Potential Murkmare merch · The Murkmares

Things we might make. None of it is for sale yet. These are drawings and previews, not photos, and some of it will change before it is made, or never be made at all.

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A doll, a tiny door for the skirting board by the bed, and twenty-four nights of cards to find in the morning.

Everything in the Hide-a-Murkmare kit laid out: the box closed and open, the doll, the tiny door, the cards and the grown-ups’ booklet — The whole kit, drawn to scale. A preview, not a photo.

The kit box, closed: a dark lid showing a tiny wooden door in a skirting board with two Murkmares beside it — The box. A preview, not a photo.

A small grey doll, two inches tall, which is their actual size. Hat sewn on, mouth shut.

A tiny arched wooden door with iron hinges, a small door knocker and a keyhole, leaning slightly — The door’s printed front. It will be cut from basswood.

A wooden door three inches tall, for the skirting board by the bed. It sticks on, and it peels off without a mark.

The kit’s cards laid out: dark cards with short rhymes on the front, a Murkmare in a ring on the back, and the grown-ups’ booklet — The cards and the grown-ups’ booklet. A preview, not a photo.

One for the first night and one for every morning after, each with a rhyme about what they did while you slept.

The cover of a small dark booklet titled For the grown-up, with a rust hat peeking up from the bottom edge

A small booklet with what to do each night. Keep it somewhere a child won’t look.

A soft pointed felt hat in rust red on a plain wooden stand, its long tip flopping over to one side — A preview, not a photo. No felt sample yet.

Pointed, floppy at the tip, and rust red, like theirs. For children and for grown-ups.

A sheet of nine Murkmare stickers in different poses and a Sleep Tight label

Murkmares, die-cut, to stick wherever you would least like to find one.

A round patch: one Murkmare head in its rust-red hat, drawn in ink inside a rust ring

One Murkmare head in its hat, seven centimetres across.

The pin design: a Murkmare’s head and shoulders in a rust hat, outlined in black metal

A Murkmare peeking out from under its hat, small enough for a collar.

A Murkmare crouching on its toes, arms round its knees, in a rust hat, with a white border

A printed pin of a Murkmare crouched low, waiting for the lights to go out.

A long thin grey bookmark with stitched lines, and a Murkmare in its rust hat peeking over the top

The felt bookmark tucked in a closed book, with the Murkmare’s head and hat showing above the pages — In felt. A preview, not a photo.

A thin felt bookmark. A small Murkmare keeps your place and peeks over the top of the page.

The picture that wraps around the mug: Murkmares standing in a row either side of a verse from the book — The picture that wraps round the mug, laid flat.

For the morning, when you find out what they did.

A print titled The Murkmares, shown actual size: rows of small Murkmares in different poses with a ruler marked one inch

A picture from the book, printed large, for a wall you don’t sleep near.

Two dark socks with rust heels and toes: a matching sock with small rust hats, and the Tax sock with Murkmares carrying off a sock — Grown-up size. A preview, not a photo.

The same two socks in a child’s size — Child size. A preview, not a photo.

Sold in threes. Two for you. One for the Tax. Children’s and grown-up sizes.

A pair of charcoal felt slippers, each with a floppy rust felt hat over the front and a pale face with black eyes at the toe — A preview, not a photo. The real slipper is lower at the ankle.

Charcoal felt, with a rust hat over each toe and a pale face peeking out from under it. Cold toes are the first sign. Children’s and grown-up sizes.

The front of a cream pajama top covered in tiny Murkmares dragging socks, scarves and slippers, shown with the pocket on and off — A preview, not a photo.

The small scenes on the pajama pattern: a sock, a scarf, a braid, a handkerchief, a candle, a slipper, a pillow and a thimble, each with a Murkmare — The scenes in the pattern.

Cream, covered in tiny Murkmares at work. “Sleep tight.” on the pocket, and “Keep your mouth shut.” under it. Children’s and grown-up sizes.

A plain cream nightgown with one small Murkmare climbing up from near the hem, and a close-up of the Murkmare — A preview, not a photo.

Plain cream, with one Murkmare climbing up from the hem. Children’s and grown-up sizes.

Sixteen night scenes to colour on grey paper, with four old pencils tucked inside the cover: grey, black, white and rust.

The colouring book’s back and front covers: an ink drawing of a child asleep in bed with the door ajar, and four worn pencils on the back

Three colouring pages printed in black on grey paper: a bedroom, a crooked village lane, and a bedside table — Pages on grey paper.

The card pocket inside the front cover, labelled Pencils, four, kept here. The Murkmares may borrow them. — The pencil pocket inside the cover.

Four short worn pencils in grey, black, white and rust; the black one’s lead is snapped — The four pencils, drawn.

Six folded holiday cards, outside and inside: night scenes with small Murkmares, and a rhyme inside each

The card box, closed: a long night scene on the lid with a lit lantern and small Murkmares, titled six cards for six long nights — The box. A preview, not a photo.

Christmas, Halloween, Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, Easter and New Year’s Eve, each with a short rhyme inside. Boxed, with envelopes.

No pictures yet.

A pillowcase printed with the warning from the book: “They’ll make do with your nose.”
T-shirts.
Murkmare costumes for Halloween 2027, for grown-ups and for children.
A hat for dogs.
A real Evidence Kit, with a magnifier and envelopes for what they leave behind.