A delicious, very short story inspired by Pride and Prejudice, in which Lydia and Kitty are inspired by a little-known Regency tradition to make mischief on Halloween (All Hallow's Eve).A taster for McVeigh's forthcoming volume of Austenesque short stories! Alice McVeigh's Austenesque series of novels (her and "celebrated and " series, according to Publishers Weekly) has been honoured has in each case been a starred and "Editors Pick and " there. In addition to placing as BookLife Quarterfinalist (2021, rated 10 10), and Honorable mention in Foreword Indies' and "Book of the Year and " (2022) Susan, Harriet and Darcy have won Gold in the Pencraft (4), Global (3), eLit, Incipere and Historical Fiction Company Book Awards, and been finalists in 15 others. * and "McVeigh's prose and plotting are pitch perfect - she echoes the master herself and " - Publishers Weekly* and "McVeigh displays a brilliant, spot-on command of Austen's diction and tone. and " (Kirkus Review)* and "Though there have certainly been other attempts to imitate Austen's storytelling, none have been as skillfully and masterfully executed as Alice McVeigh's. (IndieReader)