Unhallowed!: 15 Halloween Tricks to Spoil Your Treats.

Halloween was never harmless. It only learned to smile for the children. Every October, familiar rituals return: bonfires, carved pumpkins, neighborhood decorations, sugar skulls, soul cakes, costumes, and candy saved for last. In Unhallowed!, those traditions have memories of their own, and every celebration conceals an arrangement someone has forgotten to explain. A grieving man feeds more than regret to a hungry fire. A child discovers what the final piece of candy has taken from her. A handmade sugar skull bears the unmistakable smile of the dead. A street counts every house. A scarecrow becomes the best decoration in the neighborhood for reasons no one wants to examine too closely. Across fifteen tales of folk horror and supernatural dread, Kevin Lintner turns the comforts of Halloween into old contracts, inherited obligations, and doors that open only one way. These stories are atmospheric, character-driven, and rooted in the terrible possibility that our strangest customs have survived because they still work. Come for the treats. Stay because something has learned your name.