YA Graphic Novels for Halloween!

Vincent Goodwin has turned Robert Louis Stevenson's short story, "The Body Snatcher" into a graphic novel. "Medical school students Fettes and Macfarlane are charged with the unenviable task of receiving and paying for the institution’s research cadavers. When Fettes recognizes the dead body of a woman he saw alive and well just the day before, he suspects murder. Macfarlane, however, insists that the authorities would never believe they had nothing to do with her death. Reluctantly, Fettes agrees to keep quiet, but soon regrets his decision when another familiar corpse turns up—and takes on a life of its own." (from Goodreads.com)

Sean Michael Wilson turns Lafcadio Hearn's traditional Japanese ghost tales into a graphic novel with The Faceless Ghost and Other Macabre Tales From Japan. "Over one hundred years ago, the writer Lafcadio Hearn gathered and translated into English a selection of traditional Japanese ghost/mystery stories. They were published as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In this new graphic novel, acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson retells six of these stories. All of them are very well known in Japan, where ghosts and demons are often called yokai, meaning "the mysterious and weird." Today these stories find expression mostly in movies and manga, but they remain rooted in the traditional ghost stories of the Edo era known as kaidan, which means "recited narrative of strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparitions. The book includes an author's afterword by Sean Michael Wilson, who puts the stories into a personal and historical context." (from Goodreads.com)

In Chilling Tales of Horror: Dark Graphic Short Stories, let "illustrator Pedro Rodriguez lead you into a world of terror, insanity, and the supernatural with these seven classic horror stories that will keep you awake at night: The Hand by Guy de Maupassant; Sir Dominick's Bargain by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; The House of Nightmare by Edward Lucas White; The Vampire by John William Polidori; House B on Camden Hill by Catherine Crowe; The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson; and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. This book includes safe 'PG' text and illustrations. This collection also includes a brief biography of each author." (from Goodreads.com)

Illustrator Jeff Zornow puts Washington Irving's classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in graphic novel format with his latest. "Ghosts and goblins abound in Sleepy Hollow. The haunting tales of the Headless Horseman entranced Ichabod Crane. During the day, he found the stories exciting. But at night he was afraid. His fear reached new heights the night he was chased by the mysterious ghost! The terrifying ride is brought to life in this striking graphic novel adaptation of Washington Irving's short story. A creator biography and glossary help reluctant readers take the first step on the road to classic literature." (from Goodreads.com)