30/10/25 Ha-Ha-Halloween

Name: 30/10/25 Ha-Ha-Halloween
Start: 2025-10-30T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-10-30T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Paradise Street, Oxford

Date & Time

Thu Oct 30 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Paradise Street, Oxford | Oxford, EN

$30\/10\/25 Ha-Ha-Halloween$

Details

This Halloween, we are looking for stories to make us shake, shiver and cry...with laughter!
Take an ostensibly spooky setting or character and make it funny. Some ideas:
- The vampire's landlord has a few words for his tenant. The place is not up to fire regulations!
- A Puritan ghost is enthralled when the owners of the house she haunts put on Love Island.
- Dracula is defeated when, in bat form, he is pounced upon by a bored and greedy tomcat.
- It turns out snakes can be charmed by all wind instruments, including the bagpipes.
(Bonus points if you can name the media where these come from)
Costumes and spooky dress are very welcome but not required.
This week's meeting will be held at Peace House on Paradise street.
Find out more about our events:
- In-person events: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQR_u8Lo0L5wl0GNbWsQsAmq4Q7xH_Itrc0xy1WOo-7KdfyczNLszzNegxywrPlLbgvACB1AGuRlIz6/pub
- Online events: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQYioGi0fnuWTszxJCdvVJPG82qoeA87xQinsChnjXoTyffFUsC9ZIhAyQkKEVWaxDgbg6HBewb11cz/pub
- Our community rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRafGOfNvI6IzQW8KyejZzM17cWjqBP4VQdLAEXN5baq48vDJuras_5YMEV6sqAAGfUbMzM0ZhqAOBu/pub
All are welcome.
Doors open at 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start, and Readings and Feedback will go til around 9:30pm.
Readers, please be prepared to share a link to your work in the Meetup page for this event or to bring paper copies.
Listeners, please be ready to access these documents and follow along with readers on your phone or other device.
Entry Fee: To help cover venue costs, we are asking for an entry fee of £3-£5, depending on your budget. We'll collect this on the night of the event (Paypal or card payment).
A basic selection of drinks will be available at the venue for a donation, or feel free to bring your own.
The event organiser for this session is Tiffany Howard.
If you have any questions at all, please first read the documents linked above. If your query is not answered there, you can email the group organisers at [email protected]
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