A planet covered in darkness and filled with monsters can be a serious impediment to true love.

“...that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay.”

An NPL curated Halloween inspired playlist with liner notes. 

If today you were to spot a kid walking around and talking to themselves, you'd probably reasonably conclude that they were imaginative.

Ancestral homes often have a habit of feeling haunted, and when they appear in stories that mix the Southern Gothic genre with the supernatural, you can bet they probably are.