Ghost tales
Long stories and short ones, written in the manner of the old pulp magazines and Victorian annuals — invented, and labeled as such.
Browse the talesVintage Folklore & Tales
About Haunts Halloween
Haunts Halloween is a small independent magazine devoted to the Halloween of decades past — its stories, its paper decorations, its recipes, and the people who still remember it.
This magazine began with a simple affection: the look and feel of an old October. Die-cut black cats taped to a window, a honeycomb pumpkin on the table, a ghost story read aloud by lamplight. Most of what appears here is written and drawn in that spirit — a loving imitation of the print era, not a museum of it.
Everything here — the fiction, the artwork, the games — is openly a work of imagination.
What's on the shelves
Recipes & party tables
Old-fashioned treats from the 1920s through the 1960s, party appetizers, potluck dishes, and the candy history behind the holiday.
See the recipesDecor, costumes & collectibles
Blow molds, Beistle cutouts, honeycomb pumpkins, and the costumes that look scarier the older they get.
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If you have an encounter of your own, a family recipe, or a memory of how Halloween was kept in your town, we'd like to hear it.