Walking the line between a vintage carnival and an autumn fever dream, Anne Bentley's "Ye Olde Spooky Shoppe" opens its striped-curtain doors to welcome the season. A grinning black cat watches from above as ravens perch on ivy-laced brick, bats drift past shelves of elixirs and spell books, and a cheerful skeleton minds the counter beneath a "Happy Halloween" banner. Every corner holds another delicious detail: a coffin propped by the door, a skull beneath a glass dome, pumpkins grinning on the stoop — all rendered in Bentley's warm, folk-art style with flat bold color and an irresistible storybook charm.
