_list":["post-42088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hallowkreme","category-hallowkreme-2018","category-tales-from-the-kreme","tag-hallowkreme","tag-hallowkreme-2018","tag-tales-from-the-kreme","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trance-toryTrickerTreat-cover.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iXk7-aWQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46819,"url":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/2024\/10\/23\/hallowkreme-can-get-you-in-a-trance\/","url_meta":{"origin":42088,"position":0},"title":"HallowKreme can get you in a Trance","author":"Kris P. Kreme","date":"October 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When Melissa realizes she forgot to get candy, husband Tyler comes to the rescue, having bought some at close-out prices at the local T-mart. Even if Melissa has suspicions about T-mart products, it's a relief since little kids will be showing up soon. But it isn't little kids she has\u2026","rel":"","context":"","block_context":{"text":"HallowKreme","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/category\/hallowkreme\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Trick or Trance by Kris P. Kreme","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TrickorTrance-cover.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TrickorTrance-cover.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TrickorTrance-cover.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TrickorTrance-cover.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TrickorTrance-cover.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TrickorTrance-cover.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42005,"url":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/2018\/10\/01\/if-its-october-it-has-to-be-time-for-hallowkreme-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":42088,"position":1},"title":"If it’s October… It has to be time for HallowKreme 2018!","author":"Kris P. Kreme","date":"October 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It's the beginning of October and the Kreme Keeper's coffin is opening... HallowKreme 2018 has arrived! New SINtendo, new Trance-tory and new Days Later! New Konversational and the beginning of two brand new series! New Seamen Shack as well as tons of new original Halloween theme stories! And in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"","block_context":{"text":"HallowKreme","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/category\/hallowkreme\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HallowKreme2018","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/HallowKreme2018-promotionalAd.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/HallowKreme2018-promotionalAd.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/HallowKreme2018-promotionalAd.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/HallowKreme2018-promotionalAd.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41255,"url":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/2017\/09\/30\/its-going-to-be-a-scary-hallowkreme-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":42088,"position":2},"title":"It’s going to be a scary HallowKreme 2017…","author":"Kris P. Kreme","date":"September 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Get ready Readers for that special time of the year... A time of witches demons and ghosts... Curses abound and scientists are mad... Aliens attack and no one is safe... It's HallowKreme 2017! New SINtendo! New Bimbo Bombed! New Trance-tory! More Kreme than your goody bag can hold! Starting Soon!","rel":"","context":"","block_context":{"text":"HallowKreme","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/category\/hallowkreme\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HallowKreme 2017 Promo Ad","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKremeMonthPromo-image.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKremeMonthPromo-image.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKremeMonthPromo-image.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKremeMonthPromo-image.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43421,"url":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/2020\/10\/01\/its-october-so-it-must-be-hallowkreme\/","url_meta":{"origin":42088,"position":3},"title":"It’s October so it must be HallowKreme…","author":"Kris P. Kreme","date":"October 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"If there's one thing you can be sure of, nothing stops HalloKreme... There's new Donnie the Demon, new SINtendo, new Bimbo Bombed, new Konversation, new Trance-tory, new Tales from the Kremey Zone with not one but two tales included, a new mysterious Fertile Fields, and two new sequels no one\u2026","rel":"","context":"","block_context":{"text":"HallowKreme","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/category\/hallowkreme\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Halloween with the Kreme 2020 Promo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme-Promo2020.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme-Promo2020.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme-Promo2020.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme-Promo2020.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme-Promo2020.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48315,"url":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/2025\/10\/13\/you-might-be-in-a-trance-during-hallowkreme\/","url_meta":{"origin":42088,"position":4},"title":"You might be in a Trance during HallowKreme","author":"Kris P. Kreme","date":"October 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"When brainy coed Gwendolyn accepts a colorful lollipop as a Halloween treat from Finn, the campus geek, she's just being nice. But after hearing that it is called a Sanity Sucker and can stimulate far more than taste buds, will her own curiosity have her licking it during her teaching\u2026","rel":"","context":"","block_context":{"text":"HallowKreme","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/category\/hallowkreme\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Trance-tory Sanity Suckers by Kris P. Kreme","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trance-torySanitySuckers-cover.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trance-torySanitySuckers-cover.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trance-torySanitySuckers-cover.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trance-torySanitySuckers-cover.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trance-torySanitySuckers-cover.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trance-torySanitySuckers-cover.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42741,"url":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/2019\/10\/01\/its-just-about-time-for-halloween-with-the-kreme-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":42088,"position":5},"title":"It’s just about time for Halloween with the Kreme 2019!","author":"Kris P. Kreme","date":"October 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Coming sooner than you think, and everything you expect for HallowKreme! New Donnie the Demon! New Bimbo Bombed! New Tales from the Kremey Zone! New Fertile Fields! New SINtendo and SINtech Tales! New Days Later and Konversational! Plus new House of Xadr, new Peter Geist, new Trance-tory and surprise sequels\u2026","rel":"","context":"","block_context":{"text":"HallowKreme","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/category\/hallowkreme\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Halloween with the Kreme 2019 promotion Ad","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme2019-promotionAd.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme2019-promotionAd.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme2019-promotionAd.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HalloweenwiththeKreme2019-promotionAd.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42091,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42088\/revisions\/42091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}