We've listed Inky-Dinky before as a fun site for unusual gift and child shopping items. Even though it might arrive a few days late for the beginning of the Halloween month, artist John Littleboy has created a Halloween Countdown Calendar:

"Open the paper gates of the cemetery and step into a darkly droll world of stylish and sinister characters strolling the moonlit grounds of a graveyard."

"For each day in October, open a die-cut window and read a story about this macabre cast of the recently deceased." Click on the skull and for $11, the calendar measuring 12 x 16 unfolded and can be wall mounted or sit up on your table top as a decorative Halloween tableau."

In addition to the original card packs, Pack of Dogs and Kitten Club that we noted perhaps some two years ago is a pack titled Bag of Bones: "Assassins, mad kings and three-armed socialites are citizens of a darkly humorous universe. Among these elegantly twisted new characters, you’ll find a sorcerer planting a dark garden which produces a sinister harvest, an unfortunate dinner guest who has to retrieve more than his hat and a most charming serpent."

The Mermaid Queen pack features "Fierce sea-gods and enchanting mermaids are beautifully rendered to capture the mythical allure of these timeless characters. Breaching whales, playful dolphins and a surprised scuba diver make up a wonderfully imagined world inside each deck."