A dark gabled Victorian mansion with a tall tower, wrought-iron widow's-walk railings and several chimneys sits at the center, its windows and ground floor glowing orange as if lit by fire within. A thin plume of smoke curls from one chimney.

Two large bare autumn trees arch inward from either side, and a big pale full moon rises behind them in a hazy sky crossed by small bats. In the foreground, rows of tilted, weathered headstones and carved glowing jack-o'-lanterns lie along a dirt path that winds up toward the porch.

Soft-edged washes, fine granulated texture and small dry-brush dabs, with visible paper grain, give this vintage storybook illustration a nostalgic, whimsically eerie mood.