The earth had made another trip around the sun leaving us once again in the month of October. Amid the chaos of the world, food shortages, and masses of laid-off workers, there are ways to tune it all out. I can always count on some “me time” at my favorite spa. To my delight, there was a full moon this evening. Perfect! I arrived at the spa in which the sign on the establishment read
Monster Spa
We Take The Trick Out of Treat!
I parked in my usual spot out front in my black, shiny T-Bird with leopard upholstery and white walled tires, just like Elvira’s. The bell jingled as I opened the door to the establishment. The gang was all here. Alice was on the massage table getting a work over by a masseuse named Teddy that looked like Lurch from the Addams Family. Alice is a goblin with dark facial features. Teddy’s skillful hands were making her giggle with delight. He finished off with a toilet plunger on her back, and she loved this even more.
I checked in at the desk.
“You want the usual, Ms. Wulf?”
“Of course, yes please.”
“Right this way.”
I was pampered by a staff person named June who was born in the month of October. Go figure! She applied a mixture of Indian kama oil and sea salt to exfoliate my skin. June noticed excess hair being exfoliated. She had a worried look on her face.
“Don’t worry. I grow a new batch every full moon.” She was okay with that.
I looked over and saw Meritamon, an Egyptian mummy friend being unwrapped. She had just had a full body makeover. She had special magical herbs applied from head to toe that regenerated her dried up mummified skin. It was necessary for the regiment to be wrapped completely to work. Now for the big reveal. The staff person handed her a mirror to see the results. Meritamon was so happy with the results that one of her eyes popped out. She promptly poked it back in and thanked the staff person.
Three witches named Allison, Tasha, and Jessica were already in the hot whirlpool known as the Creepy Caldron. They were gossiping no doubt. Maybe they were discussing the latest, greatest spells.
After I was done with me body treatment, I sat reclined with green Rotten Egg treatment on my face and cucumber slices on my closed eyes. Spooky, gothic musicals played in the background.
Kora the Greek vampire was one of the staff people. She made her rounds to the patrons to give each person a hot cup of herbal tea. When she got to me, I was none too happy.
“Really? Wolfsbane? I could smell it from across the room! Get that away from me!” My claws immediately grew three inches. I made a swipe to claw the tray of herbal tea out of her hands. The tray clattered on the tile floor. Immediately Kora was on all fours on the ceiling above me. She bore her fangs at me and hissed. I knew that Kora didn’t like me, but this was taking it too far. In my rage, I fully wolfed out in response to her attempt at giving me wolfsbane. My primal growl startled both guests and staff. I stood there with my feet apart, fangs extended, and fur from head to toe.
“Come now ladies. Let’s not make a scene,” said Mr. Drexel , the ghoul and owner.
“Too late for that, I’m afraid,” I said with disgust in my rough voice.
“I apologize, Ms. Wulf. Your spa treatment is on the house today.”
“Thank you, Mr. Drexel. I appreciate it.” After I calmed down a bit, my claws retracted and my wolf hair vanished. I returned to my humanoid self looking like a regular brunette lady. The Thompson zombie twins Hugo and Hermie had just had a shave and garg-oil treatments. They were both shirtless and wearing only towels around their hips.
“Ms. Wulf, sorry you had to experience that. Let’s have a good time over at the Creepy Caldron,” offered Hugo.
“Do, let’s relax and join the others,” suggested Hermie as he offered me a glass of wine.
“The exfoliating herbs and oils are doing wonders for you both. Less dead skin,” I offered. I slipped my hands around each of their arms as the three of us joined the others at the whirlpool. The Thompson twins dropped their towels. To everyone’s horror and delight, the twins were missing flesh due to their zombified condition. But still - we all had a spooktacular time.
