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J.K. Rowling promises Halloween treat for Harry Potter fans

Best-selling British author, J.K. Rowling, is preparing to release a boy wizard-related story for fans next Friday.

The best-selling author to publish boy wizard-based story online on Oct. 31

British author J.K. Rowling is preparing to release a 1,700 word story for fans next Friday. (Danny E. Martindale/Getty Images)

Harry Potter fans can look forward to a Halloween treat, with some tricks, from J.K. Rowling.

In an announcement posted Friday on her website, the author revealed that she has prepared a 1,700 word story about the witch and former Hogwarts professor Dolores Umbridge.

The story will appear on Halloween, Oct. 31, on her site. It will include Rowling's "revealing first-person thoughts" about Umbridge, according to Friday's announcement.

Umbridge first appeared in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth of seven books in Rowling's multimillion-selling series. Imelda Staunton played her in the film adaptations of the Potter books.