I know, I said I wasn't going to enter the Halloween contest, but this idea came to me last night, and I figured "Yeah, might as well write it."
This ties in to Black Autumn I, and details from this tale might crop up in Rise of the Pit Sloth— but you don't need to read either of those to enjoy this. I hope.
The stipulations I used from the contest are "The tale can only have one survivor; how you define that is up to you." and "The piece itself cannot directly acknowledge that it is in fact Halloween, but it must be blindingly obvious based on the setting and storybuilding.".
Thanks to Zyn and
The Great Hippo for critting this in chat last night.