Halloween · 30 cards

Spooky Halloween Messages

Atmospheric, spooky Halloween messages — the kind for full moons, candle-lit pumpkins, and the thinning veil.

Halloween

The moon is full. The cat is up. The pumpkin is grinning. Tonight, anything is possible.

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Listen — at midnight, the wind moves differently. Tonight, leave a candle in the window. Just in case.

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They say the veil is thin tonight. Be kind to the strange noises. Some of them are visitors.

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The pumpkin you carved is watching the street. Let it. That's its job tonight.

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The owls know things tonight. So do the porch cats. So does the wind. Listen carefully.

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In the orange light of the jack-o'-lantern, the shadows move a little slower. That's how you know it's working.

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Tonight the witches don't hide. Tonight the ghosts walk the porch. Tonight the dog stares at corners. Halloween.

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The leaves are dry. The path is dark. The doorbell is ringing. Open it. They're only kids. (Probably.)

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Tonight, between the streetlamps and the porch lights, there are spaces where strange things have always been allowed. Be kind to them.

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The wind tonight has a kind of memory in it. October knows what it's doing.

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A black cat crossed the lawn. The porch light flickered. Somewhere a kid in a bedsheet just remembered the rules.

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Tonight is the one night the ghosts in the attic are allowed to come downstairs. Leave the kettle on. Just in case.

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The candle in the pumpkin will not blow out. The wind tries. The wind is wrong tonight.

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Tonight, the wolves in your dreams have permission. Let them run. They'll be gone by sunrise.

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October ends tonight. Whatever wanted to be remembered, will be. Whatever wanted to come back, may. That's the bargain.

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The fog rolled in at exactly 7:42. Right on schedule. The pumpkins approved.

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Tonight the trees know your name. Don't be alarmed. They knew it last October too.

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The smallest ghost on your porch is six years old. She's after the candy, not the soul. Be generous on both counts.

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The crow on the fence is watching. He always is. Tonight, however, he might wave back.

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Tonight, in the dark beyond the porch light, there are stories. Light a candle anyway. Just in case.

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Old bones, old houses, old leaves. October is patient. Halloween knows when to arrive. It always does.

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The moon is fat and bright tonight. The trees are bare and wise. The porch is open. The bowl is full. Come.

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There is a creak in the floorboards your house has never made before. Tonight, don't ask. Tonight, leave it alone.

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The wind through the dry corn sounds almost like laughing. Or whispering. Tonight, you don't have to know which.

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Tonight, what's gone visits. What's old wakes. What's been waiting steps quietly into the kitchen. Leave a chair pulled out. Just in case.