Campfire tales
The stories people tell once the dark settles in.
The fire is the point
Campfire tales aren't about the ending. They're about the circle, the dark just past the light, and the pause before the reveal.
What gets told
first fires the one that wouldn't catch lost trails and the walk back ghosts the soft kind, told low true stories the ones you had to be there for
Tell one
Keep it short, leave the ending open, and let the next person add the part you left out.