Mr. Pumpkin-Jink

A Folk Horror Collection of Supernatural Revenge

By: Ethan Blackwood

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

There are rules to the game. Whispered on playgrounds and scratched into desks, the legend of Mr. Pumpkin-Jink offers a path to justice for those who have been wronged. The ritual is a simple, desperate prayer.

At the stroke of midnight, you must be alone. You take a pumpkin and, focusing all your hate on the one who wronged you, you give it a face. As you carve, you sing a low, simple rhyme. When the jack-o'-lantern is lit and placed on your windowsill, the invitation is sent.

If your petition is accepted, he will come before dawn to render a verdict. If your target is truly guilty, their body will be found carved and hollowed, a human lantern lit by their own misdeeds. But be warned: Jink's justice is simple, brutal, and merciless, with a child's unerring and terrible sense of what is fair. He only carves the guilty. The trick is knowing who the guilty truly are.

This collection of chilling tales explores the high price of vengeance and the terrifying consequences of inviting a monster to solve your problems.