"It's always Halloween here! Buy a spooky book!" The sidewalk chalkboard message in front of Butcher Cabin Books in Louisville, Ky., offered hope to readers looking for frightening reads year round. The bookshop added: "The creepy doll we got from y'all last week really was cursed, well, the bag was anyway. Glitter errwhere. It's the gift bag that keeps giving. But she really loves the doll itself."

