Noctivagant (Halloween 2025)

Tonight the twinkling stars are snuffed, the crickets’ charming hum is deaf, and the moon’s sweet curve of smile is transformed into a grimace. Yet, a pale ghost of breath trails along the footsteps through the opaque veil of the night. 

As shadows stretch across familiar halls, we find ourselves drawn toward the whispers of the unseen. Beneath candlelight and clouded glass, we stitch together tales that breathe in darkness, weaving beauty from the macabre and laughter from the unknown. 

It is with delicious dread that we present our 2025 Halloween Issue, an ode to the strange and the spectral, to secrets buried and stories half-told. Within these pieces, we invite you to linger a little longer in the dark — to listen to the echoes that tremble just beyond the edge of your candle’s glow.

So, dear reader, as the veil thins and the night deepens, we leave you with one lingering question: what ghosts of memory still walk beside you?

Love, your frighteningly sweet editors,

Maddy Chang & Emma Ha