Happy Halloween 2026!

Happy Halloween!

The night is still
And the frost, it bites my face
I wear my silence like a mask
And murmur like a ghost

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

The carefree days are distant now
I wear my memories like a shroud
I try to speak, but words collapse
Echoing, echoing

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

A sweet reminder in the ice-blue nursery
Of a childish murder, of hidden lustre
And she cries

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

http://siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk/

BEAUTY: Painting for Halloween--Cam Rackam

For Halloween, look at these glorious pieces of skeletons and skulls in such realistic detail by the extraordinary painter Cam Rackam.

Top to bottom: Be Mine; Bitter Spring; Evermore; Flora; Marigold; May Queen; Reaper; Starcrossed

Prints of these works are available at his site:
https://www.camrackam.com/

BEAUTY: Art--Skeletons and Skulls For Halloween 2026

Image sourced from the Public Domain Image Archive / The Metropolitan Museum

Top to bottom: Vanitas by Kim Cogan; Pleasure by Stephen Mackey; Prosthetic by Miles Cleveland Goodwin; untitled man and skeleton by Xavier Escala; Vanitas Still Life by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1603; Skeleton With Yellow Rose by Katie Gamb; imagine me and you by Spike Milliken

Happy Halloween 2025!

Happy Halloween!

The night is still
And the frost, it bites my face
I wear my silence like a mask
And murmur like a ghost

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

The carefree days are distant now
I wear my memories like a shroud
I try to speak, but words collapse
Echoing, echoing

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

A sweet reminder in the ice-blue nursery
Of a childish murder, of hidden lustre
And she cries

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

http://siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk/

BEAUTY: Painting for Halloween--Emre Tuna (tinypieceofmercury)

For Halloween, here are the wonderful, endless skeletons of artist Emre Tuna (previously here) who goes by the name tinypieceofmercury.

Pieces are for sale on his site:
https://tinypieceofmercury.bigcartel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/tinypieceofmercury/

BEAUTY: Art--Skeletons and Skulls For Halloween 2025

Top to bottom: Skeleton Contemplating a Dead Bird by Seth Becker; The dance of Death: The Death Blow by Thomas Rowlandson, 1816; from In The Garden by William Schmiechen; Dusk by Nick Bleb; a piece from her Broken Lady figurine series by Jessica Harrison: Vanitas by Battista Franco, ca. 1530-1560

Happy Halloween 2024!

Happy Halloween!

The night is still
And the frost, it bites my face
I wear my silence like a mask
And murmur like a ghost

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

The carefree days are distant now
I wear my memories like a shroud
I try to speak, but words collapse
Echoing, echoing

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

A sweet reminder in the ice-blue nursery
Of a childish murder, of hidden lustre
And she cries

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

http://siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk/

BEAUTY: Art--Misc. Skull And Skeleton Art For Halloween 2024

Top to bottom: Bloom by Simón Prades; Memento Mori by Max Slevogt; Death At The Ball by Felicien Rops; The Reaper by Tyra Kleen;  Dancing Skeletons by Kawanabe Kyosai; 

Happy Halloween 2023!

Happy Halloween!

The night is still
And the frost, it bites my face
I wear my silence like a mask
And murmur like a ghost

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

The carefree days are distant now
I wear my memories like a shroud
I try to speak, but words collapse
Echoing, echoing

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

A sweet reminder in the ice-blue nursery
Of a childish murder, of hidden lustre
And she cries

"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

http://siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk/

"Spellbound" by Duran Duran

For Halloween, Duran Duran recorded a spooky album of dark songs, goth songs, and some reworked DD songs with an eerie twist. And they included a rollicking version of the chilling "Spellbound" by Siouxsie and the Banshees (previously here).

https://duranduran.com/

BEAUTY: AI Digital Art for Halloween--Robert Mealing

Artist Robert Mealing uses the AI tool Midjourney to create some gorgeous portraits, and his October Misremembered series is perfect for this time of year. His imagery is full of beautiful Gentlemen Vampires, Radical Warlocks, Swamp Shamans, and Bayou Bad Boys from long ago...

https://www.robertmealing.com/