No kids ever come by on this street on Hallowe'en. Not a one. Not in years. It might be because it's out in the country with only a few houses around. It might be the stygian darkness and the tall trees and the way the moonlight fails to pierce the deeper shadows. Or it might be because of those incidents with the thing that howls at night out in the woods, the sounds of branches breaking in the darkness, and the various mysterious disappearances.....

I haven't seen any kids out after dark around here in a looooong time. And precious few adults either.

Owwww-OOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!