The sun goes down. Night sweeps over the horizon, a harbinger of the various adventures of the evening. The local police force tries to keep order on this, the most pagan and vile night of the year.
Teenage boys control the night, leaving remnants of their art on trees, bushes, doorsteps.
On this particular night, everyone dresses up. Yet, they all remain the same. In the beginning, we would play dress up, being deformed beings that hunt in the night, stalking the land for candy, masks tightening our breath. In the moonlight we would seek the best place to sate our sweet tooth. Our concern was to have the most fearsome costume, to find the most sugar, and to have fun.