Caitlín R. Kiernan

Ages and ages ago I saw something on TV that, in retrospect, might have had something to do with Edward Gorey. It was something to do with Halloween, with some kids who'd gone out trick-or-treating and wound up in a spooky house... All I really remember of it were a couple scenes where someone was playing chess with a huge, parrotlike bird (someone in a suit), and a mischievous creature who was, now that I think of it, a dead ringer for the Doubtful Guest, down to the scarf and sneakers...