Anyone can make a “gothic” deck by sticking a few skulls and bats into the designs. When I made CROOKED WAY GOTHIC TAROT, I didn’t hold back. I made a gothic deck where:
- Children lovingly feed on lambs
- Wives steal half their husband’s brain
- Skulls levitate hearts in ritual flames
- Ghosts flirt with revenants—and get rejected
- Family dinners involve drained peasants and crystal goblets of blood
- And Edgar Allan Poe cuts out his own heart, because of course he does.
This isn’t “dark aesthetic.”
This is Gothic with teeth.
And brains.
And hearts.
And a Hand of Glory.
If you’re just playing at Being Gothic—painting your lips black and calling it a day—this might not be your Cup of Spleen.
But if you live Gothically, embrace the darkness, and want your tarot to bite back… this deck is 100% up your Dark, Haunted Back-Alley of a Soul.
It is THE Gothic Tarot deck. Accept No Substitutes.
A DECK THAT READS LIKE A BLOOD OATH
CROOKED WAY doesn’t just look intense—it reads intensely.
Open this deck, and prepare for alchemical symbolism, razor-sharp archetypes, and readings that don’t just shove fluffy-bunny trivialities out of the room—they bury them six feet under.
CROOKED WAY TAROT speaks with brutal honesty, emotional depth, and symbolic precision.
MEET THE FAMILY (BUT DON’T SHAKE THEIR HANDS)
Around the heart of CROOKED WAY curls an entire extended family of ghouls, vampires, witches, and monsters. And they’re all Out For Blood. Preferably yours.
You’ll encounter the decadent Thorn matriarch, the murderous Fate Twins, the corpse who won’t stay politely dead, and a host of other beautifully horrible residents of Dreary, Maine.
Every card is lushly illustrated in decadent, vintage-gothic detail—
equal parts beauty and horror.
DREARY, MAINE: WELCOME TO YOUR NEW OBSESSION
The Thorn Family sits at the core of Dreary, Maine—the terrible township behind all the stories, decks, downloads, and nightmares Now Emanating from the Ghastlight District.
AND THE SHADOWS GROW DEEPER…
The Dreary Lenormand is coming soon.
And we have much more waiting in the wings… ready to pounce.
This isn’t just a collection of decks. It’s an entire Gothic universe.
It’s your Whole Shadow World.
And it remembers your name.
--Thorn.
