★A Carved Jack-o'-LanternThumb-sized, and still lit. Nobody can explain the candle.
Lost Lands · Halloween Hollow
The Hollow Capsule Cabinet
Beside Jackie Pumpkin's Five and Dime · the crooked lane
A blackened oak cabinet with four brass cranks and wavy amber glass, lit from inside like a porch lantern. Somebody carved little pumpkin faces into the frame. Somebody else keeps refilling it.
★Common
★★Rare
★★★Legendary
A capsule is chosen for you. Rarer things are rarer.
The Eight Capsules of This Machine
★★★Jack, King of HalloweenThe King himself, moulded in vinyl with his hat tipped back and both arms held wide. One per thousand cranks, they say.
★A Black CatSits facing the door. Always the door.
★Candy Corn Under GlassThree pieces, sealed for ever. You may not open it.
★★A Cast-Iron BatWings out, ready. It rattles if you shake it, which you should not.
★★A Tiny Witch's HatFelt, with a proper grosgrain band. Fits a pumpkin exactly.
★★A Twig BroomstickMiniature, and slightly warm at the handle end.
★★★The Hollow's Own LanternThe lantern from the covered bridge, struck in brass. It burns without oil.
The Legendary of This Machine
Jack, King of Halloween
The King himself, moulded in vinyl with his hat tipped back and both arms held wide. One per thousand cranks, they say.
