The Night After Hallowe'en (short story): Difference between revisions

A young man named [[Justin (The Night After Hallowe'en)|Justin]] is hiking alone and is lost on the cold night. He can find his way in the forest by the bright moonlight. He should have been back home several hours earlier, but had wandered off the trail and has had trouble getting out of the trees. He cannot see his compass well enough to use it. The wind picks up, but Justin realises it is not wind--it is a dark object flying above the trees, about to crash. Justin runs ahead to see if the pilot and passengers will need help. He reaches the clearing it landed in, but see no wreckage nor hears anything. He sits by a lake to call his mother on his [[mobile phone]]. A bony hand reaches from the water and grabs his ankle, dragging him into the lake. On the other end of the phone, his mother believes it a Hallowe'en prank.