I just saw this couple at the Main Street Halloween parade in New Paltz, NY. She is some kind of platypus and he is an obsolete audio cassette. Oh no wait: he’s a tape and she’s a duck. They’re tape duck. Duck tape! But isn’t it DUCT tape? Clearly it’s cooler to dress up as an audio cassette than it is to dress up like aluminum tubing.
I think the real Broadway-bound costume-making brains are down in NYC tonight. But it’s awfully cute to see all the little kids and adults alike running down main street in tiaras and bedroom sheets.
Conversation with my friends’ daughter Violet. She is 3 and dressed like a princess:
Me: What is your costume?
Violet: Violet!
Me: Do you want a sticker? You have to say “Trick or treat!”
Violet: Trick or treat!
Me: Now you say “thank you.”
Violet: Thank you!
Her mom: Now say “This year your soul will be spared.”
Violet: This year your soul will be spared.
Thank goodness.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Anna Grossman is writing this bio in the third person. She is a New York-based freelance writer specializing in lifestyle and entertainment features. She is 5'7" and has been described as "nice." Su esposo, Jesus, enseñandola Espanol. Email her if you feel like it: GrossmanAJ@Gmail.com
MEET THE ILLUSTRATOR
James Gulliver Hancock is an internationally acclaimed artist who crosses as many mediums as he does borders. James is constantly on the move, having been involved in artist projects and residencies in Indonesia, Austria, France, the U.K. and America. He is currently located in Los Angeles and works on projects in Europe, America and Australia. His work is as varied as his travels, encompassing editorial illustration for magazines, commissions for music group artwork and animations, work with disabled children on logo designs, creating gigantic set illustrations for performances and TV.
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