"I imagine it already, " he says as he peels a slowly emerging pumpkin face.

CNN: Carving up a spooky Halloween

"A basic v-chisel is useful when you are making lines on the pumpkin's face, and a good sharp kitchen knife that is not too flexible is best to carve the features, " he says.

CNN: Carving up a spooky Halloween

On his angular face and in the stiff, wiry hair that receded sharply from his forehead were bits of pumpkin flesh and seeds, at which Anton wiped, surreptitiously, the way a boy might wipe at his runny nose.

NEWYORKER: Pumpkin Head