HALLOWEEN NIGHT

Tonight is Halloween night and I am walking in a forest.  I can see the trees looming out of the darkness with their branches twisting and wrapping around each other.  Two green eyes appear under a bush.  Out scurries a black cat, and without a glance, it turns and disappears into the night.  I keep walking, looking around for anything unhuman.  A mist starts curling around my feet, spreading, diffusing, shielding a dark figure from view.  As a bloodcurdling scream is let loose nearby, footsteps retreat into the fading gloom...