Wait for Night

A free short story from Tor.Com, available HERE

A day labourer cleaning out a waterway after a storm and after work, finds his car battery dead. Earlier a dozer was used to uproot a huge tree growing next to the waterway, so he figures on borrowing the battery to jump start his car. As he wrestles with the battery, he discovers something tangled up in the roots of the old tree - something that has probably been there for over a hundred years.
His workmate, who wears a bandana over his burned face, comes to see what the delay is, and seems to know more about the discovery than would be expected - and then a cop turns up to see what they are up to.
It all kicks off from there.

A short, dark tale, but it felt a little rushed at the end.

3.5 stars, rounded down.