This content originally appeared in the 2025 winter issue of Spooky Little Halloween—The Magazine.
Meet Sandi and Terrence Horan, the Halloween lovers behind Spooky Cat Press.
Together, this husband/wife duo are running a spooky Hallmark, of sorts — your one-stop-shop for killer cards, stunning, high-quality gift wrap, and unique gifts for the goth or Halloween lover in your life.
(Can you tell they’re a fave of mine?)
Get to know them in this quick Q&A.
5 Q’s with Terrence and Sandi Horan
1. Who are you and what do you do in the Halloween community?
We are Sandi and Terrence Horan, the artists and owners of Spooky Cat Press. We create spooky cards, gifts, and other fun products that mash up all holidays with a Halloween or spooky twist.
2. Why do you love Halloween?
We love everything about Halloween, but at its core, it’s the feeling of nostalgia that has gripped us in a sort of Halloween fantasy.
In real life, trick-or-treating is a favorite part and something we had to give up before having kids, but we are able to do it again with them. Wearing a costume and going out on Halloween night felt like the pinnacle of childhood for us, though in modern times, there are so many more chances to dress up in a costume.
Get to know Terrence and Sandi in
their episode of By Pumpkin’s Light.
3. How did that love of Halloween lead to Spooky Cat Press?
Spooky Cat Press started with our love for making Halloween cards. As a tradition, Terrence would illustrate a card each year featuring a group of kids trick-or-treating in a fictional town he named “Spookytown.” It was made up of every spooky, fall, and Halloween ideal you could imagine.
From there, it grew as we expanded from drawing from vintage Halloween and Halloween nostalgia to working with humor, gothic, and horror themes.
4. What is your favorite holiday or season to Halloweenify for Spooky Cat Press, and why?
Our favorite would have to be Creepmas, which has become the beacon of our business. Before this, Nov. 1 was always a day of incredible sadness. Embracing the mash-up of Halloween and Christmas lets us live out our Burtonesque dreams and extends that Halloween spirit into Christmas with all the fun gift-giving of a traditional holiday.
See more of Terrence and Sandi’s work in this Halloween Hunting post.
5. What would your perfect Halloween day look like?
The perfect Halloween day would never end! Ideally, it would be a crisp 60 to 65 degrees with beautiful fall foliage and leaves on the ground. Every house in the neighborhood would be decorated, and Main Street shops would be decked out in spooky décor.
Of course, it would be a national holiday with no school or work. We’d spend the morning at a pumpkin patch picking the perfect pumpkin, carve it while watching “Sleepy Hollow” and baking the seeds, then put on our costumes and head out after dark to trick-or-treat.
Afterward, we’d come home, sort through our favorite candies, and watch horror movies.
It’s not too far from our actual Halloween, except we live in Orlando, and it’s usually 90 degrees that day.
More from Spooky Cat Press
Check out Spooky Cat Press at spookycatpress.com — my fave is the 5 for $26 deal for all gift wrap options and greeting cards. You can also follow along on Instagram for peeks of their flagship store as it changes each season.
