The Magic of Pumpkin Lights

Autumn takes its rights, and the usual order of things cracks. Fog brings creatures from the forest that grandmothers used to tell stories about. The candles in the pumpkins burn for a reason — they serve as beacons for those who have departed. Each story in the collection is a separate tale with its own world, heroes, and rules. There is Slavic and Eastern European folklore, reinterpreted by contemporary authors. There is soft horror that makes you reluctant to sleep with the light on, but you want to look over your shoulder. There is quiet, poignant mysticism — about memory, loss, and the connection of generations. The collection reads like a mosaic: each fragment is independent, but together they form a larger picture — autumn, where the wonderful and the eerie are inseparable from each other.